The SFAI cups kick off on the coming week-end of September 16th & 17th 2017.

As per the SFAI entry form -

Players born in:

200 - play in the under 16 Cup

200 - play in the under 15 Cup

200 - play in the under 14 Cup

200 - play in the under 13 Cup

200 - play in the under 12 cup

Good luck to all our clubs involved in the SFAI Cups

The bi-monthly meeting of the league will take place on Thursday 24th August 2017 in the FAI Conference Centre at 8pm.

All Clubs are expected to attend.

Important Dates:

Bi-monthly meetings:

August 24th 2017- Abbotstown FAI Conference Centre 20.00

Monday October 23rd 2017 – Abbotstown FAI Conference Centre 19.30

Football AGM:

Thursday November 30th 2017 – Abbotstown FAI Conference Centre 19.30

A panel meeting for all DDSL referees will be held on Monday 4th September at 7.30pm in the FAI Conference Centre.

Please contact the lead observer if you are unable to attend on the night as a full attendance is expected.

Please find in the download section of the site, list of dates for the delivery of the 2017/18 Grassroots Referees Development Module 1.

Attendance at all three Grassroots Development Modules is mandatory and as such referees run the risk of losing their FAI Referees licence, through Non-attendance at these Development Modules.

If for unexpected reasons referee's cannot attend their own League's Module they can attend one of the other Eight Modules as per the attached list.

However, any Referee attending a Development Module outside of the own League's Module should if possible notify John Ward in the FAI Referee's Department.

Dear Secretary,

FAI Youth Cup entry.

Can you please let outstanding clubs know that closing date is Wednesday the 23rd for entry as we are trying to get as many clubs to enter as possible from all leagues.

Many Thanks

Regards,

Simon Honan

Dear Secretary,

The U17 Challenge Cup entry closing date.

Can you please let outstanding clubs know that closing date is Wednesday the 23rd for entry as we are trying to get as many clubs to enter as possible from all leagues.

Many Thanks

Regards,

Simon Honan

Please find the ‘Final Re-Grading’ for U8’s to U11’s under downloads on the DDSL website….for the 2nd Half of the season in Sept…beginning on Sat/Sun 2nd/3rd Sept.

The re-grading is based on your survey reports & …as important…the surveys received from other teams/managers in your respective Divisions.

It also takes into consideration recent submissions received from clubs/coaches etc.

Thank you to all those who returned the surveys.

PDP SSG LEAGUE

GUIDELINES:

Sept 2016

SSG Leagues for 2016/2017

Under 8’s & 9’s:

Pre-match discussion cards

U10 & u/11 7v7

This card is to be discussed/agreed mutually by both coaches with ref prior to kick off.

THE SPIRIT AND ETHOS OF OUR GAME **Co-Developed with input from Referees via recent PDP / Referees Regional Workshops

A meeting of all clubs in the DDSL will be held on Thursday August 24th at 8pm in the FAI Conference Centre Abbotstown 2017 before the season resumes. All clubs are expected to be in attendance.

Dear Colleagues

A reminder that the closing date for SFAI Skechers Cups entries is 10/8/17, can all concerned please ensure that all clubs and teams are notified of this closing date.

With the roll out of the new SFAI website and in case people may still be trying to access the entry system via an old bookmark, or something similar, they may need to delete all stored cookies to avoid being diverted to the old website, any info on the old website is out of date and should be ignored, the Cups entry system is on the new website www.sfai.ie

As an assistance below is the direct link to the current on-line entry system.

http://www.sfai.ie/index.php/entry-form-first2

Regards

Martin

Martin O'Hanlon

SFAI General Secretary

Email: martin.ohanlon@fai.ie | Web: www.fai.ie

Tel: +353 1 8999 307 | Mob: +353 87 649 3211

Please find the ‘Provisional Re-Grading’ for U8’s to U10’s….for the 2nd Half of the season in Sept…beginning on Sat/Sun 2nd/3rd Sept. in the download section of the website.

The re-grading is based on your survey reports & as important…the surveys received

from other teams/managers in your respective Divisions.

Thank you to all those who returned the surveys.

Please note that Divisions are made up of mainly 10 teams…with some 8 & 12 Divisions…..you will be expected to play your opposition…only once…either home or away…as the season will finish on Sat/Sun 25th/26th Nov.

The league have learned of the sad passing of Ann Behan, the wife of Gerry Behan (former referee & referees allocator for the league).

On behalf of the DDSL - we offer our sincerest condolences to all the family on their sad loss. May Ann Rest in Peace.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis”

An EGM regarding the opening of a transfer window for under 12's to 15's inclusive from 1st August to 31st August 2017 will be held.

The EGM meeting will follow the FAI AGM been held in Kilkenny on Saturday July 22nd 2017. We will post the results as soon as we have the outcome of the vote

To all team/coaches involved with teams at the under 11 age group.

Please take the time to complete the survey form and return ASAP to Mick/Peter at ssgames@ddsl.ie

To all DDSL clubs: IMPORTANT NOTICE

Please note that the on-line entry system for the 2017-18 SFAI National Cups opened on 19th June 2017 and will close on August 10th 2017.

All clubs are reminded that the bi-monthly will be held on Monday June 27th 2017 in the FAI Conference Centre at 19.30. All clubs are expected to attend.

To all managers/coaches involved in the small sided games - please go to the download section of the website and download the survey form.

Can you complete the form and return before Friday 23/6/2017 to ssgames@ddsl.ie for the attention of Mick Kennedy/Peter Fullarton.

The information on the forms is used to help with the formation of the divisions for the 2nd half of the 2017 season.

Click here for FAI Courses

Click the link above to see the list of courses available as well as those listed below.

Please pass on to anyone you feel would be interested.

Dublin 15 Coach Education Festival

Kick Start 1 Tuesday July 11th Corduff Sports Centre 9.30 – 5.30

Kick Start 2 Wed/ Thurs July 12 /13th Corduff Sports Centre 9.30 – 5.30

7 v 7 Workshop Friday July 14th Corduff Sports Centre 9.30 - 12.30

S@C Workshop Friday July 14th Corduff Sport Centre 1.30 – 4.30

Goalkeeper Fundamental’s Saturday July 15th Corduff Sports Centre 9.30 – 5.30

This is an opportunity to get some education, all in the one week!

Important Dates:

Bi-monthly meetings:

Monday June 26th 2017 – Abbotstown FAI Conference Centre 19.30

Thursday August 24th 2017 – Abbotstown FAI Conference Centre 20.00

Monday October 23rd 2017 – Abbotstown FAI Conference Centre 19.30

No fixtures will be published for under 15 & 16 age groups before the Junior Certificate examination – the last set of fixtures will be played on Wednesday 24th & Thursday 25th May as per last week's Striker. The next set of fixtures will be published in The Striker on Monday 12th June to be played on Saturday 17th/Sunday 18th June, mid-week matches will continue to recover matches lost by the exam break. If your team(s) are available to fulfil fixtures during the period of the examinations, contact the fixture secretary.

To clear up some queries we are receiving from clubs and parents of players

In the small sided games - the break will take place on the weekend of June 24th & 25th, the season will resume on September 2nd & 3rd

For all 11 aside games - the break will take place from July 8th & 9th and return on September 2nd & 3rd.

The cup finals will be played on the weekend of September 22nd to 24th -

Tuesday 2 May 2017 (7pm KO unless stated):

Tuesday 2 May 2017 (7pm KO unless stated):

12 Sat Premier:

St Kevin's Boys v Templeogue Utd, College of Surgeons;

St Joseph's Boys v Crumlin Utd, Pearse Park;

Lourdes Celtic v St Francis, Sundrive Park;

Home Farm v St Mochtas, VEC Whitehall;

Belvedere FC v Stella Maris, AUL Complex;

Shamrock Rovers v Cherry Orchard, Roadstone S&S Club;

The transfer window will be closing on April 30th (midnight) the transfer window only applies to teams from under 8s to 16's.

For the older age groups the window is currently closed -

(e) For divisions playing at under 17's and above there shall be two transfer periods as follows:

1st June to 30th September inclusive in the current season.

1st December to 31st January in the current season.

SFAI SKECHERS Cup Finals 2016-17

Saturday 13th May Jackson Park

There will be fixtures for the under 15s & 16s on Wednesday & Thursday next (appearing in The Herald on Monday) if any club(s) have any issues with playing their fixture - contact the fixture secretary ASAP.

All clubs please note that the fees for referees:

All clubs please note that the match fees for referees will increase by €1 per match from Monday April 17th 2017.

The fee increased was agreed between the FAI & the Irish Soccer Referee's Society.

A panel meeting will take place on Monday 24th April at 7.30pm in the FAI Conference Centre for all DDSL referee's. It is important that all referees attend as these meetings are compulsory.

If for any reason you are unable to attend the meeting, please confirm your non-attendance to Emmanuel Rogers Lead Observer DDSL by email to emmanuelrogers@eircom.net or text to 0872654198 - many thanks

Regards

Emmanuel

Lourdes Celtic celebrated their 60th Anniversary as a Schoolboys football club. Over that time, the number of volunteers that have dedicated their time to the children of the area were celebrated in the Mansion House in Dublin. From DDSL we would like to congratulate everyone involved with Lourdes Celtic over that period, with a special mention to Eddie Roche, Bowyer Bradley, Tony Merriman and Shay Le Strange. It was great to see Keith Andrews in attendance and hear his views on Irish football.

A special word of thanks to Lourdes Football Club for taking the time on their special night to honour Fran Ray for his contribution to schoolboy football over the long number of years he is involved in football.

Here's to the next 60 years of working for their community in the Crumlin area - Lourdes Celtic

Boost post

The competition to find the FAI Club of the Year 2017 is now open! Please pass this information on to the clubs in your league.

The competition aims to celebrate and promote the inspirational work done by clubs around Ireland.

The Club of the Year competition is open to any grassroots club to enter free of charge. Eight clubs will receive €1,500 and the overall winner will be given an additional €5,000 and entry to UEFA’s Grassroots Awards, for ‘’Best Grassroots Club’’.

On behalf of the of the DDSL Directors, Executive & Committee, all of our clubs - we extend our deepest sympathies to Mick Kennedy and his family on the sad passing of his mother (Jean) earlier this morning following a short illness. May she Rest in Peace.

Castleknock Celtic looking for players for their 16Premier and 16A teams. Phone or Text 083-4111721 for further information.

SFAI SKECHERS Regional Cup Finals:

Saturday 18th March (10 mins E/W E/T & FIFA penalty rule to apply):

Under 12’s – Damien Duff Cup:

St Kevin’s Boys v Shamrock Rovers, Abbotstown, 10.30;

Under 13’s - Keith Andrews Cup:

Leicester Celtic v St Joseph’s Boys, Abbotstown. 12.00,

Under 14’s - Robbie Keane Cup:

St Kevin’s Boys/Crumlin Utd v Belvedere FC/Cherry Orchard, Abbotstown, 1.30,

Sunday 19th March (10 mins E/W E/T & FIFA penalty rule to apply):

Under 15’s – Joe Corcoran Cup:

Belvedere FC v Home Farm, Abbotstown, 11am,

Under 16’s – Ronnie Whelan Cup:

Athlone Town v St Kevin’s Boys, Abbotstown, 1pm,

The new DDSL downloadable transfer form

The DDSL/FAI Futsal Festival 2017 draws to a close

The league are currently surveying the clubs in our league about the possibility of setting up a dedicated league for girl's under 8's to 16's. To date approx 25% of the clubs have responded - if your club has not responded yet, please do so as a matter of urgency. Thank you for your cooperation in this survey

The DDSL new season will commence on Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th of March - the kick applies to all age groups playing in the league. Good luck to all our clubs/teams involved in the new calendar year season.

CLARIFICATION

All clubs MUST register their team for the coming season on the myclubfinances website. The fixture secretaries NEED the information to allow them set the fixtures for the coming season.

The registration of teams back in August 2016 was for the interim season only.

Futsal Festival Week 4 fixtures (National Indoor Arena Abbotstown)

Saturday 25th February 2017

Please note the Divisions from U8’s to U11’s will be Non-Trophy’ for the new season. These new divisions have been re-graded based on the surveys received.

FAI Leinster Regional Referees Committee GRASSROOTS REFEREES SEMINARS

2016 -17

As part of the FAI PDP information outreach, we would like to deliver a workshop to DDSL referees involved in officiating 5v5 through 9v9 matches at FAI HQ on Monday 6th March at

Would it be possible for you to circulate this information to your league's refereeing contacts?

To monitor attendance numbers and logistics preregistration will be necessary, please have participants email; Gerry.reardon@fai.ie

Best Regards,

Gerry

Clubs are reminded that team applications for the new season must be made online - on the DDSL website.

Click the myclubfinances link on the website and register the teams, and arrange the payments.

Clubs must register and make their initial payment before they will be permitted to play in the league.

Please note that the draft of the leagues for the small side games (8's to 12's) are posted on the website under the news tab.

Any clubs that have a query with regards to their position in any of those leagues can contact Mick Kennedy on 0831014214 to discuss within the next 7 days (18th February) The final positions will be posted after that date for the start of the new season.

UNDER 8's & 9's SAT (February 10th 2017)

We would like to remind clubs that an EGM will be held on Monday February 27th

We would like to remind clubs that an EGM will be held on Monday February 27th in the FAI Conference Centre at 19.30. All clubs were notified by e-mail and attached was a draft of the rules for the new season, this is the only item on the agenda for the EGM.

Following the EGM, the opening meeting for the new season will be held in the same venue directly after the EGM has concluded. This is not a formation meeting as clubs will retain the position they started the interim season in (unless a club requested a change) which will be subject to the relevant fixture secretary to decide on. As soon as the leagues are sorted they will appear on this website.

The dates and venues are available in our download menu - for the Grassroots workshops for Referee's

The DRRC are aware that your leagues are entering a new summer schedule starting this year and wish you all the very best for the coming season.

As you prepare the fixture schedules for the coming season, the committee wish to make you aware that no referees attached to your leagues will be available to referee games on the date of their annual compulsory seminar (As per attachment). The DRRC would request that no fixtures be scheduled for the night that your leagues referees complete their Annual Compulsory Seminar.

This is a reminder that the DDSL Team registration online page is now open for the new 2017 season.

CASTLEKNOCK CELTIC PREMIER U15(2002) require new players for the coming season. Please contact David on 086-1723755

The FAI Referees Department have confirmed a Referees Beginner Course will

take place in Dublin in February,

Sunday February 5th fixtures in the DDSL/FAI/ Festival of Futsal in the National Indoor Arena, Abbotstown

Saturday February 4th Futsal fixtures in the DDSL/FAI Festival of Futsal in the National Indoor Arena, Abbotstown.

Each Game will start with a normal kick off (Team listed 1st). However on scoring a goal the team that scores must withdraw to half way line and play will resume with the GK throwing the ball out to a teammate -the ball cannot be kick off the ground or out of the hands.

“Team Registration 2017

Registration for the new season, which will commence on the 11th/12th March, is now open. Registration is online and no paper application forms will be used this season. The link is available on the League’s website titled “myclubfinances”.

The information from last season’s registration will be visible so as to facilitate any changes e.g. change of personnel, venue, club colours etc. You will not be required to input all the data again. Payment of fees this year is through the online system only and cheques/cash will not be accepted. If you have any queries on the registration process please contact Paul McEvoy, Treasurer, mobile: 0831097672. All other queries should be directed to the relevant fixtures’ secretary”