<h2>Welcome to Northcote Junior Football Club</h2> Northcote Junior Football Club (NJFC) runs junior football competitions on Sundays for players (boys and girls) aged 7-16. <a href="http://njfc.com.au/?page_id=73">Follow this link to register for an NJFC cougars team. </a> For footballers aged 5-12 we run <a href="http://njfc.com.au/?page_id=379">Auskick</a> on Saturdays, 9-10.30am. <h3>Training for 2018</h3> We have been busy planning for the 2018 season with updated policies and procedures as we strive to improve our practices and continue to develop as a club. Our training program will commence in March 2018 with Summer pre-season training finishing Tuesday 6 March for players aged Under 12 and older. See <a href="http://njfc.com.au/?page_id=7885">Programs</a> for information on coaching appointments and training times. In 2018 we will field all-girls teams in U10, U12, U14 and U16 age groups, as well as mixed/boys teams in U9, U10, U11, U12, U13, U14 and U15. <a href="http://njfc.com.au/?page_id=73">Register now to ensure your place in a team.</a> For <a href="http://njfc.com.au/?p=8008">Team Pre-season Training</a> and <a href="http://njfc.com.au/?p=8012">Training times</a> for all teams click on the link. Follow The Cougars on Instagram <a href="http://instagram.com/northcotejuniorfootball" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@northcotejuniorfootball</a> #juniorfooty #njfc #cougarsnorthcote <h2>Training for 2019 - Coming soon</h2>

Cougar values are: <strong>RESPECT, PARTICIPATION, TEAM and GROWTH</strong>. We are a community-based organisation providing our local youth with the support and facilities to learn, play and enjoy football. We aim to be the best possible place for kids to: <ul> <li>learn and play footy</li> <li>learn values like discipline and respect and teamwork</li> <li>build fitness, and</li> <li>create lasting friendships.</li> </ul> Our history dates back to 1952 and we play in the Northern Football League. Our club song, "<a title="Team Song" href="http://njfc.com.au/?page_id=230">Good Old Northcote Forever</a>", is sung to the tune of the Collingwood anthem. We are affiliated with both Northcote AusKick and Northcote Park Football Club. As with all community-based amateur sports clubs, we are an organisation managed and run by dedicated <a title="Volunteer" href="http://njfc.com.au/?page_id=127">volunteers</a> working within a structure governed by our club <a title="Policies & Official Documents" href="http://njfc.com.au/?page_id=152">constitution</a>. The <a title="Committee and Officials" href="http://njfc.com.au/?page_id=19">management committee</a> is elected by members. One parent becomes a member when their child joins the club; additional social memberships are also available. We have the top level of Australian Football National Risk Protection Programme <a title="Insurance" href="http://njfc.com.au/?page_id=159">insurance policy from Jardine Lloyd Thompson</a>.

<h2>Australian Football Programs for Juniors</h2> At Northcote Junior Football club we offer the following programs: <ul> <li><a href="http://njfc.com.au/?page_id=7903">Boys Football</a></li> <li><a href="http://njfc.com.au/?page_id=7905">Girls Football</a></li> <li><a href="http://njfc.com.au/?page_id=379">Auskick</a></li> <li><a href="http://njfc.com.au/?page_id=7365">Free Kick Program</a></li> </ul>