<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>Sprint and Pre-Season Training for 2019</h3> 2019 is just around the corner and so is the new football season. Again we have been busy planning for the 2019 season, working to improve our practices and continue to develop as a club. Our training program will commence in the new year, however some specialist training commences first week of November 2018. Click the link below for all the details <a href="http://njfc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NJFC-Sprint-Technique-Flyer.pdf">Sprint Training with Robbie</a> Watch out for updates regarding our Pre-season training with Elly Fourlis for players aged Under 12 and older coming soon. Also coming soon - information on coaching appointments and training times. In 2019 we will again field all-girls teams, as well as mixed/boys teams starting from U9. Further details will soon be available. Registration for the 2019 season will be available soon. Follow The Cougars on Instagram <a href="http://instagram.com/northcotejuniorfootball" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@northcotejuniorfootball</a> #juniorfooty #njfc #cougarsnorthcote <h2>Training for 2019 - Keep up to date here.</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>