7s skills session and first game – Sunday, 11th October 🎉
We are so excited to finally welcome our youngest players to the sport! This coming Sunday we will run a basic 30 minute skills session for all 7s teams followed by their first game (Round 1) and a BBQ afterwards.
Location 📍
All games on Sunday will be played at our main fields within the Newcastle Harness Racing Club at New Lambton. Please see our location page for a detailed description of how to get to our main fields, where to park and field numbers.
Skills Session 🏉
Your skills session will be before your game. We ask that you arrive one hour earlier than your game time in order to get ready for the skills session. This will give you ample time to purchase a playing singlet, if required, before the skills session.
Teams with game scheduled at 5pm
- B7s: Chasers, Eagles, Fireballs, First Tryers, Grasshoppers, Lightning Bolts ***, Mudpups, Turbo Touch
- G7s: Firebreathing Dragons ***, Pumas
- Arrive from 4pm to purchase singlet, meet at junior clubhouse from 4:15pm so we can get everyone organised and move onto the fields to start the skills session by 4:30pm. Game is at 5pm then free player BBQ will follow after the game.
*** Both Boys and Girls 7s have uneven teams so we have scheduled one team in each to play two games, one after another, so everyone gets a game. The teams that are playing at 5pm and 5:30pm are:
- Lightning Bolts (B7s); and
- Firebreathing Dragons (G7s)
Teams with game scheduled at 5:30pm
- B7s: Cubs, Runaways, Sharks, Sharknados, Tigers, Weapons, Zoomers
- G7s: Cartwheels, Mermaids, Sparkling Sprinters
- Arrive from 4:30pm to purchase singlet, meet at junior clubhouse from 4:45pm so we can get everyone organised and move onto the fields to start the skills session by 5pm. Game is at 5:30pm then free player BBQ will follow after the game.
See our location page if you don’t know where the junior clubhouse is.
Draw 📅
Games on Sunday are at 5pm or 5:30pm. Here are the links to the draws – you just need to know the name of the team your child is playing in:
The draw will tell you the time you play and the field number (see our location page for the field map).
Playing gear 🎽
The basic playing gear is:
- Reversible playing singlet
- Any shorts/tights – colour is not important.
- Most standard football boots or joggers.
For the reversible playing singlet, wear BLUE if your team is on the left in the draw, RED if you team is on the right. See our uniform page for more details.
Haven’t got a reversible playing singlet yet? You can purchase one from the junior clubhouse before your game. New singlet is $30. Also $22.50 with trade-in of clean, S-Trend singlet your child has outgrown or $15 for second-hand stock if available. Card payments only.
Rules 📜
For our 7s games, we play under modified junior rules to make it easier for new players. Please see our Rules page for details.
For the initial games of 7s, one parent is allowed to coach on the field, at least 5 metres behind the team.
Scoring ✍️
There is no scoring, ladders or finals for 7s.
BBQ 🌭
After the game, all 7s players may enjoy a FREE sausage sandwich. So we don’t run out for players, excess sausages may not be available for family members to purchase until after the last time slot only.
Round 2 and beyond ⏩
The following is the general plan for the remaining 7s games:
- Round 2 for 7s will follow on Tuesday, 13th October at what we call our “extra fields“. This is a nearby location so please make sure you know where the extra fields are.
- All remaining games will be at the extra fields with the final round on Tuesday, 8th December.
- With concert events at McDonald Jones Stadium, 7s games on Tue 17 Nov and Tue 8 Dec will be earlier than normal to allow families to get clear of the precinct before the concerts.
Both boys and girls 7s have uneven teams so we have scheduled additional games to make up for byes. The following teams play two games, one after another, on the specified night:
- Sun 11 Oct – Lightning Bolts (B7s) and Firebreathing Dragons (G7s)
- Tue 13 Oct – Grasshoppers (B7s)
- Tue 20 Oct – Mermaids (G7s)
- Tue 27 Oct – Chasers (B7s)
- Tue 3 Nov – Cartwheels (G7s)
- Tue 10 Nov – Runaways (B7s)
- Tue 17 Nov – Sparkling Sprinters (G7s)
- Tue 24 Nov – Fireballs (B7s)
- Tue 1 Dec – Pumas (B7s)
- Tue 8 Dec – Weapons (B7s)