Newcastle Jets players Jason Hoffman, Ben Kantarovski and Ivan Vujica's star status has been lifted to legend at Maitland Junior Football Club.
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The Jets trio were the star attractions at Fieldsend Oval on Wednesday afternoon for the shooting of a Fox TV video with boys and girls from Maitland Junior FC teams to promote Newcastle’s April 1 clash with Melbourne City.
Not only did the kids get to meet their stars and potentially feature on national TV their club is set to pocket at least $1000 from the Hyundai Goals for Grassroots program.
They will be hoping the high-flying Jets make April fools of Melbourne City with $1000 extra for each goal Newcastle scores.
Members of the clubs nine years development, 10 development, 10 girls development, 12 development and 14 years girls teams took part in filming the promotional video.
They then had a skills sessions with the Knights stars and went into a draw to win tickets to the game.
The club will be conducting several registration days next month with the football season starting in April.
All players need to register online at https://www.playfootball.com.au/ from January 31 before attending Fieldsend Oval to complete the registration.
Details on how to register to play and also to register for the Active Kids Rebrate are available on the Maitalnd Junior FC Facebook page.
Registration Dates:
Sunday, February 4 – 10am to 2pm
Thursday, February 8 – 5pm – 7pm
Sunday, February 11 – 10am to 2pm
Thursday, February 15 – 5pm – 7pm
Sunday, February 18 - 10am – 2pm
Team grading start on Monday, February 19.
