REGISTRATION EXPECTATIONS
For season 2026, all members intending to play for STEELERS Sporting Club will need to complete their expression of interest using the TRY BOOKING link for our TEAM SELECTION registration. This registration will guarantee you a position within the club. This registration is NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE and must be completed before the PLAY HQ playing registration can be completed.
The club will use this team selection registration to start the paper grading process and actively recruit in the wider community to balance the playing positions in teams, so it is essential to complete your details accurately.
Once the grading and squad process has been completed, all athletes committed to the club through the TEAM SELCTION registration will receive a link to register for your team on the PLAY HQ platform. This will need to be completed before the due dates. At this time full fee payment for all players is due.
Expression of interest into our TEAM SELECTION registration will ONLY be processed with the $50.00+BF fee payment per each registration (please complete separate transactions if registering multiple members). If you are claiming the KIDSPORT vouchers, this payment will be refunded to you once your KIDSPORT voucher has been approved and deposited into the club account and the amount applied for
includes this payment.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
For season 2026, please see the age groups STEELERS will be offering. As a club we heavily suggest that all players play within their correct age group. If you are wanting to play up a age group – please note this in your TEAM SELECTION registration under comments so we know it wasn’t a mistake Please note: WDNA have removed the 21&U competition and have added in the 11&U competition.
Our Try Booking link for the REGISTRATION program will be open from Wednesday 21/12/2025 and close Sunday 15/02/2026
TEAM SELCTION REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.trybooking.com/DIIUY
Grading
GRADING, SQUADS & TEAM ALLOCATIONS
Paper grading will commence immediately after the Annual General Meeting.
Please take note of the following grading dates”
OPENS, 21&U – Sunday 15.02.2026: 5.00pm – 7.00pm
18&U, 15&U, 13&U, 12&U – Sunday 22.02.2026: 11.00am – 2.00pm
For grading, please ensure you are on time, dressed appropriately, no jewellery or long nails and bring enough water to get you through the sessions. If you fail to attend the grading session this may affect the team and division, you are placed in.
After the physical grading session, STEELERS Sporting Club will run 4 weeks of squad sessions looking at the holistic development of our junior members, which will assist with our team nominations.
Dates of our junior squad sessions will be Wednesday 04/03/2026, Wednesday 11/03/2026, Wednesday 18/03/2026 and Wednesday 25/03/2026: 5:30pm – 8:00pm.
Our YR2, YR3, Yr4 and 11&U members will have a skill/games sessions organised on Wednesday 11/03/2026, Wednesday 18/03/2026 and Wednesday 25/03/2026 from 4.30pm – 5.30pm
ALL members are asked to ensure they are available for these sessions. More details will be released in the New Year.
TEAM ALLOCATIONS
Our 2026 Team Announcements will again be online and will be published on Monday 30/03/2026 with training set to commence weekly from Wednesday 01/04/2026 – time depending on your team coaches.
All open and junior teams will have a team caretaker / head coach appointed to them by the club who will have no affiliation to members in that team. Sub-Junior tams will have a head coach appointed to them for the season.
Junior and Sub-Junior teams will aim to have an appointed assistant coach.
All teams will need to have a manager: parents and partners are encouraged to take on this role. All teams will be supplied with a fully stocked equipment bag which the manager will need to be collected and be responsible for. All team managers will be required to attend a manager meeting on 01/04/2025 – times to be sent closer to the date.
All Junior and Open teams will have a team captain appointed by the club who will be responsible for the team motivation. Sub-Junior teams will rotate this responsibility weekly. Your club will be working closely with the graders and squad presenters to nominate our team captains for the 2026 season.
The allocation of club umpires will be shared between the association and the club. Once specific age group allocation has been announced, the club will be actively sourcing appropriate club umpires.
All teams will be made up of a minimum of 9 players and no more than 12 players. Once STEELERS has selected the teams and lodged them to the association, STEELERS are unable to make many changes.
Please pass on any concerns about the team nominations you have ASAP. All small group playing requests will be considered but are not guaranteed.
All Players
If you are eligible for KidSport please send your code through to the club.
For more information please see Fees & KidSport.
NSG & Junior Players (U18 & Below)
NSG age groups reflect the year the player was born. See Age Groups & Playing Times for the correct age group.
All NSG and Junior players will need to submit their birth certificate to the club via email for their registration to be accepted.
Players wishing to play outside of their age group must apply to the club via email.
Junior & Open Players (U12 & Above)
All players must nominate one chosen court area from the following:
Shooter: GS, GA, WA
Mid Court: WA, C, WD
Defender: GK, GD, WD
Registrations with more than one area selected will not be accepted. Please ensure your selection is the correct one, changing positions after registration may not be possible.
STEELERS Netball Club 