Kingborough Lions United FC is delighted to announce the appointment of Tim Dale to the role of Junior Technical Director – the first time in the Club’s history a dedicated technical role has been allocated to our entire Junior and SAP programs.
“I’m excited to be taking on this role. I’ve been involved with the club, on and off, since playing for Blackmans Bay United as an U/8.
KLUFC have a huge base of juniors, last year it fielded 26 teams with 293 players from U/6 to U/12. I hope to play a role in building this number, in helping ensure that juniors that register with KLUFC have a positive experience playing the game and that those that aspire to improve their skills also have that avenue. Additionally, the role will be about supporting coaches and volunteers, those parents that give up their time to coach during the week and on the weekend, providing them with assistance if they require it.” said Tim
The club has been restructuring to ensure that it can fully support all players and programs as the number of players and coaches continue to grow.
As a player, Tim represented Kingborough Lions, Caledonians, Olympia, Hobart Juventus and Riverside Olympic at senior level and was recently awarded Life Membership at the club. Tim’s coaching experience extends to a range of sports via coordinating sport at Fahan School for 24 years (including football).
“The club has been working hard to ensure we can deliver our programs in keeping with our aspirations, and I am very excited that we have been able to secure Tim in this critical role. As an educator, coach, and footballer Tim brings a wealth of skill, knowledge, maturity and experience to our Junior program space (U5-U12). Our junior members can look forward to an exciting and rewarding season as Tim takes responsibility for technical program delivery for our Junior Program, Skill Acquisition Phase Program and our Discovery Phase Program. This role will also include community and school engagement as we transition the role to full time in May.” said Simon Edwards , Technical Director.
Tim’s football coaching and management experience includes:
- Coach Central Region U/9 Team
- Coach U/12 Southern Girls – competed intrastate tournament
- Coach U/13 Southern Boys – trip to mainland tournament
- Ass. Coach Riverside Olympic Football Club Snr Men
- Coach Riverside Olympic Snr Men Reserves
- Head Coach NPL Men (was then Premier League) 2005 and 2006
- (including being named Coach of the Year)
- Ass. Coach NPL Men (Premier League and Victory league) 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2016
- Head Coach Womens Premier League 2001
- Coach Div. 1 Men
- Coach Junior Boys – U/7, U/8 and U/10 KLUFC
- Coach Junior Girls – U/7 and U/9 KLUFC
- Vice President Kingborough Lions Football Club – 2009
- Football Management Committee KLUFC – 2014
- Assisted in recruitment of mainland/international recruits KLUFC NPL – 2019
- Video Analysis KLUFC NPL – 2017 and 2021
- Coach: U/12 and U/13 KLUFC Girls – 2022 and 2023
- Coach: U/13 Girls TSP (for Football Tasmania) 2023
The club will is accepting enrolments for our Term 1 Junior SAP and Discovery programs, and will be opening Junior Memberships shortly for the winter season.
2024 Young Lions Junior Development (SAP) Term 1
