Kanga Cup 2011 Is About To Begin


The Kanga Cup is a fantastic festival of Football held in Canberra every year at about this time and during school holidays.

This is a competition that attracts teams from overseas and inter state. This year :

Overseas entrants

  • PoCheolDomg PS, the junior club to the Pohang Steelers
  • SinGok PS lead from Korea
  • Subang Jaya (Malaysia)
  • Rizal FA (Philippines)
  • Coastal Spirit (New Zealand)
Inter state entrants
  • South Melbourne FC, Doveton FC and Werribee City from Victoria
  • South Australian aces Adelaide City
  • Northern Territory Mindil Aces
  • South West Queensland, Football Wide Bay and the Whitsunday Soccer Association, from North of the State,
  • Tasmania Northern Tasmania, Glenorchy Knights and Tilford Zebras
  • New South Wales Northbridge FC from the Kuringai District, Maroubra United from the Eastern Suburbs, Belmore Hercules from Canterbury District, Fairfield Hotspurs and Tilligerry FC represent the Newcastle Football Association
  • Northern Territory Mindil Aces
  • South West Queensland, Football Wide Bay and the Whitsunday Soccer Association, from North of the State,
  • Tasmania Northern Tasmania, Glenorchy Knights and Tilford Zebras
  • New South Wales North Sydney United, Northbridge FC from the Kuringai District, Maroubra United from the Eastern Suburbs, Belmore Hercules from Canterbury District, Fairfield Hotspurs and Tilligerry FC represent the Newcastle Football Association
And a bucket load of ACT junior / youth teams! Parents are buying out the "oranges" now from the markets - ran into twelve of them today! Gotta have oranges at half time - better than sports drinks! Can only mean one thing - the Kanga Cup is close.

The competition is pitched at various age groups and levels of competition. This year:
U10 Male Cup
U10 Male Plate
U10 Male Shield
U10-11 Female Cup
U11 Male Cup
U11 Male Plate
U11 Male Shield
U12 Male Cup
U12 Male Plate
U12 Male Shield
U12 Female Cup
U13 Male Cup
U13 Male Plate
U13 Female Cup
U14 Male Cup
U14 Male Plate
U14-15 Female Cup
U15 Male Cup
U15 Male Plate
U16 Male
U16 Female Cup
U18 Male Cup
U18 Female Cup
Go to the following website for all competition draws and results:


 Lots of good football to see during the holidays.