2024 Opal. Juventus Academy Scholarships
We are excited to confirm that international company, Opal, will continue as our major sponsor of Launceston City FC, Juventus Academy in 2024.
Opal is highly supportive of our academy vision to provide a leading technical player development program, while also ensuring the academy is accessible to and inclusive of, the widest range of player talent and potential from our community.
As part of our partnership, we are proud to announce a small number of ‘Opal Juventus Academy Scholarships’ for the 2024 season. The aim of these scholarships is to support players who demonstrate potential and commitment to compete at the highest level, who demonstrate our club’s values on and off the pitch, but who might not otherwise be able to access the Academy and/or would benefit from support to continue their football journey.
We are seeking Expressions of Interest from 2024 Juventus Academy players or their families for these scholarships.
EOI must be completed by Sunday 24th March 2024 using the form below.
Question and Answers
Who is eligible to apply? What kinds of criteria are you considering?
Consistent with our club’s history and values, we appreciate the importance of making football accessible to the widest range of players and families as possible. We have considered our registration information and developed several criteria to help us to identify worthy recipients of an Opal Juventus Academy Scholarship.
| Opal Juventus Academy Scholarship Criteria | |
| Female Football |
Widening the participation of girls in our Academy and ensuring we have a focus on female football, is a strategic priority of our club and football in Australia. Scholarships will be allocated to support the retention of talented girls and young women in our Academy. |
| Financial Hardship |
Our club registration data helps us to understand that we have families who are not always able to afford the costs of registration and academy. These scholarships would help us to identify families and players who currently are registered to access the Tasmanian government initiative “Ticket to Play” registration. Ticket to Play is designed to reduce the cost of sport registration for eligible children (e.g.- for children/families who have a Health Care or Pensioner Concession Card. |
| Cultural Diversity and Inclusivity |
Our club is built on a proud history of cultural diversity, we are committed to engaging further with our community to ensure we are as culturally inclusive as possible. Scholarships may be given to support the involvement of a player who for example: is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent/ identifying as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, holds or is from a family on a temporary or provisional visa, or who is a recent migrant, refugee, or international student. |
| Home-grown Talent |
For older academy players (age 16 and up) scholarship(s) will be allocated that recognise players that live our club values on and off the pitch and who model the aims of the Academy. This ‘home-grown talent’ scholarship would be assessed off several criteria including |
Can I still apply for a scholarship if I’ve already paid my academy fees?
Yes, any successful recipient will have their Academy fees refunded as per the scholarship awarded.
I believe I/my child meets one or more criteria; how do I apply?
EOI must be completed by (date) using the form below.
Will my information be confidential?
Yes, the information provided will be confidential to the Launceston City FC club personnel involved in the allocation of the scholarship. Successful recipients (and criteria applied for) will be private unless otherwise negotiated. Information will be released to Opal about scholarship recipients.
If my child/player is selected for a scholarship, what happens?
Successful recipients will be notified via email or phone call, and arrangement made to have the scholarship paid (via a refund of fees paid, or payment of instalments due to be paid).