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HISTORY Protestant Churchs Soccer Association It was disbanded during World War II due to many young men enlisting in the services or working in local essential industries. The exception to this was a competition run by some referees from the disbanded competition for teenagers among the local companies of the Boys' Brigade. Some of these teams were attached to Wallsend Baptist, Mayfield Baptist, Hamilton Baptist, New Lambton Baptist, Newcastle Baptist and Newcastle City Mission. This Competition ran from the early 1940's to about 1947. In about 1966, Mr Jack Hugo, who was a referee and an official of the Association prior to its disbanding before the war, and was still in possession of numerous competition trophies, approached a number of local churchs regarding reforming the competition. At the same time, young men with church affliliation were begining to be concerned with the increasing trend of Sunday Soccer. They saw the Association as their answer, with its aims of only playing Saturday competitions. This may have also been the reason initially for the formation of the Association prior to W.W.II. After a meeting in Cardiff Salvation Army Hall with representitives from the Sydney Branch of the Association and several local churchs, it was decided to form the Newcastle Branch fo the Protestant Churches Soccer Association. Some of the orginal clubs attending were Cardiff Salvation Army, Cardiff Dutch Reform Church, Georgetown Church of Christ, Hamilton Baptist and Mayfield Baptist. For the first couple of years the competition was run with one all-age grade. Around 1968 a junior (under 12) competition was run for a couple of seasons and a number of attempts were made in later years, however strong Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Association junior competitions have indered this level. The Association later changed its name to the Northen NSW Christian Churches Soccer Association, but has maintained the motto "For God and Sport". From one grade of half-a-dozen teams to the present open competion and ladies competition, in 1999 consisting of 42 teams in 8 grades from 23 churches, makes for a healthy ongoing association. |
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