East Arnhem Futsal is a program of the Gove Junior Football Club Inc (GJFC).

GJFC has been operating on the Gove Peninsula for over 25 years running soccer and futsal programs to support local young people to be active, learn to play as a team, particulate in competition and develop great sporting skills.

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Why Futsal and not soccer? 

Here are some reasons why the GJFC is running East Arnhem Futsal:

1. Futsal is a great skill developer – the game demands quick reflexes, fast thinking, and pinpoint passing. Futsal uses a smaller, heavier, low bounce ball. Ground control and first touch are essential to success in the game. The game is played on a hard court so the ball travels much faster than on grass. 

2. Futsal is more technical and less physical – Futsal rules encourage technical play and do not permit the aggressive physical play that soccer allows – this suits all developing players.

3. Futsal has more of everything that kids love – more shooting, more goals, more action! Players rotate positions, so every player is 100% involved in every game.

4. Futsal is played in smaller teams of 5 players (+up to 5 substitutions). This allows for us to build a competition with a smaller number of players in the club. 

5. The game provides more opportunity for player touches of the ball and involvement in play.  More touches mean better skill development, and if players want to move onto soccer in the future, the skills are highly relevant….Many of soccer’s greatest players like Messi, Pele, Ronaldo, Iniesta, and Neymar all grew up playing futsal and credit futsal with developing their skills…. we might just have a Messi in our midst!

6. It can be played indoors and outdoors – so when the temperature rises or the rain falls, we can use some of the great indoor or covered facilities in town.

7. Lastly, there are opportunities for high quality regional and national competitions. East Arnhem Futsal is affiliated with the Federation of Australian Futsal (FAF) and the Australian Futsal Association and we are working with them to develop pathways for players to move through to region, state and national competitions.

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Achievements
 

Some of our club’s recent achievements include:

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• Grand final wins and/or runners up and finals results s in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 at the FNQ Futsal Tournament;

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• In 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 we held successful regional tournaments in Gove that showcased our sport to the community and had the participation of teams from across the region.

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Our Governance

The club is a registered association in the Northern Territory and has a Committee consisting of:

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• President

• Deputy President

• Public Officer

• Treasurer

• Secretary

• General Committee members with different roles such as merchandise, fundraising, communications and coach development.

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Each year the Club holds an Annual General Meeting and elects a committee for the next year from Club members. Club Members are encouraged to get involved in the Committee and volunteering to support the Club. Click for our latest general report and financial statements are available here on request from Club Members.

 

The 2025-26 Committee is:

• Jim Rogers (President)

• Jess Elford (Deputy President)

• Jess Ross (Treasurer)

• Emma Rogers (Secretary)

• Di Plumridge (Public Officer)

• Dan Foley

• Georgie Wood

• Bec Robinson

• Brad and Cat Fielke

• Joao Tan-Grillo

• Lynne Martin

• Tania Jones

• Kate Ranford

• Josh Elford

• Sarah Duggan

• Jen Wardrope

• Liv Knee 

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