At its Board meeting on October 11th, the IAFA Board decided to allow registration for the 2016 season to commence immediately. It past years, registration did not open until mid-December. There were a number of factors in favour of this including the following:
- Allowing clubs to sign up players as they recruit them during the off-season.
- Eliminating the need for new players to pay an additional fee to train or play with their clubs during the off-season.
- Allowing players to spread their various payments to club, association etc. over a longer period of time – most have to pay club fees in Q1 of each year.
- Facilitating the proposal to change the financial year to 1st September.
Additionally, the online registration system has been extended to include Coaches and Officials in addition to players and non-playing members (e.g. administrators). Players, Coaches, Officials and other members can register at the following link:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/iafa-senior-registration-2016-registration-19030608061