The 12 week competition, including two weeks of finals, will feature under-13s, under-6s, men and womens teams battling it out at Tomaree Sports Complex on Monday nights.

Registrations for the club's MiniRoos 2022 teams (under-6 to under-11) opened on Tuesday, January 4. The season begins in April and will wrap up in August.

No experience is necessary. Children must be turning five in 2022 to play. Teams play on Saturdays. Children in U8 to U11 age groups play away every second Saturday. U6 and 7s will play in a local mixed competition on Saturday mornings.

To register go to nelsonbayfootball.com.au/registration. Active Kids vouchers are accepted. For inquiries, email miniroos@nelsonbayfootball.com.au or phone 0439 846 680 or 0413 457 999.

The club will host its Annual General Meeting for the 2022 season at Soldiers Point Bowling Club on Thursday, January 20 from 7pm.

FINGAL BAY will become a hive of activity from next weekend with two surf lifesaving events to be staged at the beach.

Fingal Beach Surf Lifesaving Club will host round three of the Hunter Surf Lifesaving Carnival on Saturday, January 15 from 8am to 2pm.

Competitive Hunter juniors, from under-9 to under-15s, will compete in beach sprints, beach flags, beach sprints, mixed relays, board races and relays and ironman events.

The carnival will incorporate the Newcastle Permanent Series for U11 to U14's. Certain events will earn winners points in the series.

The following weekend, on Saturday, January 22, the Fingal Masters Carnival will be staged at the beach from 8am to 2pm.

THE 2022 Burton Automotive Surfest Wildcard Trials will be staged at Birubi Beach on Saturday, February 26.

The event will decide the wildcard entries into the WSL Men's 5000 Surfest Newcastle Pro, the WSL 5000 Surfest Women's Pro and WSL JQS 1000 Lake Mac Pro Junior for men and women.

The three hugely anticipated and popular Hunter surf events return to Merwether and Redhead beaches in March and April.

The Port Stephens Surfest trial is open to men, women, cadet boys and girls (16 years and under as of December 31, 2021).

Winners of the 14 and 16 years boys Port Stephens trials receive free entry and the number one seen into Surfest's cadet events.

"The Surfest trials each year are a very important event for male and female surfers who are trying to make their mark on the WSL world qualifying Tour. Past winners of the trials have always surfed exceptionally well in the main events, at times surpassing their wildest expectations," Surfest organiser Warren Smith said.