Hundreds of budding junior footballers will meet their AFL heroes next Monday night when the Adelaide Crows spread out across Adelaide visiting junior football clubs involved in the Fasta Pasta Crows in Clubs program.

The Fasta Pasta Crows in Clubs program involves more than 100 junior AFL clubs across the State with 80% based in the metropolitan area.

In its third year, Crows in Clubs is an initiative of the Adelaide Football Club which aims to support and foster the development of junior football across the State.

The program provides a number of benefits to junior clubs, including the opportunity to have two Crows players attend a training session.

With the number of junior clubs far outweighing the number of Crows players, club visits are done on a rotational basis each year.

The junior clubs involved on Monday, July 3 from 5.30-7pm are: (Crows players listed in brackets)

GAZA Junior FC – Oval – North East Rd, Klemzig (Edwards and Maric)
Seaton Ramblers Junior FC – West Lakes Bld, West Lakes (Hart and Hinge)
Ingle Farm Junior FC - Rowe Pk, corner Belalie Rd and Glenora Dr (McLeod and Welsh)
Hope Valley Junior FC – Kitty Lawson Oval, Valley Rd, Hope Valley (Thompson and Elliott)
Modbury Junior FC – George Pollard Oval, Hazel Grove, Ridgehaven (Clarke and Sugars)
Gepps Cross Junior FC – Andrew Pearce Oval, Rowe Ave, Northfield (Goodwin and Knights)
Golden Grove Junior FC – Harpers Field Oval, One Tree Hill Rd, Golden Grove (Perrie and Bock)
SMOSH – Brenton Smith Oval, Bartley Tce, West Lakes Shore (Vince, Hentschel and Doughty)
Central United Junior FC – Trimmer Rd, Elizabeth Vale (Hudson and Reilly)
West Croydon Junior FC – Fawkes Res, Hanson Rd, Woodville Nth (Bassett and Jericho)
Portland Junior FC – Baynes Place (off Bower Rd) North Haven (Skipworth, Obst and Shirley)
Rosewater Junior FC – Newcastle St, Rosewater (Stevens and Griffin)
Woodville South Junior FC – Ledger Rd, Woodville Sth (McGregor and Johncock)
Brighton Junior FC – Highett Ave, Brighton (Torney and Douglas)
Ovingham and Blackfriars Junior FC – Churchill Rd, Ovingham (Gibson, Massie and Pfeiffer)
Hectorville Junior FC – Fisher St Hectorville, (Burton and van Berlo)
North Haven Junior FC – Victoria Rd, Largs Nth (Biglands and Porplyzia)
Goodwood Saints Junior FC – Curzon Ave, Millswood (Ricciuto and Meesen)
* Mattner and Rutten visited Mitchell Pk Junior FC on April 13.

Players will either be involved in the clubs’ normal Monday night training session or help conduct a specially organised coaching clinic.

Other benefits to junior clubs in the program include: weekly achievement certificates for the clubs to hand out to selected players, weekly vouchers for selected players, priority access to match tickets, free autographed football signed by Mark Ricciuto and Neil Craig for fundraising purposes and an opportunity to form a guard of honour for the players at Crows home matches.