Women’s AFL coming to a town near you!
Australia’s fastest growing female sport is coming to towns across the North Coast with a series of AFL come and try sessions planned between October and December.
Just like the rest of the nation, North Coast Women and Girls have flocked to AFL with fantastic attendances at similar sessions earlier in the year. A four team Youth Girls competition started this season with over 100 registered players, and with 65 Women having played in exhibition matches in 2017 plans are afoot to start a North Coast Women’s competition in 2018.
Matt Crawley, Northern NSW Development Manager said that the response had been overwhelming. “Every time we’ve run a session we’ve had new ladies come and join in and we get new people contact us regularly so these sessions will give more women and girls the chance to try the sport. We’re also branching out into new areas in Kempsey and Taree so this will make the sport much more accessible to people in those areas.”
Sessions are being run by female development staff and are non-contact. Not only will people have the chance to learn the skills of the sport it’s also a great chance to keep fit over summer with the physical demands of footy including running and jumping.
Skills learnt in sports such as Netball, Basketball, and other football codes are highly transferable. Any female aged 13 or older is welcome to join in with no previous experience necessary.
For more information go to the North Coast Women’s AFL Facebook page or call the Northern NSW office on 6659 6000.
LOCATIONS AND DATES
Taree:
Tuesday 17 October
Thursday 2 November
Tuesday 28 November
Port Macquarie:
Saturday 21 October
Wednesday 15 November
Thursday 14 December
Kempsey:
Monday 23 October
Tuesday 14 November
Wednesday 6 December
Coffs Harbour:
Wednesday 1 November
Monday 20 November
Thursday 7 December
Saturday 16 December
Grafton:
Monday 6 November
Saturday 18 November
Tuesday 12 December