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Senior club profile: Coffs Harbour Breakers

In this new pre-season feature we’ll profile each of our Senior clubs. We start with reigning Senior and Under 17 Premiers Coffs Harbour Breakers. HOW IS 2020 SHAPING UP? (Jay Guthrie, Club President) The Breakers are building the next generation

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AFL launches Toyota AFL Club Help platform

Community football club volunteers across Australia will have unprecedented access to a range of contemporary resources ahead of the 2020 football season, with the launch of the Toyota AFL Club Help platform. The new online platform has been developed to

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Heat prove too strong

The Northern Heat AFL program wrapped up a comprehensive win over Surfers Paradise/Southport, claiming victory by 40 points in windy and challenging conditions. Kicking with the benefit of the breeze in the opening quarter it was important that the team

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Coaching workshop with Tim Schmidt

All coaches are invited to join Tim Schmidt when he runs a coach development workshop in Coffs Harbour on Wednesday 25 March. Tim is the AFL NSW/ACT Coach Development Manager, was the inaugural coach of the GWS GIANTS AFLW team, and

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Northern Heat to be tested on the Gold Coast

The Northern Heat program culminates on Saturday (7 March) when the team takes on the strong Surfers Paradise/Southport Colts team at Southport. This the second year that the two teams will have played, with a very positive relationship being formed.

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Toyota Good for Footy Raffle

The Toyota Good for Footy Raffle is back and it’s time to pump up your fundraising. Now that the raffle is digital, it’s never been easier to raise serious cash. Last year, a local club just like yours raised $17,050

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Roadshow sets the tone for coming season

A highly successful Education Roadshow was staged on Sunday with over 40 extremely keen participants taking the chance to upskill themselves ahead of the 2020 season. Separate programs were run for administrators, coaches, umpires, and Auskick Co-ordinators to ensure that

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Girls – want to try AFL? Here’s your chance!

AFL is the fastest growing sport across the country amongst girls, and North Coast is riding the crest of that wave. Plans are underway to further grow the Youth Girls space which has gone from strength to strength on the

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Female footy continues to boom!

The 2020 AFLW competition is two rounds old and has already captured the imagination of women and girls across the North Coast. Being able to see top line Women’s footy on free to air TV is driving interest amongst females

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Youth Leadership class of 2020

The AFL industry values people with leadership skills extremely highly and 24 local young leaders have taken the next step on the path to becoming our code’s leaders of the future. The AFL Future Leaders Community Program took place on

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