Club Development Seminars Want $$$, but are always figuring out how to obtain it? AFL NSW will be running information sessions on the process of obtaining grants and multicultural affairs in Blacktown and Moore Park later on this month and early March. more -->

Book your trip to Adelaide in 2011! The 12th AFL Women's National Championships in 2011 have been awarded to the South Australian Women's National Football League according to AFL Canberra. more -->

How to save money and benefit women's footy! When you're thinking of buying sports equipment such as boots, balls or training equipment - your purchase can help the league through the Most Valuable Program at Rebel Sports more -->

Illawarra to hold Team Information Session One of our newest teams in the league, the Illawarra Bulldogs will be holding a team information session next Thursday (11 Feb) at the University of Wollongong Recreation and Aquatic Centre (Sportshub) at 7pm. more -->

ATTENTION all Club Reps - message from the Registar This is a message from the league's registar Richard Anderson addressed to all SWAFL club representatives. more -->

Preseason Details by each club Here is the preseason training details by each club as it comes in. This list is being updated constantly. Please contact the editor if details need updating or are incorrect as of 3/2/2010. more -->

Level 2 Coaching Scholarships available The AFL has one scholarship available for NSW for a woman who is already a Level 1 accredited coach (you must be actively coaching) to undertake the Level 2 scholarship. You can be coaching juniors, Auskick, Youth Girls, Boys or Mens or at SWAFL Level. Applications close before Feb 12, so you must be quick. more -->

Geelong Cats to visit Sydney preseason 2007 and 2009 Premiers, the Geelong Cats will be visiting Western Sydney in early February promoting football with some open sessions to meet the players. more -->

Representative Coaching Positions Available - Youth Girls The NSW Youth Girls League (Illawarra) will be recording a 100% growth in the number of teams this year from 4 to a possible 8 in their second season inclduing new additional teams from Kiama, Shoalhaven, Campbelltown and Wollongong. With expansion comes opportunity including a representative season. Coaching positions are now available for anyone wanting to train the "stars" of the future! more -->

Wests home/training ground to be redeveloped Courtesy of NSW Government Grants, the Western Wolves spiritual home of Picken Oval is to be redeveloped in time for the start of the 2010 AFL season. more -->

Social Networking sites and the potential impacts on Football The rise and emergence of social networking sites has meant that even sports organisations and football leagues have to adapt and change in the way they view information. The article attempts to look at the impact of social media football from a grassroots and elite level - the following opinion is of the writer only and does not reflect SWAFL or any of the clubs views. more -->

Sydney Men's AFL Draws Released The Sydney AFL Draws for all divisions has been released in it's first draft. more -->

Need assistance at your club? NAB staff are here to help! You may not know but the National Australia Bank (NAB) is one of the biggest supporters of Australian Football through it's sponsorship of Auskick Football for juniors. However through the NAB Staff Volunteer Program, NAB Staff potentially can assist your club in any shape or form. Read the story to find out more!!! more -->

Call out for interest in umpiring 2010 sees a possibility of new clubs which means more match officials are required. This is a possibility for any players, spectators or if you are new to the game to contribute to the development of our league.

This message is bought to you by our new umpire's coordinator for 2010, the 2009 Golden Whistle Umpire - John Van Den Ham. more -->

2010 AFL Coaching Courses With the AFL National Policy stating that all coaches need to be currently accredited to coach at any level, AFL (NSW/ACT) will conduct courses throughout 2010. This will allow all new coaches and those coaches whose accreditation has expired to ensure that they are appropriately accredited for the season ahead. more -->

Sydney AFL 2009 Annual Report The Sydney AFL (men's) league released it's annual report during the week. One of the most interesting items is contained on page 44-45 which I encourage you to read. This is the capital works programme which showed $1.21 million was spent on HJ Mahoney Reserve over the last three years - the Home of Women's Football. Other grounds that SWAFL has/may play in the future is also included. more -->

SWAFL AGM 2009 outcome - 3 new clubs for 2010 ??? On Sunday November 1, news of three new clubs potentially being involved in the 2010 competition was announced to the league. more -->

2010 AFL Draw Here is the AFL Draw for 2010 in Excel. more -->

2009 AGM At the 2009 AGM, the following people were accepted as office bearers for the 2010 league. more -->