Sydney Women's AFL

Please see this story, which is already on the AFL Sydney website.

On Saturday Sept 10, possibly the last stand-alone SWAFL Presentation Night was held at the Bowlers Club.

A bright sunny day greeted the teams of Sydney University and Balmain Dockers out at Macquarie University, North Ryde. More featured inside. Photos to come shortly.

Balmain 3.1.19, 3.2.20, 4.5.29,6.6.42 defeated Sydney University 0.0.0, 0.1.1, 0.3.3, 0.3.3

On Saturday, Sept 3 at Macquarie University Oval starting at 1pm, the Division 1 Grand Final between the two best teams of 2011: the Sydney University Bombers and Balmain Dockers will contest the SWAFL Shield. With this potentially being the last stand-alone Grand Final, it'll be all to play for. With Newtown being knocked out of the finals, we know that another team will be grinners come 3pm on Saturday.

Congratulations to the Wollongong Saints who took out the inaugural SWAFL Division Two Grand Final against Mac Uni on Saturday 27 August 2011.

This will probably be the last stand-alone presentation night under the current format, so the 2011 Presentation Evening held at the NSW Bowlers Club in the city should be a great affair. It will be held on the evening of Saturday 10 September (Saturday after the Grand Final).

The NSW Bowlers Club is located at Town Hall, so plenty of public transport and carparking options at the QVB.

Sydney Women's AFL Division One Semi Finals are now at Mahoney Park NOT GORE HILL OVAL. The game times remain the same - Wests v Newtown at 12pm and Balmain v Sydney Uni at 2pm.

The Division Two games at Mona Park will still go ahead at the scheduled times.

Sydney Women's AFL Finals for Division 1 and 2 - dates, time and grounds now announced.

Round 13 is pink sock round. Come down and support your team, buy something from the canteen and wear your socks proudly this weekend.

At a meeting held at the end of July, proposals were made by AFL Sydney to the Sydney Womens AFL to manage the women's competition in future. All club representatives were represented at this important meeting. Member clubs will be asked at a future Extraordinary General Meeting with a super-majority vote required to amend the constitution, should this proposal be accepted.

After the rain, it was decided to cancel the Round 11 matches. Thus all teams have been awarded into 2 points each for the round.

The 2011 AFL International Cup is here and for the first time, women have their own separate competition. SWAFL have been priviledged to be invited by the Canadian International Team to play a trial match. Currently only Division 2 clubs have been invited to contribute players.

The match will be held on Thursday evening 11 August at Macquarie University. Where: Mac Uni Oval At the end of Culloden road, Macquarie Park The game will consist of 15 minute quarters and an ‘Aussie style’ BBQ will be on offer for spectators.

On Saturday July 2 at Figtree Oval, the stars of today and tomorrow will be on display with a SWAFL game and two Interstate Youth Girl Challenge Games. Pop down to Figtree Oval to see the stars of tomorrow!

Also revealed is the talent pathway flowing from this match.

The Auburn Tigers have been featured on the Channel 9 /WIN "Today Show" Program. Here is the link to the video.

Hear about the Auburn Tigers on the Youtube link. Conversation on AFL starts in Part 3 where manager and player Amna Kara-Hassan is interviewed by Mohammed. The Facebook link mentioned is here.

At the conclusion of the 2011 Championships won by Victoria (Division 1) and NSW (Division 2), the best players were read out to be All-Australians. Here is the following list. Information is provided by the AFL.

The mighty NSW team of 2011 has lead the Blues back to the promised land after an epic Division 2 Grand Final over fierce rivals ACT coming EPICALLY from behind in the final quarter to reach Division 1 for the first time under the split divisionalised system.

This is an article by former AFL Coach Peter Schwab on the AFL website.

Follow the action from the National Championships through the eyes of the Leadership Group - Keats, Roxy, Steph and Jem. http://newsouthwalesblues.wordpress.com/

In game 2 after the triumphant win over the ACT in Game 1, it was more of the same today in a comprehensive victory for NSW as they beat newcomers Tasmania NSW 16.14.110 to Tasmania 1.0.6.

With two victories in the Division 2 pool, NSW automatically qualifies for the Division 2 final on Saturday.

Game 3 is against Northern Territory on Friday, so the ladies get a rest day probably enjoying the best of what South Australia offers before back to game day on Friday. Well done NSW!

What a great way to start our Championships  NSW 8-7-55 def ACT 3-2-20....

Folks lets get behind Tracey and the Team in Adelaide,by sending our well wishes, as they try and make it back into Division 1.

Cookandkitchen.com.au is proud to support the NSW Blues with their player sponsorship of East's Jemma Still.

Suzy Cue and All Fingers and Thumbs are proud to support the NSW Blues with their player sponsorship of Southern Power's Christine Coles.

Erko Physio is proud to support the NSW Blues with their player sponsorship of Sydney Uni's Lara Creber.

MBM Accountants is proud to support the NSW Blues with their player sponsorship of West's Mickey Ekman.

Durty Nelly’s Bar & Print Room Restaurant is proud to support the NSW Blues with their player sponsorship of Sydney Uni's Marie Keating.

Skyy Vodka is proud to support the NSW Blues with their player sponsorship of Balmain Docker's Laura Holdsworth.

Rising Stars Management Group is proud to support the NSW Blues with their player sponsorship of Sydney Uni's Libby Sadler.

The State team have been busy in the lead up to the National Women's Championships in Adelaide next week. Visit the Nationals website to keep up to date with all the action.

A great cause to sponsor this weekend.

Here is an article from Australia's broadsheet newspaper on the Auburn Tigers Women's Team and video to boot as well. The article has the original article published and links to the original article plus video too.

An article from Bathurst's Western Advocate shows a future SWAFL Star in the making. SWAFL Clubs you better make the trip to Bathurst to sign her up for your club.

Link from St George Leader

This weekend, SWAFL with all other AFL bodies will be celebrating awareness for umpiring throughout the state and territory. Thanks Ump Round is a national initiative to recognise the outstanding contribution of umpires. So "Thanks Ump"!!!!

Please find the attached memo, as we need more Sydney-based volunteers for the International Cup

All SWAFL Players and Coaches must sign the relevant forms regarding the code of conduct, also included is the team manager matchday checklists for season 2011.

On April 30, all the clubs preseason effort are shown in Round 1 of the 2011 SWAFL Premiership (sponsered by NAB). The opening round sees 5 rounds of matches over the weekend. Good luck to all the teams in the season ahead.

Hot offers for SWAFL members, family and friends from our sponsor nab. Find out how you can win $100 and $$$ for you and your club.

Last weekend the state squad were busy in their preparation for the National Championships in Adelaide in June.

Thanks to the fine work of the SWAFL Committee incojunction with AFL NSW/ACT, the laws are now published under the SWAFL Rules Tab. or click on the story for the link.

In August, the international AFL competition for men and women will be held in Sydney for the first time as people from around the world competing in the International Cup. We need volunteers and your skills will be greatly needed! Read more about making some new friends globally!

In 2011, the Youth Girls Competition will be hosting the Interstate Challenge in Wollongong against the ACT. 2011 will be a year to recovery glory in both the Under 15s and the Under 18 categories.

The Southern Power have a fantastic video editor making this Youtube Classic which features members of the women's football team.

The Macquarie University Warriors are in their third year of football and are looking for new players. No experience is required as the friendly players will teach you the skills required to play football.

Please see the attachment for more information.

The SWAFL President formally greets you with the 2011 Season message. Details with the draw are attached.

The AFL NSW/ACT are putting a lot of resources into Sydney-based Youth Girl competitions to join the Illawarra Youth Girl competitions. Please check the Youth Girls tab (under More Menus) on the SWAFL website to find out more.

On Election Day, March 26 (don't forget to vote), two SWAFL teams will make the trip down the Hume Highway to take on two ACTWAFL Clubs in a preseason challenge. ACTWAFL clubs have already made an appearance at the AFL Seven's with Tuggeranong and Eastlake making the semi-finals.

There is a full day of football from Juniors to Senior Men to Female Football at Bargo, so make the one hour journey to enjoy games of footy.

This article is about the very successful AFL Seven's Tournament run in Homebush this year.

This article from Fairfax Media talks about how one family started the Auburn Tigers. Story by David Sygall.

Exciting news for Female Football for our state and territory. The AFL through AFL NSW/ACT have funded a Recreational Football / Female Football Manager to expand and broaden participation across the board. The successful appointee has history with SWAFL, so it can only mean that the relationship between the two bodies can only strengthen.

SWAFL and AFL NSW/ACT annouces the appointment of the ACT and NSW coaches for the AFL Women's National Championships to be held in Adelaide in June 2011.

Who is Jill Lindsay you may ask? Jill (1950-2011) was the AFL Ground Operations Manager and is the only woman to be accorded VFL/AFL Life Membership. A pioneer in a male-dominated world, Jill determined her own destiny to become regarded as one of football's most highly regarded administrators. The tribute and respect from all quarters of football from elite-AFL level football to women's football across Australia just shows how highly regarded Jill was.

Based on the Feburary 2011 Board Meeting, the 12th season of SWAFL promises to be an interesting one ahead.

As preseason is now upon all clubs, the desperate need to replace retired players and discover the next superstar talent, it's real important to figure out sources of talent.

The Macarthur Advertiser featured a story in the newspaper on 16/2/2011 interviewing Rachael Paton who currently plays with the UNSW Stingrays about setting up a local womens team in the Macarthur area,

The 2011 Macquarie University Warriors have used social networking technology to attract new players with a beautifully edited video on Youtube.

Sportstar.com interviewed the AFL Women's Participation Officer Jan Cooper recently who had some interesting news on a potential national women's AFL competition.

Please contact the 2011 Umpires Coordinator John Van Den Ham on 0439 939 107 or email him at SWAFLUMPIRES@yahoo.com

With our competition scheduled to grow to up to 10 or 12 teams, this means more officials are required to service our game. As an umpire, you are paid for your efforts and will definitely get fit and the best spot in the "house" to watch the game if you don't want to play.

In 2010, the AFL introduced nation-wide level 2 scholarships for women to improve their skills. At that time there were only 5 accredited Level 2 female coaches and 1 High Performance (level 3) female coach.

In 2011, the next round of scholarships are now open - do you want to be a level 2 coach?

Details are on the main story. Ruleas are now attached (10/2/11)

Due to the hard work of the SWAFL Executive (in particular major thanks to Jemma Still) and the NSW AFL, Australian Rules Football has been awarded major grants in the Marrickville Council area. Read more for the story.

Lots of exciting news from our Southern Sydney Womens AFL Club regarding personnel and future playing facilities.

Are you interested in  taking onboard a challenge? Kickstart your coaching career or build on your career at Macquarie University Australian Football Club!

Want to be part of history? The newest SWAFL club representing the Greater Western Sydney is on the rise!

Continue reading this story to find out more!

With the rise of Android and Apple Iphones dominating the mobile phone market, SportingPulse which is the platform SWAFL runs on has developed an app to make it easier to access all the footy information you need for the 2011 season.

All the news from 2010 is now located in the archives which can be found on the right hand side of the page.

Please find this year's annual report.

At the 2010 AGM, the following people were nominated for the 2011 Committee. Well done and good luck.