AFL WIDE BAY

Premiership coach, Shaun Stone, will lead the new U18 team entering the A grade for it's first ever year. The appointment is a coup for the new team and the direction it is hoping to take. AFL Development Manager Rob Searle is pleased by the new appointment and believes that the new team has been lucky to have someone of Stones calibre in place early. "Shaun has had a decorated playing career and has achieved the ultimate in coaching as well. It was important that the coach was someone that had the right philosophy towards coaching and teaching the young players, as well as having been involved in the higher levels of football as recently as possible"

AFLWB Inc is calling for expressions of interest in the position of Umpires Manager in 2012. The position does have a renumeration involved and potentially could also be split into a North and South combined Managers role to cater for the distance.

In a great move for 2012, there will be an U18 team enter the A grade competition as the 6th team. The best available U18s, along with some overage assistance, will pit themselves against the rest of the competition in the same way the Gold Coast has in the AFL. We are currently seeking applications for potential coaches and assistant coaches for the new side. The new side is also looking for overage players interested in joining the side for an exciting year!

The AFL program for 2011-2012 Wide Bay Tigers has had some 'life experiences' added to it to reward the players that show the commitment to improving and moving forward. See the development page for more information.

AFL WIDE BAY is now on facebook and will be askick questions as well as getting information out to the masses. Join the page today and keep up to date!

After many hours spent watching club, school, regional, state and national level games of football, the Brisbane Lions are pleased to announce both the Level One and Level Two Hyundai Lions Academy squads for 2012.  Wide Bay players are being assesed from the Rookie vs Registered games and some more additions could be forthcoming.

On Sunday 2nd October, the first ever youth awards for AFL Wide Bay were held at the Hervey Bay RSL. The awards will now be an annual event and will not only allow the rep players to recieve more recognition, but also allow the 15s and 17s vote count in front of a wider audience. Brenton Philp took out the U15 Association Best and Fairest while Josh Gale took out the U17 award. Both were very close counts with three players tying for third in the 17s.

The side will be named soon. Will be listed on the development page.

Three more players have been included into the Academy squad of 2011. Riley Blundell retains his spot while Nick Jackson and Lachlan McGill have been rewarded with their additions to the squad. Congratulations boys in being accepted in for 2011