WIDE BAY U18s DOMINATE COUNTRY SOUTH SELECTION Wide Bay U18s played off against the Darling Downs U18s in a new format to select players for the Country South Team. 12 players (and an emergency) qualified for the team which will play against North and Central in Rockhampton for the final selection of the State Country Kookaburra's. More details coming in the DEVELOPMENT section. more -->

Become an Umpire in 2010 The Wide Bay Umpires Association is recruiting umpires for the 2010 season. more -->

WIDE BAY TIGERS REPRESENTATIVE COACHING POSITIONS AFL Wide Bay is now seeking coaches for the 2010 representative season. more -->

BITS AFC Looking for Coaching Staff for 2010 We are looking for coaching staff for the 2010 season for the BITS Saints from Boyne island.

Please find attached document with further details. more -->

QUEENSLANDS ACADAMIES GIVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PLAYERS With the Gold Coast entering the AFL competition in 2011, they have adopted the Lions Academy model and both have expanded the amount of placings available for all youth age groups.

It is a very exciting time for a youth player in Queensland as over double the amount of placings are available for talented youngsters keen to go further more -->

QUEENSLAND PASSES 100,000 PARTICIPANTS IN 2009 Wide Bay was a strong performer in it's participation, outperforming over half the country areas in Queensland.

Read further for the media release more -->

2010 IS UNDER WAY! A healthy group of keen young footballers and their parents turned up at the AFL Wide Bay office to kick off this years Summer Training Program. It was a great opportunity to not only learn about the plans for this summer and the upcoming rep season, but also learn more about their bodies and how to look after them. more -->

JUSTIN SHEEHAN - STEDMAN MEDAL WINNER 2009 Brothers Bullogs player Justin Sheehan won this years Best& Fairest for Seniors with 24 points from fellow clubman Andrew Hatfield. more -->

HERVEY BAY BOMBERS 2009 SENIOR PREMIERS more -->

2009 STATE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Anthony Stothard was awarded State Junior Club Volunteer of the year at the Grogan Medal dinner 7th September 2009 in Brisbane more -->

WIDE BAY U12S BLOW AWAY THEIR POOL! The Wide Bay U12s Primary Side has returned to from the State Champs after a magnificent carnival. Congratulations to the boys and especially to Darren Baldwin on his time and efforts as Coach of the side, as well as Richard Dugdale in his role as team manager. Read further for the Coaches Report more -->

NORTHERN CUP SEMI FINAL SPOT ELUDES WIDE BAY Bundaberg North High School saw off the challenge of St Mary's (Maryborough) last week but was unable to rise to the challenge of the Sunshine Coast.
Mountain Creek State School arrived at Frank Coulthard oval with a mission. more -->

2009 PREMIERSHIP BECOMES AN OPEN RACE 2009 is shaping up as a year when you might want to leave your money in the pocket rather then bet on who will hold the Premiership Cup aloft. more -->

INJURY RAVAGED TIGERS GO DOWN IN ROCKHAMPTON The Wide Bay Tigers Representative team journeyed to Rockhampton to play a carnival against Capricornia and Mackay. Our side was depleted through injury and absences and was hurt by the more complete sides the opposition were able to put on the paddock. Read on for Coach Steve Collard's report. more -->

BUNDABERG HOSTS THE 14S KOOKABURRAS ATW was the host for the Southern State Country U14 Carnival over the June long weekend. The Carnival was split this year with a Northern division playing at Cairns. Whilst the Wide Bay side used it as a learning curve against good opposition, four locals made the enviable step up to Kookaburra status. more -->

STATE U16 CHAMPS STARTED TODAY Whilst it was a poor start on the scoreboard for the Kookaburras (Jake Nagy, Hayden Thick, Jock Oates) and the Colts (Greg Knox), our guys all performed well. Both Knox and Thick made the best players and reports on Nagy and Oats were all positive. Results are in the NEWS section and I will add the other two rounds as soon as they are available. more -->

WIDE BAY KEEPS PRODUCING KOOKABURRA'S The U16 Wide Bay side round out a suuccessful carnival with selections in the State Country side. The Kookaburra's selection saw Hayden Thick, Jock Oates and Jake Nagy make the side. Greg Knox was selected for the Colts side (another side for the State Champs) and Nick Williams is in the emergencies for the carnival. A full report of the carnival is in the NEWS section more -->

U18 COUNTRY SOUTH - THREE KOOKABURRAS (and a few unlucky players) With only the bus ride up to Rockhampton for the boys to get to know each other, the Country South team was always going to have a steep learning curve heading into the first game more -->

U18s SUMMER DEVELOPMENT The summer development program had a great turnout this year, with many players seeking the next step in their development. more -->

ATWBundy Eagle called up for QLD Country Kookas Ryan Patterson from Across The Waves Bundaberg AFC Eagles has been called into the U/18 Country Queensland Kookaburra Squad as a result of changes made following the Kookaburras mixed results of a win against the Western Taipans on Feb 23 and the a loss to the South East Bushrangers on Feb 26 during the first leg of the U/18 Queensland Development Championships. more -->