The lead up to the start of this season presented the club with new challenges, which arose as a consequence of moving leagues during the off season. As many know, Waverley Junior Football Association (WJFA) disbanded in November 2008, and as a consequence Ashburton joined Yarra Junior Football League (YJFL). This season we fielded all of our teams in this league for the first time (we have been p
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For the second year in a row we achieved over 500 registered players playing in 21 teams. These numbers are in line with 2008 results and 5% ahead of 2007.
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Season 2009 was always going to be a challenging one for the Ashy Redbacks and in particular Football Operations due to the WJFA disbanding and the Club joining the Yarra Junior Football League. Overall the move has been an extremely positive one for the Club.
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Four Ashy teams played off for premierships last Sunday, with 3 flags coming home to Burwood Reserve! The U/12 Greens, U/14 Reds and Colts Reds played some fantastic football to convincingly win their matches. The Colts Greens, who had a very successful season, found it a little tougher on the day.
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In July 2009, the AUJFC was awarded Silver level accreditation for the AFL Quality Club program - a fantastic achievement!
The Quality Club Program is a program about standards in club administration. Instituted in 2005, the program is designed to recognise and reward community football clubs for achieving a base standard of club administration through to levels of excellence.
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The AUJFC are deeply indebted to all the sponsors of our Club in 2009. Along with Cannon Toyota (Platinum Sponsor, SRB (Associate Sponsor), Ridders Fresh Smallgoods (Associate Sponsor), our Under 9's through to Colts' teams also are sponsored.
Please go to "About Us" and select "Our Sponsors" to view the entire list of Ashy sponsors.
And remember to "Support those who support us"!
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All Ashy players, parents, coaches and officials are requested to read the updated AUJFC Mission Statement, which is located under ABOUT US / OUR MISSION.
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Ashy Redbacks, through our valued Platinum Sponsor Cannon Toyota, have been chosen by Toyota to represent Grassroots Footy in their Good For Footy campaign.
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The "Our Teams" menu now lists all the Ashy teams, and direct access to the YJFL fixtures, results and ladders. The YJFL fixtures, results and ladders are normally updated every Sunday evening after the round is completed.
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The Waverley Junior Football Association (WJFA) has disbanded, and as a consequence Ashburton will join Yarra Junior Football League (YJFL) in 2009 which will see us field all of our teams in this league for the first time (we have been playing U14 – Colts in YJFL for the past 3 seasons).
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