General Updates
Concession - $10
Children - $5
The Geelong Football Netball League annual Grand Final exclusive event will be held in the form of a Luncheon at GMHBA Stadium on the 27th September.
Details:
- 27th September
- Presidents Room / GMHBA Stadium (Access through main gate)
- 11:45am-1:00pm
- Tickets coming soon
Club presidents will be contacted in the comng week regarding the event. Clubs had the option to purchase their tickets via a ticket link, or can email
As in previous years, Clubs are advised to have 10 guests in attendance for this event to have representation and show support for everyone in the League.
- Everyone must pay the admission fee to enter the venue.
- Local council by–laws forbid taking alcohol into public reserves.
- It is a condition of Entry that vehicles be inspected for illegal entry of alcohol.
- Failure to comply with this request will result in the vehicle not being permitted to enter the reserve.
- Alcohol is not to be consumed before 12pm in line with liquor licensing requirements.
- No glass is permitted at the venue.
- Any alcohol detected entering any venue will be confiscated and will not be returned to the patron.
- Utilities or trucks with couches or lounge chairs on the back will not be permitted entry.
- No Pets are allowed to enter the venue. Assistance or guide dogs are permitted.
- Re-entry via pass-out stamp only.
You will find all the details of the 2024 Best & Fairest Presentation Nights via the link below.
Next week will see the CDFNL Junior & Senior Nights, as well as the combined U18 Football & 19U Netball Presentation Night.
GFNL clubs will recieve their invitees for the Mathieson Medal by the end of the week.
For any questions regarding Presentation Nights, please contact
Football
Author - Simon Riddoch
Good Afternoon GFNL Football Contacts,
GFNL 2024 second weekend of GFNL Finals is this week.
Week One & Two & Three of the GFNL 2024 Qualifying, Semi and Elimination Finals will be held at Geelong West Oval (North Geelong) all game times are available on PlayHQ.
- Bar – Lara FNC
- Catering – St Joseph’s FNC
I draw your attention to club supporters entering the ground walking directly to umpires and verbally attacking and filming them with mobile phones, the first week of finals.
This behaviour is not on, umpires like everyone on game day should have a safe and great GFNL game day experience.
Umpires should feel safe in their working environment and feel safe to enter and leave the ground.
The GFNL community are better than this and I would like to see this behaviour stop, all club supporter interactions with umpires must cease.
This week AFL Barwon will be adopting greater protection measures for the umpires.
GFNL clubs are required to support and communicate with members and supporters to always stay away from umpires when entering and leaving the ground.
Any umpire feedback should follow the process of contacting
Host & Participating clubs game day responsibilities:
- Host Club: Geelong West FNC
- Umpire escorts
- Interchange & look after Spare football.
Participating Clubs:
Geelong West Giants, Leopold, Newtown & Chilwell, South Barwon, St Joseph’s, St Mary’s & Torquay Papworth.
- Team sheets (can either be given directly to the umpires or via AFLB Staff 1 copy for AFL Barwon staff)
- Best Players & Goalkickers (give to AFLB staff post-game)
AFL Barwon Staff:
- Timekeepers & Score Board.
- Footballs (One to umpires – Spare to interchange steward)
- Paperwork (To umpires and timekeepers)
- Brief timekeepers regarding time on in Reserves & Under 18s, as well as extra time procedures
- Ensure clubs come out on time.
- Collect paperwork and football from the umpires’ post-game & get the all-clear.
- Collect the best players and goalkickers from the club post-game & notify them of any reports or review requests.
- Results entry after each game.
Water carriers information:
- Water carriers MUST NOT BE USED AS MESSENGERS (Runners).
- Water carriers must work away from the coaching box by at least 15m, when not delivering water they must be off the ground and against the fence, not standing on the boundary line or field of play spectating.
- They are permitted to fill their water bottles etc from the area.
- Free kicks may apply for breaches.
Interchange bench
- Only those on the team sheet are permitted in the interchange bench, any persons not named will be politely asked to move behind the fence.
- This is not a place for injured players not participating in the match.
- All personal must remain behind the lines marked and not be standing on the actual boundary line, this is a hindrance for boundary umpires and a safety issue.
- This will be monitored by match/league officials.
How much are tickets to attend the Geelong Football Netball League Finals?
- Adults - $15
- Concession - $10
- Junior (5 – 17 years old) - $5
- Family Ticket (2 Adults & 2+ Children) - $40 capped
Will there be other methods available at the gate to enter the finals venues on the day?
Patrons will be able to purchase a ticket via Intix at the gate with the event QR Codes that will be on display.
There will also be cash and EFTPOS facilities available.
Parking Information:
Limited to clubs and official tickets will be issued via Intix – No cash payments for car parking
Any Questions please reach out -
Author - Simon Riddoch
Hello, CDFNL FOOTBALL Club contacts, Preliminary Finals week – all the best to clubs participating,
AFL Barwon reached out on Monday to formally invite you to the end-of-year Presentation Night events next week.
Clubs are each allocated 20 guests (including both football & netball guests). Please RSVP to Camryn’s email by the end of Thursday this week.
Please note that as with previous years, you will be invoiced for your 20 guests by the CDFNL post-event.
CDFNL Junior Presentation Night
Monday 16 September
Colac RSL, 6:30pm
Cost – $30pp (Includes meal)
CDFNL “Mahoney & Russell” Senior Presentation Night
Wednesday 18 September
Colac RSL, 6:30pm
Cost – $35pp (Includes meal)
CDFNL FINALS INFORMATION
- Colac Council has informed CDFNL that CDFNL clubs will not use the Central Reserve for training.
- Colac FNC Upstairs social room for adults to sit and watch football.
- No reserved parking until the Grand Final.
- Colac social rooms not open
- No reversing of vehicles parking
24 Selected Teams - Media
24.1 Senior teams must be entered with their playing position selected, onto the PlayHQ database each
Thursday night before 6.00pm
24.2 Clubs must enter separate positions for eighteen players, three interchanges and up to three
emergencies.
24.3 Fines will be issued for noncompliance and/or each player named on the official team sheets that
was not named in the selected list of twenty-four.
Penalty $20 per player (Max $100)
22 Codes of Conduct and Other Policies
22.1
All players, officials and Club members at all League matches shall be subject to the Policies and Codes of
Conduct as issued by the Board from time to time.
22.2
The Board is required to adopt complementary rules and regulations in football competitions under their respective
control and jurisdiction as those of AFL Victoria and AFL Victoria.
22.3
The Colac & District Board has also adopted a range of AFL Victoria, Netball Victoria and AFL Barwon policies.
These include, but are not restricted to:
- Infectious Diseases Policy
- No Smoking & Alcohol Management Policy
- AFL Vilification and Discrimination Policy
- Anti-Doping Policy
- Codes of Conduct - Players, Coaches, Parents & Umpires
- Gender Policy
- De-Registration Policy
- Privacy Policy
- Responsible Serving of Alcohol
- Looking After Mates
- Netball Australia Member Protection Policy – found behaviours (verbally) less than appropriate first week of netball final – needs to be lifted to the appropriate standards.
- AFL Barwon Cybersafety Policy
- AFL Barwon Constitution
- AFL Barwon Local PPS By Laws
- AFL National Age Dispensation Policy
- Child Safe Guarding Policy
Timekeepers
- Competing Clubs will need to supply Timekeepers for Reserve, Colts U18, & U14.5.
Interchange.
- Home clubs are responsible for Interchange.
ICE & Stretcher
- Competing clubs will need to bring ICE & Stretcher for finals.
- Umpire escorts are NOT REQUIRED by clubs.
Disabled Parking
- No reserved parking for finals. Limited disabled parking is available for the Grand Final.
Patrons taking Dogs to matches.
- Please note that there are to be no dogs at venues in the CDFNL besides Guide or special needs dogs.
Smoking
- There is to be no smoking on the field or within 10m of the playing surface. This also applies within pavilions and change rooms.
Photography & Filming
- All football and netball Grand Finals will be subject to photography/ filmed.
CDFNL FINALS & GRAND FINAL CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
- Everyone must pay the admission Fee.
- Local council by-laws forbid taking ALCOHOL into public reserves.
- It is a condition of Entry that bags & vehicles be inspected for illegal entry of alcohol.
- Failure to comply with this request will result in the vehicle not being permitted to enter the reserve.
- ALCOHOL is not to be consumed before 12 pm.
- No Glass allowed.
- Any alcohol detected entering any venue will be confiscated and will NOT be returned to the patron
- Utilities or trucks with couches or lounge chairs on the back will not be permitted entry.
- No Dogs Allowed
- Re-entry bypass-out stamp only
CDFNL Finals Catering (roster below)
- Elimination final – Irrewarra Beeac
- Qualifying – Birregurra
- 1st semi – Colac imperials
- 2nd semi – South Colac
- Prelim – Alvie
- GF -Western Eagles.
Netball
2024/25 Summer Team Entries
We have extended the team entries until Sunday 22nd September. Please make sure you get your teams in on time so fixtures can be finalised and released. All clubs should have received more details about the summer competition via email. Please reach out if your club did not receive anything.
Google forms for team entries:
Salary Cap Reporting – DUE 4 WEEKS POST YOUR CLUBS FINAL A GRADE GAME
As the season draws to a close, please be reminded of your post season reporting requirements.
All clubs are required to submit their player payment reporting via the spreadsheet on our website HERE
(scroll to “Netball Budget Template”)
All Players who have taken the court in A Grade are required to have either a standard player declaration, or non-declared player statement.
Helpful tips:
- Games played on the report should line up with PlayHQ records for compliance
- If players who do not take the court, but receive payment for benching, please put this in the ‘other payments’ section of the template with a note such as ‘bench player payment’.
- The spreadsheet auto-calculates for you, so please be mindful of it’s pre-exisitng formulas.
All relevant player payment policies can be found on this site should you need any further information. If you are unsure about anything, please email
Author - Netball Victoria
Netball Victoria have made it easier than ever to maintain and update your organisation information and key personnel data. Updating administrators, key personnel, committee members, T&C's, governance, affiliate finder and asset register information will now be completed directly in Netball Connect and replaces the previous process of updating the external CRM system. We have created a series of resources to assist you in updating your organisation data, please click here to get started.
Author - Netball Victoria
The Growing Regions Program drives regional economic prosperity by providing access to funding for community-focused infrastructure projects throughout rural and regional areas of Australia. Opens 5 Sep 2024.
Click here to view the government website for T&Cs and eligibility.
Author - Maddie Okely (Netball Victoria)
COACHING & UMPIRING
Fundamentals - A Coaches' Guide
New FREE course from Netball Australia for beginner coaches. Click the link to register: https://learning.netball.com.au/enrol/index.php?id=1610
Community Coaching Masterclass – Who you coach
Free Course - This Community Coaching Masterclass – Who you coach helps you find out what motivates and drives your participants, to create engaging environments that meet their needs. Click the link to register: https://learning.netball.com.au/enrol/index.php?id=1248
Umpire Mentor Workshops
Remaining Mentor and Advanced Mentoring workshops are upcoming in October 2024. Click to register here
PATHWAY
VNL Awards 2024
The VNL Awards Ceremony was held Sunday 18 August 2024, wrapping up another successful season. Click here to read the full list of winners.
Commercial Partnerships
Each AFL Barwon affiliated club have received one allocated 2024 Geelong Cats signed football jumper, thanks to our community partnership.
Our region is very fortunate to have the Geelong Cats support in providing these for our clubs to use for fundraising or gifting opportunities. This year we would like some feedback from clubs on the value they see and make from these jumpers. We are keen to understand whether clubs find value in these jumpers being provided, and how much financial gain each club makes from these. This will allow us to understand whether we continue to offer these to clubs in the future. 2025 and beyond.
Each clubs signed jumper will be able to be picked up from the AFL Barwon Office from 10am Monday September 16th.
If you have any questions or feedback, please contact AFL Barwon Commercial Partnerships and Communications Manager, Sean Atkinson (
Yoga for Mental Health at GMHBA Stadium
This year for World Mental Health Day, we are joining Active Geelong, Read the Play and Kardinia Park Stadium Trust to bring a new event to the Geelong community.
Serenity in the Stadium will be taking over the iconic GMHBA Stadium on Thursday 10 October, where up to 2,000 people will gather on the oval for a one-hour yoga session as the sun rises over the stands.
The practice of yoga is beneficial for many reasons including mind-body connection, stress reduction, improved mood, mindfulness, physical activity and social connection.
Lead by Sally Ferriss from Wonder Yoga, the event aims to raise awareness for mental health and the importance of physical activity and social connection for our mental wellbeing.
Date: Thursday 10 October 2024
Time: Approx. 7am
Location: Oval at GMHBA Stadium, Geelong VIC
Cost: Adults $55 | Student/Concession - $33 | Family (2 adults, 2 children) – $132
For more information or to register, visit: www.serenityinthestadium.com.au
Join us in making a difference this World Mental Health Day.
