Is your club looking to fill key roles for the upcoming season? AFL Barwon is here to help! We encourage all clubs to advertise their vacancies on our website to reach a wide audience of local talent.

Simply submit the position, a brief description, and any other details you’d like to include, and we’ll get the word out. Whether it's coaching, administration, or volunteer roles, let us help you find the perfect fit for your club!

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Administration Updates

Netball Connect Registration Refresher and Q&A for Associations 

Netball Victoria will be hosting a Netball Connect refresher and Q&A session. Netball Victoria will run one session for Affiliates, one session for Clubs. 

• Click here to register for clubs – Scheduled 23rd October 2024 

New ATO Annual Reporting Requirements - Netball VIC 

Each Netball Victoria Association/Affiliate/League and or Club is required to nominate a duly authorised person and follow the below instructions to set themselves up with access to the ATO’s Online Services for Business. This is due by 31 October 2024.  From 1 July, ABN registered non-charitable NFPs need to lodge an annual NFP self-review return confirming income tax exemption status. Click the link to read more: New ATO Annual Reporting Requirements - Netball VIC 

Coaching & Umpiring

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. 

• Umpires in the Field: Mentor | 20 October – Bendigo 1pm-3pm 

• Umpires in the Field: Mentor | 27 October – Ararat 10am-12pm 

• Umpires in the Field: Advanced Mentor | 20 October – Bendigo 10am-12pm 
• Umpires in the Field: Advanced Mentoring | 27 October – Parkville 10am-12pm 

Funding Opportunities 

Growing Regions Program Round 2 

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. Closes 10 October 2024. Click here to view the government website for T&Cs and eligibility.  

Sporting Club Grants – Now Open 

Access to this funding helps grassroots clubs and organisations address barriers in participation, develop safe and sustainable practices and build social and active local communities. 

Applications close 4pm Friday 11 October 2024. Click here to read more. 

Membership Information – 2025 Pricing 

Netball Victoria’s 2025 member registration period begins in October, ahead of many of our affiliates running summer seasons. Affiliates and participants may notice that our junior and adult membership fees will increase by $4.00 for 2025. 

While we have kept the increase to a minimum, it is necessary so Netball Victoria can continue to invest in member services, and growing our great game, in the face of rising costs. 

We are proud that our fees remain lower than every other state netball organisation, and less or comparable to other sporting bodies, while we also continue to ensure that our membership delivers great value. 

Not only does your membership enable you to play, coach, umpire or participate in any Netball Victoria-affiliated association, competition or development course, it also allows us to provide support across vital areas including: 

• Management and administration, including tools like Netball Connect (our competition management system) and related support  

• Governance and policy  

• Coach and umpire development and pathways  

• Player development, pathways and competitions  

• Community development, including diversity, inclusion and school programs  

• Facility development support and advocacy  

• Staff located across regional and metropolitan areas to provide support, information and resources  

• Coverage under Netball Australia’s National Insurance Program  

• Supplier buying power opportunities via our sponsors 

• Access to Melbourne Vixens ticketing and membership discounts 

The Netball Victoria annual membership fee also allows you to play in more than one competition without an additional membership charge. Players must register to all competitions you wish to participate in and pay any additional club/association/league fees. 

There are also a number of new member initiatives or enhancements planned in 2025, including free monthly online training sessions, a new members rewards program, Engage NV (an online resource tool where you can interact with others across the netball community); improvements to Netball Connect and increased shared services. Learn more about your membership and member benefits, below!  

MEMBER BENEFITS 

Financial Hardship Support 

While we have worked extremely hard to ensure our membership is affordable and offers great value, Netball Victoria recognises that many members of our community experience financial hardship and is committed to ensuring our sport remains as accessible and inclusive as possible.  For details on how individuals can seek assistance to cover costs including membership, uniforms and equipment, visit our website. 

SUPPORT 

AFL Barwon provides governance and strategy development for Football and Netball across the Barwon region. We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated person to join our team in a full-time Netball Operations Coordinator Position. 

This full-time role plays an integral part in driving the operational organisation, development and planning of Netball umpires within the AFL Barwon Region.  

The successful applicant will be responsible for the AFL Barwon Netball Umpire Panel, coordinating our Netball mentor workforce, planning and scheduling upskilling sessions and accreditations for umpires and umpire mentors, working with the Netball Coordinator to deliver development outcomes at AFL Barwon Junior Netball Competitions and delivering an AFL Barwon mentoring program across all clubs in the AFL Barwon region.  

Applications close at 11:59pm, Thursday, 17th October 2023

Hi all,

Firstly congratulations on each, and every one of you volunteers for your individual contributions to season 2024. As you are well and truly aware Club Volunteers are the glue that keeps our Clubs together, without them our clubs just would not function. You know that you’re one of them! 

Given our season has completed and our attention now turns to AGM’s, volunteer recruitment and Club promotion,  I thought it would be timely  to take the opportunity to remind you that there is a dedicated resource which will  support you with completing these tasks. Take a look around this page as it is packed full of very useful tools & resources to support your clubs. 

Regards, 

Tim Secombe
Club Development Lead
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AFL Victoria, in partnership with our exclusive goal post partner PILA, are pleased to offer the 2024 Goal Post Kick-start Subsidy Program. 

The subsidy program is extended to all Victorian football clubs and/or affiliations, including schools and councils, as approved by AFL Victoria. The program will run annually over 2 years giving applicants the ability to apply for a $1000 subsidy. 

PILA provide a 7 year warranty and a certificate of compliance with each set of goal posts to ensure you are receiving high quality equipment that is aligned with AFL’s standards. 

PROGRAM DATES: 19th August - 31st October 2024 

FUNDING POOL: $1,000 subsidy per club 

ELIGIBLE ORGANISATIONS: Victorian based football clubs, Schools and Councils. 

Eligible to receive one successful application over the 2 year period.