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All-Abilities Football Netball League in the Barwon Region in 2023

The AFL Barwon Region will be hosting an Australian first, All-Abilities Football Netball League in 2023.

In an exciting addition to the Football and Netball competitions in Barwon region, the All-Abilities Football Netball League competitions adds further diversity and community opportunities to play both sports.

The All-Abilities football competition will commence its inaugural season with four Clubs - Bell Park FNC, Geelong West Giants FNC, Newcomb FNC & St Joseph’s FNC, fielding Football teams. The currently established All-Abilities Netball competition will be aligned to new league.

The 2023 All Abilities FNL season will commence the week of April 29th and run until August 12th. The football will take place fortnightly with each participating club hosting the competition. The current netball competition will also look to move to a club-based operation on a weekly basis.’

The season fixture will be released in February.

AFL Barwon Region General Manager Edward Wilson was quoted “The development of the AFL Barwon All Abilities Football Netball League is a culmination of tireless enthusiasm and resourcing, across several groups of dedicated individuals to make this League, a reality”.

“AFL Barwon acknowledges the opportunity this League will provide to the local community and is grateful for the expertise of Leisure Networks, and the four inaugural Clubs, in partnership, to drive our vision and strategy”.

“All aspects of League administration, competition and operational management have been devised with the participant and participation in mind. We believe the future of the League requires foundations that AFL Barwon and Clubs alike can build from, and we’re proud of what we’ve collectively achieved”.

“I am proud of the collective attitudes and commitment from several groups and individuals within our community, to make this opportunity a reality in 2023, and I thank the community in advance for their support and passion of the inaugural season - one of its kind in Australia”.

Any new players, who are not already assigned to a club and wanting to play in the AFL Barwon All-Abilities League can contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further information.

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The Game Plan 2023 Information

The 2023 version of the Game Plan, the club education seminar event is being held at GMHBA Stadium and Kardinia Park on Sunday 19th February.

The event is a great opportunity for club volunteers, officials, and coaches to collect the necessary for the upcoming season. It also provides a chance for attendees to interact with AFL Barwon staff and other club volunteers.

To register for The Game Plan 2023, please simply go to the following link and register for the sessions you wish to attend.

REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-game-plan-2023-tickets-522305057487

The Game Plan Agenda and Session Guide can be found here.

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The Northern Stars Continue to Grow

The Northern Stars have continued their expansion in the Northern Suburbs with Anakie Football Netball Club junior players aligning in 2023. 

The concept that has previously included Corio FNC and North Shore FNC, has helped to combine, and grow football participation numbers in the North.

There will be an expansion into the female football space for the Northern Stars in 2023, with the club fielding an Under 16 girls’ team. This will provide girls in the Northern Suburbs an opportunity to play football and provide the community another sporting home.

The Northern Stars are hosting a registration day for all interested players on Sunday from 12pm to 5pm at Windsor Park.

If you are interested in joining for 2023, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

North Shore, Anakie, Corio, Juniors

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Geelong FNL Round 3 Date Change

St Joseph's FNC and North Shore FNC have agreed to move their Round 3 fixture to be played on Saturday April 1st at Herne Hill Reserve.

The fixture was originally scheduled for April 29th, will now kick off the 2023 Blood Toyota Geelong Football Netball season 2 weeks earlier.

The updated match times for both football and netball are as follows.

 

Football

Blood Toyota Seniors - 1:30pm

Buckley’s Reserves - 11:30am

 

Netball

Epworth D Grade - 11:30am

E Grade - 10:30am

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LBW extends partnership for two more seasons

LBW Business + Wealth Advisors will continue their partnership with AFL Barwon for the next two seasons.

LBW Business + Wealth Advisors have been long term supporters of the AFL Barwon Netball Umpires and will continue this branding on all match day umpire apparel. This includes all winter and summer AFL Barwon Netball competitions.

The partnership will also include the competition naming rights the Bellarine FNL 17 & Under Division 2 netball competition.

AFL Barwon Commercial Partnerships & Communications Manager Sean Atkinson was quoted

“It is fantastic to continue our partnership with LBW for the next two seasons. We are excited with the growth of our Netball umpiring numbers and only expect these to continue to rise and thank LBW for their continued support of this section of the AFL Barwon Community."

AFL Barwon are working on new branded umpire match day apparel and will release the details of this closer to the season start date.

If you are interested in being involved in Netball umpiring, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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