AFL Barwon can confirm the dates for the supported community themed rounds for 2023.
The community awareness rounds supported by AFL Barwon align to the corporate social responsibility plan with dates aligning to the AFL themed rounds.
The selected themed rounds are fantastic opportunities for the AFL Barwon community to get behind these key initiatives and causes that impact on our members.
May 5th - May 7th - Love the Game Round
May 12th - May 14th - Breast Cancer Awareness Round
June 8th – June 11th - Pride Round
July 7th – July 9th - Indigenous Round
July 21st – July 23rd - TAC Road Safety Round
August 3rd – August 5th - Hamlan Homes Read the Play Round
Clubs who are supporting these rounds by wearing alternative uniforms, holding fundraising events or other supported methods are asked to get in contact with This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
AFL Barwon is excited to announce the Blood Toyota Geelong Football Netball League fixture for the 2023 season.
Round 1 kicks off on April 15th with reigning 2022 Senior Football Premiers St Mary’s, hosting St Joseph’s in a night fixture at Anthony Costa Oval.
South Barwon and Grovedale start their season playing for the John Nankervis Shield at McDonald Reserve.
The remaining round 1 fixture has Newtown & Chilwell hosting Geelong West Giants, Colac travel to Windsor Park to take on North Shore, Bell Park host St Albans, and Lara play away against Leopold.
Other key fixture highlights include:
Round 2 – Traditional ANZAC Day fixture between South Barwon & St Joseph’s.
Round 2 – Spirit of ANZAC fixture between Lara & Grovedale on ANZAC Eve.
Round 3 – St Mary’s host Leopold at night in a replay of the 2022 Senior Football Grand Final.
Round 8 – St Joseph’s taking on Newtown & Chilwell in King’s Birthday Sunday clash.
Round 9 – 2022 A-grade Premiers Colac, host runner up Newtown & Chilwell.
The full 2023 Blood Toyota Geelong Football Netball League season fixture can be found here.
School Sport Victoria (SSV) are excited to announce that Team Victoria AFL registrations are open for U15 boys and girls. Registrations close on the 16th of March 2023.
The School Sport Victoria (SSV) AFL representative program provides a development platform for Victorian students to challenge themselves against Australia's best school aged atheletes, in the School Sport Australia (SSA) Championships.
To be eligible to register/apply for team tryouts, individual students must:
be a full-time student that attends school regularly with a School Sport Victoria school;
have their registraion endorsed by their school principal;
be available to attend selection trials and training sessions; and
meet the costs of participation.
Register now for this incredible opportunity to trial for the SSV AFL team.
Epworth Geelong will continue as a major partner of AFL Barwon and naming rights holder of Female Football in the region for 2023.
Epworth has been a proud partner and supporter of Female Football and the entire region since the beginning of the partnership in 2018, and both parties are excited to see this continue through 2023.
Epworth will retain naming rights to all divisions of Senior Female Football, as well as division 1 of all our competitive underage Female competitions. In addition to the previous years, the Epworth branding will be on all Senior Female, Under 19 Female and Under 16 match footballs, as well as the playing jumpers for these Competitions.
Epworth Geelong Executive General Manager Leonie Lloyd said,
“The team at Epworth Geelong is pleased to continue our support for AFL Barwon and female football in the Greater Geelong region in 2023.
At Epworth, we are proud to be supporting women in sport. It’s great to see the rapid growth of women’s football in the Geelong region, where young children are now growing up with as much excitement for female football as any other sport.”
AFL Barwon Commercial Partnerships & Communications Manager Sean Atkinson said,
“It is wonderful to have Epworth continue to partner with AFL Barwon in 2023. Epworth have been the Naming Rights Partner for our female football section since the introduction of Senior Female Football in 2018, so to have them continue is fantastic for our Region.
The brand connection between Epworth and Female sport in our region resonates well, and we are looking forward to continuing to grow and expand the partnership”.
Epworth Geelong is located on 1 Epworth Place, Waurn Ponds. For more, visit www.epworth.org.au.
