AFL Barwon is supporting the Parkinson’s Fundraising Gala Luncheon in the Captains Room at GMHBA Stadium on Friday 9^thAugust 2024 to raise money for Parkinson's Disease research.

Our esteemed colleague in Sean Atkinson (AFL Barwon: Partnerships & Communications Manager) was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s Disease in January 2023, and in supporting of his inspirational fundraising and advocacy works to date, we invite the entire community to collectively support Sean. 

The luncheon will include special guest speakers in:

• Vicki Miller (Shake It Up CEO);
• John Eren (Former Minister of Sport, Tourism and Major Events);
• Dr Sanjay Raghav (Neurologist); and
• Kylie Christian (Elite Equestrian Athlete). 

In addition, the Luncheon will feature a video interview from Parkinson’s disease advocate and dual Cricket & Soccer International athlete, Ellyse Perry.

Stand-up comedian, actor, and Shake It Up Ambassador Dilruk Jayasinha will MC the event. 

Tickets to the event can be purchased via the link below, and the support from the wider community, would be greatly appreciated: 

A dedicated information Hub for all finals information, including Presentation Nights. 

Author: Paris Rowe (Female Football Coordinator) 

To ensure we build on the current success whilst addressing the challenges and opportunities for Women & Girls Football within the region, we are eager as an organisation to engage Club representatives in the coming weeks to collaborate and plan for the future. 

To enable collaborative discussions and sufficient opportunities for all in attendance to contribute, we’ve scheduled three focus groups focusing on all of Women & Girls Football (i.e. Juniors & Seniors – all age groups) with all Women & Girls Football Clubs invited as per the dates below:  

WEDNESDAY 31ST JULY 2024 
Barwon Heads FNC 
Geelong Amateur FNC 
Grovedale FNC 
Lara FNC 
Newtown & Chilwell FNC 
St. Joseph’s FNC 
St. Mary’s FNC 
Thomson FNC 
Torquay FNC 
 
MONDAY 5TH AUGUST 2024 
Anglesea FNC 
Belmont FNC 
Drysdale FNC 
Geelong West FNC 
Modewarre FNC 
North Geelong FNC 
South Barwon FNC 
St. Albans FNC 
 
MONDAY 12TH AUGUST 2024 
Armstrong Creek FNC 
Bannockburn FNC 
Bell Park FNC 
East Geelong FNC 
Inverleigh FNC 
Ocean Grove FNC 
Peninsula Sharks FC 
Surf Coast FNC  

KEY EVENT DETAILS FOR ALL THREE EVENINGS: 
6:30pm start time 
Anticipated finish time of 8:30pm 
AFL Barwon HQ, 204 Roslyn Road Highton VIC 3216 

Anyone within your Club’s ranks are welcome to attend - whether they may be a President, Coordinator, Coach, Team Manager etc. However, your support with catering requirements and overall evening preparation is greatly appreciated, through the completion of the RSVP Form below: 

Author: Simon Riddoch (Football Coordinator)

AFL Barwon Football Senior & U18 Colts contacts  

• 2024 AFL Barwon Club managers, Coordinators game day meeting #3 17th July 2024, was very well supported by clubs in the region, we now have a view of the finals coming up. 

• Any Football Club volunteers looking to extend their services during Senior finals (Timekeepers, Umpire escorts, ECT) please let me know. I have a job for you!  

• Geelong Addy Votes – clubs reminded Tuesday at 9.30 am to be submitted. 

• The TAC round last week had amazing support and all clubs should be proud of their efforts. 

• Size 4 branded leather Footballs available for $70 each from AFL Barwon office 

All Football game day managers remember  

• 13.3 Both Home and Away Team Managers 

• Both Team managers are responsible for the following match-day duties 

• Provide Team Sheet to the umpires, showing all players with correct jumper numbers and all officials with correct numbers where applicable generated from PLAY HQ Data Base and signed by the Team 

COMP RULE 3 Registrations 

 3.1 Every player must be a registered member of their Club and approved by their Club Committee.  

22 Eligibility for Finals 

22.1 Definitions: 

A player must be in attendance, in suitable attire to take the field and at a minimum be on the field in the club’s interchange area for the duration of the game. (Unless forced to leave for medical reasons) 

In this rule a reference to 

Seniors = Community Club’s First Senior grade team, 

Reserves = Community Club’s Second or lower Division Senior grade team, 

Under 18s = AFL Barwon Club’s Under 18 grade team. 

Author: Paris Rowe (Female Football Coordinator)

An overview of the upcoming AFL Barwon Female Football Finals Series: 

Week 1 – Sunday 11th August 
Venues: Grovedale FNC, Belmont FNC, Bannockburn FNC 

Week 2 – Sunday 18th August 
Venues: North Geelong FNC, Modewarre FNC 

Week 3 Grand Finals – Sunday 25th August 
Venue: Lara FNC 

* Please note this excludes U19 Female Football (please see separate Barwon Bulletin Article) 
 
The fixture will be released as of Week 1 of the finals. 

Female Football and Netball Finals 
In anticipation of there potentially being impacted players between football and netball this finals series, please be advised of the below process should you be aware of any clashes. Netball times are fixed, however there may be some scope to manipulate football times if we are informed early enough. 

• AS SOON as the clash is identified, please email myself and Sophie Allison to advise. 

• i.e. 2v3 netball played on Saturday & game is lost so know they will play Sunday the following week – email SATURDAY NIGHT to inform us as soon as possible. 

We MUST be informed by 5pm Sunday of that weekend IN WRITING – no requests post this time will be considered. 

We will make every effort to mitigate a clash, however it is not always possible and cannot be guaranteed. Early communication on your part supports us in supporting you. 

Author: Paris Rowe (Female Football Coordinator) 

 Based on club feedback, it has been noted that some clubs may face challenges in fielding a team for the U19 Female Finals scheduled initially on Sunday. 

 Based on this feedback we have revised the U/19 Female Finals series which will now be a standalone series held on Friday nights. 

AFL Barwon appreciate the feedback received to ensure Female football at this level can still be showcased. 

 Please see below the updated scheduled dates and venues for the 2024 U/19 Female Football Series: 

 Week 1 Semi-Finals 

Friday 9th August 
Newcomb FNC 

Week 2 Preliminary Finals 

Friday 16th August  
St Mary’s FNC 

Week 3 GRAND FINAL 

Friday 23rd August 
Newcomb FNC 

Author: Sophie Allison

LIVE SCORING REQUIREMENT – ALL A GRADE GAMES 

Please be reminded that it is a requirement that ALL A GRADE GAMES are live scored. Over the weekend, 1 of 5 BFNL games and 2 of 5 GFNL games were live scored.  

All Club Admins already have e-scoring access, or it can be granted to an individual via the ‘my organisation tab’ on PlayHQ. - This only gives an individual e-score access and not full admin access. 

The site for live scoring is https://na.score.playhq.com/auth/login  

 For more information on how to e-score, please see the following resources:  

• PlayHQ E-Scoring PDF Poster 

• Netball Australia Support Page – How to Score 

Female Football and Netball Finals 

In anticipation of there potentially being impacted players between football and netball this finals series, please be advised of the below process should you be aware of any clashes. Netball times are fixed, however there may be some scope to manipulate football times if we are informed early enough. 

• AS SOON as the clash is identified, please email myself and Paris Rowe to advise. 

• i.e. 2v3 netball played on Saturday & game is lost so know they will play Sunday the following week – email SATURDAY NIGHT to inform us as soon as possible. 

We MUST be informed by 5pm Sunday of that weekend IN WRITING – no requests post this time will be considered.  

We will make every effort to mitigate a clash, however it is not always possible and cannot be guaranteed. Early communication on your part supports us in supporting you. 

Games Played Report 

We will send out games played information closer to finals, however please know you are able to download this data at any stage. To download a Games Played report in excel format, please follow the below steps: 

• Log in to admin portal 

• Click ‘reports’ tab on the left 

• Scroll down to ‘Games Played’ report 

• Generate 

Finals Information 

All resources have been sent to your club netball director, senior coordinator or junior coordinator, but can also be found HERE: https://www.aflbarwon.com.au/news/uncategorised/finals-hub#Netball  

Author: Sophie Allison & chloe Prout

 All Abilities Netball Finals start next week! 

Our All-Abilities Netball teams have finished their home and away games with finals starting next Tuesday 6th July. We will have two weeks of finals, with 1 v 4 and 2 v 3 playing next week in the semi-finals. The games will play as below. 

Game 1 (2 v 3):  

St Josephs v Surf Coast Suns 5:10pm Kardinia Park court 5 

Game 2 (1 v 4):  

Newcomb Power v Geelong West Giants 6:10pm Kardinia Park court 5 

 The winner from each game will play in the Grand Final on Tuesday 13th July at 5:30pm. 

Midweek Netball Finals Dates 

The AFL Barwon Junior Netball competition only has a few weeks left! Following the home and away games, we will have 3 weeks of finals as below. 

Week 1 (Semi Finals): Friday 23rd August 

Game 1: 1 v 2 

Game 2: 3 v 4 

Week 2 (Preliminary Finals): Friday 30th August 

Game 3: L1 v W2 

Week 3 (Grand Finals): Friday 6th August 

Game 4: W1 v W3 

Our 11&U teams will celebrate the end of season with a mini-round robin “party round” next Sunday 11th August at Kardinia Park. 

The Marathon Foods Community Grant is a targeted investment initiative designed to support our AFL Barwon clubs with projects that improve canteen or club kitchen cooking equipment and support the cooking of Marathon Food products. The objective of the program is to assist AFL Barwon affiliated clubs with small investments that will have a long-term benefit to their club and enhance community engagement.

The grants program is only available to clubs that have senior football or netball teams affiliated with the Bellarine & Geelong Football Netball League or are junior-only clubs competing in AFL Barwon Junior Male or Female Football and AFL Barwon Junior Netball competitions with no senior teams.

 AFL VIC & WorkSafe have been working on the rollout of fresh signage rollout to replace old and damaged signs that stretch back to 2002.  

As WorkSafe's status as Premier Partner, each club venue is required to display the WorkSafe sign. 

They have provided the dimensions and details of the signage below.  

WorkSafe signage specs 

1. 900 mm (high) x 2000 mm (wide) 

1. 3 mm aluminum sheet 

1. Laminated vinyl 

If there are any clubs in need of new WorkSafe signs, please fill in the following survey.

The AFL has launched a free online hub of resources to help leagues and clubs understand what’s available to them to help creative inclusive environments and address vilification and discrimination in the game, at all levels.

Links:

• AFL Victoria statement saying that when it comes to those who cross the line, ‘enough is enough’ and links to resource hub: https://aflvic.com.au/news/enough-is-enough-no-place-for-poor-behaviour-at-local-footy-378843
• Direct link to the AFL Safety & Inclusion hub of resources on Play AFL is: https://play.afl/clubhelp/safety-inclusion/vilification
• Vilification toolkit for local clubs, including social media assets: https://play.afl/sites/default/files/2024-07/Vilification%20Toolkit%202024_1.pdf
• E-newsletter that will be going to registered participants: https://us20.campaign-archive.com/?e=%5bUNIQID%5d&u=3e967be278c0b19184d274a9b&id=f7e5d15e87

A series of appointments have been made to bolster the AFL Victoria board. Coming onto the board as external directors are Damian Drum and Clare Walker, who together bring skills and experience from distinguished backgrounds covering a mix of sport, politics and business.

Damian’s appointment particularly is aimed at strengthening the links with country footy.

Full announcement on aflvic.com.au: https://aflvic.com.au/news/afl-vic-welcomes-new-board-members-166339

AFL Vic Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/aflvic/posts/pfbid0Wsu1SpX8bU5c6ycbkYvkdmADAzYwZd2pMzBwJbUuAz8cWFwhAQxyNHyTKV9hiaZRl

 Ballarat to host the 2024 V/Line Cup

AFL Victoria has announced that the City of Ballarat will host the 2024 V/Line Cup, the annual representative carnival for the best under 15 boys and girls footballers from regional Victoria, from Monday 23 until Wednesday 25 of September.

Website article: https://aflvic.com.au/news/vline-cup-heads-to-ballarat-for-2024-179110

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aflvic/posts/pfbid0xUcKYZRPTZURSGVDapK8KDb4zPzuxWVHBQdK7EqurBY9tdP6RQCbz3AnZ7ApQ88gl

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9Oi5v0yJX9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

X: https://x.com/aflvic/status/1810881688446325109