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Tackle Your Feelings Matches

This Saturday, the second edition of the Tackle Your Feelings awareness matches will take place at Kardinia Park West, between Geelong Football Netball League clubs St Mary's and Geelong West Giants.

The clubs will don blue and red socks, symbolizing the colours of the Tackle Your Feelings program, an initiative dedicated to raising awareness about mental health.

The Tackle Your Feelings program's primary objective is to strengthen the ability of netball and football coaches, through the use of a local psychologist, to see the signs of poor mental health within their players.

 

About the program

Tackle Your Feelings is a free mental health training program for community football/netball coaches, as well as committee members and other club support staff.

The program is delivered by a local psychologist and aims to help participants gain the tools to Understand, Recognise and Respond to signs of mental ill-health in their players.

In 2022, the program was delivered to more than 2500 community coaches from 200 clubs across Australia.

The program was inspired by mental health education developed for AFL professional coaches and players, consisting of a 90-minute face-to-face presentation from a local psychologist and additional online learning. 

Tackle Your Feelings ambassadors Leon Cameron, Nathan Buckley, Bec Goddard, Ellie Blackburn, Steven May and Dylan Buckley also feature throughout the video content within the program. 

The program was formed by the AFL Coaches Association, AFL Players’ Association and Zurich Insurance in 2018, after the tragic death of Adelaide coach Phil Walsh three years earlier.

The program was evaluated by Monash University in 2021. The attached document provides further background.

How your club can get involved

TYF will facilitate Tackle Your Feelings sessions at local football clubs throughout your region and we invite your clubs to participate.  

The program is free and participants who complete the workshop and online modules will be eligible for some great prizes through the Tackle Your Feelings Rewards Program.

 

To get involved in the program, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Further details about the program can be found here.

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Match Review Panel Findings - July 19

AFL Barwon advises the Match Review of the weekends games has been completed with the following findings.

Match Grade Name Club Charge Penalty
Anglesea v Geelong Amateur Seniors Daniel Grose Geelong Amateur Striking 1 match
Lara v South Barwon Seniors Josh Smith Lara No charge  
Lara v South Barwon Seniors Billy Goodwin Lara No charge  
St Joseph's v St Mary's Seniors Ben Kamaric St Joseph's No charge  
Drysdale v Barwon Heads Seniors Tom Ruggles Drysdale No charge  
Drysdale v Barwon Heads Seniors Flinn Chisholm Drysdale No charge  
Grovedale v Leopold Seniors Rory Desnoy Leopold No charge  
Anakie v East Geelong Seniors Luke Daffy Anakie No charge  
Anakie v East Geelong Seniors Luke Daffy Anakie No charge  
Otway Districts v Alvie Seniors Lachie Rosevear Alvie No charge  

MRP

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Community Clubs to 'Band Together' for Road Safety Round

Victoria’s football and netball communities will rally behind road safety this week, donning blue armbands to honour people killed on Victorian roads and show a commitment to reducing road trauma.

The fourth annual TAC & AFL Victoria Road Safety Round will run statewide July 21 -23, seeing thousands of people from country and suburban football and netball leagues ‘Band Together’, wearing blue armbands to honour all lives impacted by road trauma and to promote road safety.

Players, coaches, volunteers and supporters from more than 1000 AFL Victoria-affiliated clubs will wear the bespoke armband, which features a QR code linking people to an online hub of stories from people impacted by road trauma.

This year, 165 people have been tragically killed on Victorian roads – a 28% increase on the 129 lives lost at this time in 2022.

Road deaths in regional areas are a continued concern, with 94 fatalities this year compared to 73 at the same time in 2022. The number of people aged 21-to-39 who have died on the roads has risen by more than 20.

The TAC and AFL Victoria’s Road Safety Round provides the perfect platform to speak directly to the thousands of Victorians travelling hundreds of kilometres on the state’s roads for games and training every year.

Road Safety Round is just one aspect of the TAC’s long-standing partnership with AFL Victoria, with the TAC Club Rewards Program offering clubs up to $10,000 for their efforts in promoting safe driving behaviours throughout the season.

More information:

Quotes attributable to Minister for Roads and Road Safety Melissa Horne:

“Any life lost on Victorian roads is one too many. The impact of these tragedies on local communities across our state is devastating.”

“Road Safety Round is an opportunity for clubs to honour those impacted by road trauma and have important conversations with their members about the role they play in keeping our roads safe.”

Quote attributable to Transport Accident Commission CEO Tracey Slatter:

"Victorian football and netball clubs are often at the centre of their communities and we are proud of the way Road Safety Round is embraced by the clubs, and how it empowers players and members to have life-saving road safety conversations with their peers.”

Quote attributable to Head of AFL Victoria, Ben Kavenagh:

"Road safety is so important and relevant to every Victorian and with community football players, coaches, volunteers, and supporters spending considerable time driving – Road Safety Round presents the ideal platform to convey a powerful message.”

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AFL Barwon Community Awards Return for 2023

AFL Barwon is excited to announce the return of the AFL Barwon Community Awards for the 2023 season.

The Community Awards was established in 2019 to celebrate the excellent achievements of coaches, umpires and volunteers for the year.

The event has incorporated the historic AFL Barwon Coaches Awards with the additions of Community Netball Coaching, Club Administrator Awards, and both Football and Netball umpiring awards.

To nominate a Club Administrator, Football or Netball Coach, Personality of the Year or Club Trainer, simply go to the following link and answer the questions associated with the specific award.

https://forms.gle/9fdqp2H4b5SxZoyg8

Nominations can be made by any member of the community and is open to all AFL Barwon Affiliated Clubs and Leagues (GFNL, BFNL, CDFNL, GDFNL, Female Football, Junior Football & Netball, and All Abilities FNL).

Shortlisted nominees will be notified in the first week of September with the event to take place on Friday October 6th.   

Further event information and ticketing arranging will be released in the coming months.

Any further questions please contact AFL Barwon Commercial Partnerships and Communications Manager, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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