Significant progress made in WA Football's Community Sporting Venues Retrofitting Project

Monday, October 6, 2025 - 1:59 PM - by Jordan McArdle
WA Football is pleased to reveal significant progress in our Community Sporting Venues Retrofitting Project, which has already seen eight sites completed and another five scheduled. Thanks to a $1 million grant from the Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund (CSRFF), and further funding from the WA Football Facilities Fund and West Coast Eagles Royalty Reserve, the project is creating safer and more inclusive environments Read More ...


WA Draft Prospects On Show At Combines

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 - 10:17 AM
Eight WA boys and eight WA girls will join other leading Draft prospects in Melbourne this week for the 2025 Telstra AFL Draft Combine and 2025 Telstra AFLW Draft Combine. Claremont’s Cody Curtin, Perth’s Koby Evans, Leon Kickett and Tylah Williams from Swan Districts, West Perth pair Sam Swadling and Jacob Farrow, along with Subiaco’s Wesley Walley and South Fremantle’s Fred Rodriquez will take part Read More ...


Halesworth Park wins WA Football Facility of the Year Award

Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 3:22 PM
Halesworth Park in Alkimos has been named the 2025 winner of the WA Football Facility of the Year Award. The Halesworth project, who opened last year, created a sports hub with two floodlit multipurpose ovals, multi-use courts, playground, exercise areas, and a pavilion containing changerooms, multipurpose rooms, meeting spaces, kiosks and public amenities. The landscaped, accessible facility supports diverse sporting, recreational, and community activities, with parking Read More ...


Champion Club Event Honours Corrigin

Wednesday, August 20, 2025 - 3:05 PM
The Corrigin Football Club has become the first country club in Western Australia to achieve Premiership Level through the Champion Club Program. The Champion Club Recognition Event was held at the Oxford Hotel last week with more than 150 people and 34 clubs/leagues in attendance from across WA (WA Football Metro Juniors, Perth Football League, Country Football WA). The evening celebrated clubs, volunteers, and leaders Read More ...


Ellenbrook JFC Starkick coordinator, coach named AFL Disability Inclusion Ambassador of the Year

Monday, August 18, 2025 - 10:42 AM
WA Football congratulates Dan Hilton from Ellenbrook Junior Football Club after he won the prestigious AFL Disability Inclusion Ambassador of the Year award as a fitting recognition for his inspirational volunteer work in the football community.  Hilton’s massive honour, which includes a trip to Melbourne for the 2025 AFL Grand Final, was announced at the annual Starkick Gala Day at Cockburn ARC on Sunday.  As Read More ...


2025 WA Football Facility of the Year Award – Nominations Open

Monday, August 11, 2025 - 1:22 PM
Nominations for the 2025 WA Football Facility of the Year Award are now open. Now in its third year, the annual award recognises best practice in community football facility development across the State. The award aims to promote and celebrate the provision of well positioned, welcoming, accessible, fit for purpose football facilities that support our growing game’s strategic priorities. Western Australia’s winning project will be Read More ...


Freo Dockers Cup Winners

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 - 2:03 PM
SEDA College has continued its remarkable run at the Freo Dockers Cup by claiming a fourth consecutive Moore Division title. The Grand Final of Moore Division was played as a curtain-raiser before last month’s Western Derby at Optus Stadium with SEDA scoring a 36-point win over Santa Maria College. In the metro competition, schools played within their districts during the home and away season. The Read More ...


WA Football Strategic Facilities Plan - Half-Time Report

Friday, August 1, 2025 - 1:08 PM
WA Football is proud to announce the positive progress and achievements over the first half of our decade-long Strategic Facilities Plan. WA Football’s Strategic Facilities Plan Half-Time Report details what has been achieved over the first five years of the plan as well as lessons learned, updated targets and planning and goals for the next five years. Since 2020 there’s been significant improvements made to Read More ...


Jets Celebrate Decade of Starkick

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - 3:11 PM
Joondalup-Kinross Jets Junior Football Club have marked 10 years of Starkick at the club with a gala day for the club and the community. The celebration included past and present players, reflecting on how far the program has come at the Jets. Starkick Coordinator Janine Gaskell has been volunteering at the club since its inception in 1994. Her role includes leading the Starkick initiative for Read More ...


WA Football Welcomes AFL Concussion Management Initiative 

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 - 2:51 PM
The AFL has launched a new feature in PlayHQ to help leagues, clubs, players and families manage concussion across community football.    Following extensive consultation with leagues and clubs, the feature is now live nationally and allows clubs and leagues to enter suspected concussions for players, making them immediately ineligible for selection and triggering email notifications outlining the steps they need to complete to manage Read More ...


WA Football Working to Prevent Violence Against Women

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 - 11:57 AM
WA Football is proud to support The Respectful Relationships Sport and Recreation Program which identifies sport to help prevent violence against women. Football is an integral part of Australian culture and influences who we are and how we live. Across the WA Football landscape, we all have a role in creating clubs, teams, workplaces, venues and communities where all women are safe, respected and valued. Read More ...


History Making Gala Auskick Day

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 3:30 PM
It was an historic occasion for female football in WA on Sunday with the first ever All Girls Auskick Gala Day in the country.  Des Penman Reserve in Nollamara hosted the first all-girls Auskick event in any state across Australia in what’s a milestone moment for female participation.   More than 40 clubs and 450 players aged 5-12 from across the Perth metropolitan area took part, Read More ...


2025 Chemist Warehouse AFLW Community Ambassador Program

Monday, June 16, 2025 - 1:34 PM
West Australians have the chance to join Ella Spinks from the East Fremantle Umpires Association as a winner of the Chemist Warehouse AFLW Community Ambassador program. Spinks was given the state award last year and it’s time to recognise those who have made a positive impact on women and girls’ footy across the country, with the 2025 Chemist Warehouse AFLW Community Ambassador Program now calling for Read More ...


WA 16s Squad For 2025 Confirmed

Monday, March 24, 2025 - 11:23 AM
A 26 strong playing group has been selected as part of the WA Girls 16s squad for 2025. West Perth and Peel Thunder are strongly represented with eight players coming out of the Falcons and six from the Thunder. Ellie Lambkin, Talent Specialist - Female Programs at WA Football is excited about the group which will play for their state. “The squad this year is a Read More ...


Starkick - Design A Jumper Competition

Monday, March 17, 2025 - 10:25 AM
Students at Beldon Education Support Centre will wear new jumpers this season after winning the annual Starkick - Design A Jumper Competition. Year five student Vinh took out the 2024 competition from a field of strong entries from education support students across the state. After overcoming the initial surprise of winning the competition, Vinh was all smiles when he was called up to receive the Read More ...