WAFL attendance peaks on WA Day

The West Australian Football League recorded its largest attendance for a single Round since 2011 with a total of 17,580 attending Carlton Draught Rivalry Round on the WA Day long weekend.

This was a 21% increase on last year’s WA Day long weekend crowd of 14,480 and the largest since 18,138 attended WA Day long weekend games in 2011.

2014 WA Day long weekend attendance:

Perth v Swan Districts – 2501

Claremont v Subiaco – 3312

South Fremantle v East Fremantle – 5566

West Perth v East Perth – 6201

Total: 17,580

WAFL Manager Cameron Knapton thanked all WAFL members and supporters for embracing the State League competition on WA Day.

“It was great to see more than 15,000 WAFL fans attend games on WA Day. Combined with a strong crowd of just over 2500 at Lathlain Park on Saturday, this was a great result for the WAFL,” he said.

“We also saw significant traffic on social media and the WAFL website (38,186 unique visitors) as people engaged in what is a very even and exciting competition.

“We hope the strong support for the WAFL continues as we enter the second half of the season, with all teams still a chance to play finals footy.”

This weekend sees four games scheduled for the traditional 2.05pm timeslot on Saturday afternoon including:

East Fremantle v Peel Thunder (East Fremantle Oval)

Perth v East Perth (Lathlain Park)

Swan Districts v Subiaco (Steel Blue Oval)

Claremont v West Perth (Claremont Showgrounds)