BringBackTorps
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- Jan 5, 2017
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Some sobering reporting that, for many different reasons, many young people are leaving smaller regional towns & rural communities- which is having a negative impact on being able to field their local AF club, "the "soul" of the community.
Forming female AF teams in these smaller areas could be the salvation of many AF clubs (but the male teams may still have to merge with a neighbouring team for mutual survival, due to declining young male populations).
Forming female AF teams in these smaller areas could be the salvation of many AF clubs (but the male teams may still have to merge with a neighbouring team for mutual survival, due to declining young male populations).
Country footy: Australian folklore's dying giant
The football-netball clubs have become so central to the social fabric of these towns that to lose them is a risk to people’s general wellbeing.
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