QWAFL gf, Over 2000 at the game.
Amazing turnout given that it was scheduled directly against a Lions home game.
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QWAFL gf, Over 2000 at the game.
The Randwick Racecourse deal has been done and it was very necessary because the Sports Ground (Allianz) next to the SCG is now being redeveloped, and the Swans badly needed another training centre, and that situation in turn was one of the reasons why Swans AFLW team was put on hold. Also grassroots junior footy is booming in the areas around that part of Sydney.https://www.couriermail.com.au/news...s/news-story/244d7c2921886e5fe071c87aef4fc28c
An AFL field is being considered for the inside of Albion Park Racecourse in Brisbane. Its genesis is the big increase in female AF, causing shortages of AF ovals
Similar conversions are being considered at Sydney & Melb racecourses, due to the AF GR boom. Also, conversion of redundant golf courses to AF ovals.
Rosehill Racecourse interior in Sydney was also being examined for AF ovals - I posted info. on this earlier this year (NSW Womens Footy tab?)The Randwick Racecourse deal has been done and it was very necessary because the Sports Ground (Allianz) next to the SCG is now being redeveloped, and the Swans badly needed another training centre, and that situation in turn was one of the reasons why Swans AFLW team was put on hold. Also grassroots junior footy is booming in the areas around that part of Sydney.
Where abouts were the other Race courses being mooted for footy.
That situation in Brisbane is classic your the no 4 footy code up here politics - Mind your place in the footy hierarchy.
However they cannot ignore the Womens footy numbers you would think over time, lets hope it gets over the line.
Given that, if the Caulfield interior is configured into 2 ovals, it can be used 12 months of the year (unlike soccer), will this favour AF/cricket?Caulfield Racecourse parkland is being fought between AFL/Cricket and Soccer. The council only recently got the land re-opened as a public park for certain hours of the day but they want sportsgrounds there too, I figure it'll be 1 oval and 1 soccer pitch instead of 2 ovals or 3-4 soccer pitches.
I remember in school sessions of Lacrosse, Rugby Union (which I had never seen played in the outer suburbs of Perth), Ultimate, golf, canooing and others, none of which had any real local resonance.http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20180820215033525
This article provides an inkling into the exraordinary growth of regd. AF female nos. in Qld. -only 2nd to Vic. (recently, they had more regd. female nos.!)
AF has obtained a foothold in many govt. & private schools in Qld. It should be remembered that AF has little historical/cultural relevance for a big majority of Queenslanders -so alove of AF is not "passed-on" automatically by family members to their kids. For the majority, the first AF "awakening/exposure" comes from school phys.ed programs around AF skills.
The question is still not solved, however, as to why so many Qld. phys.ed teachers believed it was a good idea to introduce AF programs to their male & female students? Admittedly, the Gold Coast area has had a fairly large influx of people from Vic., SA & Tas. over the last 40 years.
The difficulty with this theory (ie local AF organisation simply providing support to schools) is why didn't NSW also have this school female AF boom? They are both strong RL states. Why were Qld. phys.ed teachers & schools (& their students!) so receptive to introduce female AF?The support AFL Queensland gives schools, the school comps that have been set up, the state schoolboys and girls programs, national junior titles all mean footy is now a natural component of a schools sporting calendar.
I think the difference is AFLQ. I dont think AFL NSW, or the WAFC or SANFL have been as proactive as Qld over the last 5+ years. They may be playing catch up now, but they are a long way behind.The difficulty with this theory (ie local AF organisation simply providing support to schools) is why didn't NSW also have this school female AF boom? They are both strong RL states. Why were Qld. phys.ed teachers & schools (& their students!) so receptive to introduce female AF?
In fact, go further.
Why didn't WA & SA also have a school female comp. booms?
(Actually, I think I know. WAFC, SANFL did not atttempt to promote school female AF...sigh)
Are you saying Qld. has more female, primary school AF teams than male Qld. primary school AF teams? And/or more female secondary school AF teams than male Qld. secondary school AF teams?Just did a quick count.
Seems to be 55 teams in the senior female schools comp in WA, and 82 in the Queensland one. Noted that Qld has more schools than WA, but its still impressive. I think Qld has more female teams than male [? whoaaa!], so its likely to be the reverse in the boys, but I have done enough counting.
Link to the website is https://www.aflq.com.au/aflqsc/Are you saying Qld. has more female, primary school AF teams than male Qld. primary school AF teams? And/or more female secondary school AF teams than male Qld. secondary school AF teams?
Wow! If accurate, good find! I cannot recall ever reading this. And you have made the "Qld. female AF phenomenon" even more of an enigma!
I do recall reading in 2017 that Byron Bay AF Club (Nth.NSW, plays in Gold Coast comps.) was close to having more female participants (including Auskick) than male.
Excluding old VWFL clubs (eg Melb. Uni Mugars), Fitzroy (both the jnr. & snr Clubs) have the biggest minority of female participants (inc. Auskick) that I am aware of- but it is affiliated with the Australian Catholic University (& its huge & very respected nursing degrees -many females at ACU).
Fitzroy's Brunswick St Oval may be obtaining c. $6,5000,000 from the State govt. for an upgrade. The genesis of this (& another example of the benefits of female AF for GR AF) is the "...growing number of women and girls' teams at Fitzroy Football Club". In 2018, their senior women's teams had to stop taking any more registrations after they reached 70.
https://www.fitzroyfc.com.au/latest...t-home-for-fitzroy-s-community-sporting-clubs
I have also wondered whether Qld. female GR AF has benefited by having huge nos. (80,000+, very big in schools) of females playing non-contact touch/tag rugby in Qld. Was this experience, in playing field games, with oval balls an "entree" for female AF?
(But the similar female situation in NSW didn't help female NSW GR AF)
Incidentally, GR AF (for females & males) is only strong in SE Qld., & the Cairns area. Away from these areas, in their well populated regional/rural areas, GR AF is weak.
Link to the website is https://www.aflq.com.au/aflqsc/
Down the bottom is a link to a PDF of 2018 nominations to date. I just counted down the list. By my count it was 78 senior boys to 82 senior girls. Didnt count the juniors.
Are you suggesting in 2019 there will be about 10 clubs in SE Qld., who did not have an adult female team in 2018, but will in 2019?Player and team numbers will support this next year based on a possible 10 more new clubs getting over the line.
I need to be more careful with my words. It's looking to be a mix of new teams and new clubs. Source re numbers was Dean Warren with Barry Gibson on stage at the AFLQ Community Football awards night talking female football. I understand somewhere around 20 expressions of interest originally received but about 10 look like they can come to fruition. Examples (this bit is rumour and/or based on Facebook stalking) include Redcliffe as a new side and a second side for Jindalee? The number may include some regional teams as well.Are you suggesting in 2019 there will be about 10 clubs in SE Qld., who did not have an adult female team in 2018, but will in 2019?
Or are you suggesting 10 new additional adult female teams will be added in 2019, from clubs who already had a female team in 2018?
Source of information?
Qld. is, obviously, a state where RL is the dominant male sport.I understand somewhere around 20 expressions of interest originally received but about 10 look like they can come to fruition. In any case, the numbers continue to grow. I know it is a target of AFLQ to have a state based competition that sits only behind the VFLW[!] in terms of quality.
Wow. Many questions. I'll try to keep it short.Qld. is, obviously, a state where RL is the dominant male sport.
Would you like to share with us your views on:-
. how & why Qld. has so many female AF players (until 2017, it had more regd. females than Vic.!)?
.why has it performed so much better (in terms of nos.) than NSW female AF participants?
.The NRL in 2018 started to heavily promote GR female contact RL, with great success (particularly in Sydney -Penrith District in 2018 started a comp., has c.1,000 female contact RL players).
A prediction on how much will this RL growth reduce female AF nos in Qld., & reasons?
Some news items from QLD.
It will be interesting to watch if the women do better in competition than the mens team.
https://www.aflq.com.au/gold-coast-suns-begin-aflw-build/
Check out the roof of the grandstand at Hickey Park. Needs some money spent on it, but the AFLW up there are happy to get access to the ground.
https://www.aflq.com.au/lions-aflw-footprint-increases-with-hickey-park-investment/
That’s not Hickey Park. It has no grandstand and is frankly a very poor choice of venue. It would be lucky to rank in the top five venues in and around Brisbane.
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