Chris Febvre • December 16, 2022
FERNWOOD FITNESS COMMITS AS NAMING RIGHTS SPONSOR
FERNWOOD FITNESS COMMITS AS NAMING RIGHTS SPONSOR
AFL North East Border Female Football League are excited to announce Fernwood Fitness as the major naming rights sponsor for the next three seasons. Moving forward the league will be known as the ‘Fernwood Fitness AFL North East Border Female Football League’. Fernwood Fitness will play a key role in supporting the sustained growth of female football in our region as the league will look to add more teams to the competition in the coming seasons.
Fernwood Fitness and AFL North East Border Female Football League are similar in the fact that they both strive to provide an opportunity for females to participate in sports and physical activity to help connect with new people and improve their mental and physical well-being.
League Manager Jack Penny was ecstatic to have a business such as Fernwood become the major sponsor. “To have Fernwood commit for the next three years is a great result for our league. I’m really excited to partner with Fernwood as we share similar values and we can work together to continue to encourage females to partake in sport and live a healthy lifestyle”.
Fernwood Fitness also aims to help the league become one of the more professional and recognised country female football leagues throughout Victoria in which there is a genuine pathway to play AFLW.
“We saw with the success of our girls at the V-Line Carnival in September that we have many aspiring young footballers in our league, so by teaming up with Fernwood we can continue to grow the league to give girls and women the best possible opportunity to be recognised and take the next step in their football”.
Fernwood Fitness Albury club owner Julie Nixon and club manager Emily Dowlan, are thrilled to partner with the AFL North East Border Female Football League
“We are very proud to be able to support local females incorporating sport and movement into their busy lifestyles. The opportunity to do this alongside such a well-established female football league in our region brings us great joy and we are so excited to see where the next three seasons take us.”
2024 saw the launch of the AFL North East Border Volunteer Recognition Program, proudly supported by one of our long standing partners, APCO! The program recognised 20 volunteers across the region each week throughout the footy season and will do the same once again in 2025. The categories include - Club Volunteer Umpire/Club Umpire Junior/Youth Coach Auskick Coordinator/Volunteer Clubs are welcome to nominate one of their hard working volunteers throughout the year, and if they are selected they will receive a $50 APCO voucher to use in an APCO store near you. Nominations can be submitted by clicking on the following link - VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION NOMINATION FORM
Two local football netball clubs are set to receive a funding boost to upgrade their lighting infrastructure through the Country Football Netball funding program! The Milawa Football Netball Club who compete in the Ovens & King FNL and Barnawartha Football Netball Club competing in the Tallangatta & District Football League will both receive funding through the Country Football Netball Program which through a partnership between the Victorian Government, AFL, AFL Victoria and Netball Victoria aims to support county football and netball clubs infrastructure improvements and developments. A total of 7 clubs across Victoria received funding in this round, and with two clubs successful in the North East it is a great outcome for football in the region and both clubs should be congratulated for the work they have put in to be successful! We look forward to seeing these projects come to life! For more information on the program and other success applicants please click here - https://play.afl/victoria/news/funding-boost-country-football-facilities?fbclid=IwY2xjawIx1hdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYxTMXDPhmQhLOMmUjo6YAkpXU-dFqKLUzVdYIegdiFK2xGe-yf-PgwBiA_aem_EdgEJ5XDtkeJH8VGU35rfA
