AFL North East Border Launches Female Football Academy

AFL North East Border Launches Female Football Academy

AFL North East Border is launching its first female football academy for the 2023 football season.

The program will cater to participants aged 12, 13 & 14 (born 2009, 2010, 2011) years old in the region, with sessions held during the school holidays throughout the year in Wodonga and Wangaratta.

Academy Manager, David Wink believes the program will help provide a link between community football and established talent pathways.

“The Fernwood Fitness Female Football League has been running since 2016 and has grown from one grade to three, and in that same time Auskick numbers have also boomed”

“The current female football talent programs have been successful. At the V/Line Cup last September, the NEB U/15s were named Team of the Tournament. We have a lot of talented footballers in our area, and this academy is the next stage in nurturing their development”

“By introducing this program to the girls aged 12-14, it will help better prepare those eligible for the V/Line Cup in in the years to come.”

To register for the program, head to https://www.playhq.com/afl/register/4b245d or for further information, contact David Wink via email David.wink@afl.com.au

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