WRFL Div 1 Discussion 2025

[Graeme Cook]

Correct HH. Hopefully people here in the West can organize their local primary school(s), starting, preferably initially joining an existing Primary School competition such as the Altona/Willi/Yarraville friendly Friday morning games.

There is no doubt that the Western Suburbs are witnessing significant population growth, particularly among young immigrants and their children.

Primary school students who currently play only soccer and/or cricket will, in the main play Aussie Rules with their classmates, just for fun on a Friday morning and hopefully get a taste for it. I’m sure that local primary schools would be welcomed, which should eventually lead to the future formation of local competitions.

We must start somewhere and it’s an opportunity that should not be wasted. It also gives the schools an extra string to their bow.

The Aussie Rules programmes in the aforementioned schools are generally run by retired (footballers and workers) who enjoy helping their grandchildren and their friends.

The atmosphere at such games is very friendly as many of the parents, and the opposing participants are friends, many of whom play in the U10s and 12s together.

I‘m not sure, but I think that they play 10 minute quarters, boys and girls mixed.

Absolutely primary school footy on a Friday arvo was always the go, nowadays nothing unless it's a private school.
Hopefully with the interest in girls footy it could return

 

[SeaSide]

Absolutely primary school footy on a Friday arvo was always the go, nowadays nothing unless it's a private school.
Hopefully with the interest in girls footy it could return

Local Primary school footy in the inner west (I know) will welcome additional WS schools.
Currently, the competition has a mix of State Primary and Catholic schools, of which the interaction of both parents and students is amazing.
They all seem to know each other.
Players from both competing schools enjoy each other's company when the ball is at the other end of the ground.

It can't be too hard to organize.

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