AFL Victoria Youth Girls Competition

AFL Victoria Youth Girls Competition

The AFL Victoria Youth Girls Competition is an Australian rules football league for girls aged 13 to 17 in Victoria Australia. Some teams are associated with particular secondary schools and as of 2005 at least one has been associated with a "seniors" team from the VWFL (Melbourne University), while others are community-based. All teams to date are based in Melbourne, which is Australian rules' football's leading centre. The Competition is co-ordinated and promoted by AFL Victoria's Female Football Development Manager.

Typically participants will have graduated from Auskick which is aimed at primary-school aged children, but may feel uncomfortable playing alongside older women in the Victorian Women's Football League; the Youth Girls Competition offers a "pathway" for such girls to continue playing. Many younger girls continue to play in boys' leagues; AFL Victoria has a rule that says girls must not play in boys' leagues after age 14. The court challenge of this age rule was a catalyst for the founding of the Youth Girls Competition. [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,19922205-5006880,00.html] The girls play 15 a side (instead of 18) and with a smaller sized ball, but otherwise the rules are unmodified from Australian rules football. The official ball is Burley.

The competition first ran in 2004, with 122 girls participating in five teams, which in two years had expended to twelve. The format undergoes significant changes each year as the competition expands. Expansion into the northern suburbs of Melbourne as well as country Victoria is likely in the future.

In 2005 three Youth Girls competitors made the Victorian State U19 team, which competed in the AFL Women's National Championships. [http://youthgirls.footballvic.com.au/default.aspx?s=eventsdisplay&aid=95351] This was the first underage women's team to play in the national championships (Victoria is the only state to have enough players to support such a team). An U19 team also entered the 2006 Championships (affectionately known as the "Mini-VICs"), with four players from the Youth Girls Competition. [http://youthgirls.footballvic.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=109079]

Competition statistics

2004

;Western Bulldogs Forever Foundation Cup (western suburbs):"Teams:" Mercy College (Coburg), Marian College (Sunshine), Melbourne University/Flemington, two teams from Wyndhamvale Falcons

2005

;Footy-Pak Cup (south-eastern suburbs):"Six teams:" Berwick Wickers, Waverley Power, Sacre Coeur Kangaroos, Hallam Hawks, Narre South Lions, Rosebud Stinrays.:"Grand final:" Sacre Coeur Kangaroos (2.1-13) def. Hallam Hawks (2.0-12).

;Western Bulldogs Forever Foundation Cup (western suburbs):"Five teams:" Wyndhamvale Falcons Yellow, Mercy College Bulldogs, Marian College Spurs, Wyndhamvale Falcons, Melbourne University Mugars. :"Grand final:" Wyndhamvale Falcons (7.3-45) def. Marian College Spurs (2.7-19).

2006

;Footy-Pak Cup:"Six teams:" Berwick Wickers, Hallam Hawks, Sacre Coeur Kangaroos, Narre South Lions, Narre Warren Magpies, Waverley Power.

;Western Bulldogs Forever Foundation Cup :"Six teams:" Wyndhamvale Falcons, Sunbury Junior Football Club, Mercy College Bulldogs, Melbourne University Mugars, Kilmore Junior Football Club, Marian College Spurs.

2007

;Footy -Pak Cup:"Nine teams:" Berwick Wickers, Hallam Hawks, Sacre Coeur Kangaroos, Narre South Lions, Narre Warren Magpies, Waverley Power, Eaglehawk, Marong, North Bendigo, NOBLE PARK!

;Western Bulldogs Forever Foundation Cup:"Ten teams:" Wyndham Vale, Kilmore, Melbourne University u/15, Melbourne University u/18, Melton Bloods, Melton Centrals, Mercy College, St Albans, St Kilda, Sunbury, Noble Park, Pearcedale Baxter.

External links

* [http://youthgirls.footballvic.com.au/ Official website]


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