Menegola’s Country Champs shock There’s plenty of star power in this week’s Nutrien Ag Solutions Country Football Championships across the Perth and Peel regions. A host of ex-AFL and WAFL players headline the 59th edition of the carnival, which has three senior and two colts divisions played across four days. Former Geelong midfielder Sam Menegola is a shock name among the team lists, lining up for Ongerup Football Association in Division Two. Menegola, who played
Read More [+]The Kimberley Spirit’s journey from various communities and towns across the State’s Kimberley region down to Perth is one of the more remarkable and heartwarming stories of the Nutrien Ag Solutions Country Football Championships. The Spirit, competing in Division Two of the CBH Group Colts competition, touched down in Perth on Tuesday night ahead of the two-day tournament as they prepare to face teams from the Avon/Mortlock and Pilbara leagues as well as Regional Districts –
Read More [+]We take a look at the players to watch in the senior divisions of the Nutrien Ag Solutions Country Football Championships, which kicks off on Friday across the Perth and Peel regions. Division One is stacked with ex-AFL and WAFL talent, while there’s plenty of exciting names across Division Two and Three of country football’s biggest stage. You can catch all the action live on Streamer.com.au DIVISION ONE Jason Carter (South West) The former
Read More [+]The WA Football Umpiring Team has returned from a South West Umpiring Roadshow confident the region can produce quality officials over the next decade. The tour took in Australind, Bunbury, Manjimup, and Busselton. The team visited schools and umpire clubs across the South West region, delivering umpire education and practical skills sessions to promote umpiring as a rewarding and accessible pathway in football for students. AFL Boundary Umpire Jordan Russell joined as a special guest,
Read More [+]Koorda Football Club and the Central Wheatbelt Football League are set to make history in the WA Football Champion Club Program. The Koorda FC and CWFL will become the first Country Football WA-affiliated club and league to achieve Foundation Level status through the Champion Club Program. WA Football launched the Champion Club Program, an initiative aimed at improving community football across the State, back in February. The program has three main priorities - strengthening club
Read More [+]Country Football WA’s Social Impact team hit the road to spend the week in the Goldfields to run mental health and wellbeing workshops, clinics and education sessions across the region. The week started with a visit to Mines Rovers Football Club at Kalgoorlie’s Digger Daws Oval for an Ahead of the Game (AOTG) session with the club’s under-16s team, teaching players, parents, coaches, umpires and volunteers how to recognise mental health challenges. The Diorites’ senior
Read More [+]Champion of the Month | Mark Timms (Round 2) Presented by West Coast Poly From the far reaches of the East Kimberley, Country Football WA is proud to announce Mark Timms as the West Coast Poly Champion of the Month for Round 2 — a selfless football stalwart who has poured more than two decades into building and sustaining the game in one of WA’s most remote communities. Based in Wyndham — the northernmost club
Read More [+]The New Holland WA Women’s State Country side prevailed over Perth Football League in a one-point thriller at Gosnells Oval on Friday night. In another epic clash following on from last year’s draw, the WA Country held their nerve to win 4.4 (28) to 4.3 (27). Donnybrook star Ella Smith was named best on ground after an outstanding performance. Fellow former West Coast player Kate Bartlett, now playing for Secret Harbour in the Peel league,
Read More [+]Country Football WA is proud to continue its long-standing partnership with CBH Group, a dedicated supporter of grassroots football across Western Australia’s grain-growing regions. Since 2002, CBH has been a valued long-term supporter of Country Football WA, backing 12 regional leagues that encompass 71 clubs, 302 teams, and over 7,750 players – including men’s, women’s, and junior participants. As part of this enduring partnership, CBH is continuing to directly support the cost of operations for
Read More [+]We take a look at what's happening around WA's country footy competitions in our weekly column. Chapman Valley dominate WA Country Women’s squad for PFL clash Five players from the undefeated Chapman Valley women’s side will feature in the New Holland WA Women’s State Country side in Friday night’s clash against Perth Football League at Gosnells Oval. Reigning Great Northern Football League best-and-fairest winner Andie Payne joins Ellie Blackmore, Taylah Broadhurst, Tegan Brooks and Eva Campo
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