The WA Country Football League are excited to share the announcement of a new three-year $855,000 partnership with Premier Partner, Healthway. This partnership will also be supported by the Department of Justice, the Mental Health Commission, The University of Western Australia’s Young Lives Matter Foundation and Regional Men’s Health. The embracement, enthusiasm and promotion of the ‘Think Mental Health’ campaign over the initial three years of the Healthway partnership has been a real highlight. The
Read More [+]The WACFL is excited to announce, in partnership with Nutrien Ag Solutions, that it will be holding a Women’s and Colt’s Country Football Championships during the October School Holidays. The Women’s Championships and CBH Group Colts Championships will be held in Perth across two days, Thursday 30th September and Friday 1st of October. WAFC Executive Manager Country Football, Affiliates & Facilities Tom Bottrell said he was pleased about being able to lock in Country Championships
Read More [+]A design by local Whadjuk-Yuet-Ballardong Indigenous artist Kevin Bynder has been unveiled on the 2021 Belt Up NAIDOC football, with each senior male and female team within the West Australian Country Football League (WACFL) to receive one of the unique balls. Made possible through the WACFL’s ongoing partnership with the Insurance Commission of WA and their Belt Up message, the NAIDOC football celebrates and acknowledges the enormous contribution Aboriginal and Indigenous players continue to make
Read More [+]WA COUNTRY FOOTBALL LEAGUE, UWA YOUNG LIVES MATTER FOUNDATION AND OUTSIDE THE LOCKER ROOM COLLABORATE TO CONDUCT FOLLOW UP RESEARCH OF COUNTRY FOOTBALLERS IN 2021 In 2020 The University of Western Australia’s Young Lives Matter Foundation UWA Limited (UWA YLM) and the Western Australian Country Football League (WACFL) carried out a Country Football survey that studied the social benefits of participating in Western Australia Country Football and the impact on members of the community not
Read More [+]WACFL State sides take on the Perth Football League this Friday 23rd of July. Team list below. Well done to all players that have been selected.
Read More [+]Think Mental Health Round – Campaign Information About the Campaign The Suicide Prevention Public Education Program’s Think Mental Health Campaign is a key initiative of the State-wide suicide prevention strategy, Suicide Prevention 2020: Together we can save lives (the Strategy), under Action Area One - Greater public awareness and united action across the community. The Think Mental Health education campaign is part of a comprehensive approach in Western Australia that aims to build mental health
Read More [+]On Friday 23rd July, the WA Country Football League State team will take on the Perth Football League under the lights at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. In an exciting addition and for the first time ever, the night will include the Women’s State teams from both leagues. The WACFL has introduced Michelle Harris as this year’s coach of the Women’s side. Harris was the inaugural South West Football League Women’s Premiership coach from the Nutrien Ag
Read More [+]MEDIA RELEASE Hockey, football and netball clubs and associations in the eastern Wheatbelt have been working together in season 2021 to trial three feature rounds where all Winter sport is played on the same day at the same venue. The project, which is a partnership between Hockey WA, Netball WA, the West Australian Football Commission, the West Australian Country Football Association and Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC), empowers local clubs and
Read More [+]The WA Country Football League, in conjunction with Nutrien Ag Solutions, has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 Nutrien Ag Country Football Championships due to the current lockdown measures in place within the Perth and Peel regions. The cancellation includes the Women’s Country Football Championships (3-4 July), the CBH Group Colts Championships (8-10 July) and the Nutrien Ag Country Football Championships (9-11 July). The current restrictions make it impossible to proceed with the
Read More [+]After a brief hiatus in 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the CBH Group Colts Carnival looks set to return with a bang, with a fresh crop of country talent ready to impress. After years of dominating the carnival and winning the last four titles could this be the year the South West are beaten? Or with years of experience in the competition will the South West continue their winning streak? Peel and Great
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