The Office of Sport Local Sport Grant Program (LSGP) aims to increase regular and on-going participation opportunities in sport in NSW. Through this program we are working towards our goals to achieve: Participation: Everyone in NSW participating in Sport and active recreation…
Sir Doug Nicholls learnt to play football on the oval at the Cummeragunja aboriginal mission on the banks of the Murray River in NSW. The Cummeragunja footy team was so successful in the local competition in the 1920s they were…
This week ahead of the AFL’s Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round, AFL NSW/ACT in partnership with Transport for NSW ran their annual Indigenous Youth Leadership Program. Aiming to identify the most talented Indigenous athletes and develop their leadership skills, the…
To our footy family, On Monday afternoon the NSW Chief Health Officer, Dr. Kerry Chant, wrote to State Sporting Organisations issuing new recommendations relating to community sport. Since receiving the updated advice, AFL NSWACT has been working closely with Sport…
Last night the NSW Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerry Chant, issued a letter to the sport and recreation sector recommending a tightening of restrictions aimed at minimising the risk of COVID-19 transmission in community sport. A Copy of the letter…
The QBE Sydney Swans Academy and GIANTS Academy will play their second games in as many weeks against each other this Saturday as part of the NAB AFL All Stars Program. Following a wet and muddy affair last weekend where…
AFL NSW/ACT is pleased to offer Indigenous male and female players aged 12-16 the opportunity to participate in the Indigenous Youth Leadership Program The youth leadership program is specifically designed to improve the participants leadership skills in a sporting environment…
Last week, Sport NSW announced their 2020 NSW Community Sports Awards finalists and Distinguished Long Service Award recipients. AFL Sapphire Coast’s, Dave Boulton, has been awarded the prestigious ‘Distinguished Long Service Award’ for giving exceptional service to Australian Rules football.…
Australian Football celebrates its 140th anniversary in New South Wales this year after the founding of the NSW Football Association in Sydney in 1880. To commemorate, 140 coaches, players, umpires, administrators and media personalities from both the Elite (VFL/AFL) and Community…
AFL NSW/ACT is proud to announce a partnership with Outside the Locker Room that will offer mental health support and education to 37 of our NSW clubs across 2020 and 2021. This partnership was made possible after AFL NSW/ACT was…