Congratulations to two Toyota AFL National Volunteers of the Year from NSW, who were announced on Grand Final Friday. Ben Hyndes from the Wollongong Lions in AFL South Coast was named as National Senior Community Coach of the Year. Tim…
AFL NSW/ACT is proud to present winners across eight categories in the NSW/ACT Toyota Volunteer of the Year for 2022. Volunteers, coaches, umpires and teachers have been recognised from across the state and territory, from the Riverina to the north…
July is Women’s Coaching Month, supported by BHP, and we wanted to showcase some of our most beloved female coaches in NSW and the ACT. Below is just some of the great feedback we’ve heard for our community coaches across…
Roz Thomas has been coaching Auskick since the Blue Mountains Kangaroos’ first year, way back in 1999. She first became involved in Australian football as part of her teaching degree, wrangling dozens of kids at Springwood Public School during afternoon…
The AFL is delighted to open the annual TOYOTA AFL National Volunteer Awards and calls on community football clubs and leagues to nominate a valued member of your local footy community. Volunteers are the heart and soul of Community Football…
Kristy Smith from the Balgowlah Suns is AFL NSW/ACT’s Toyota Community Football Volunteer of the Year for 2021. The club’s Vice President has played multiple roles at the club since 2015. She’s been a key factor in its growth, guiding…
Andrew Pyman is AFL NSW/ACT’s NAB AFL Auskick Volunteer of the Year for 2021. The father of three has been at the Fairfield Falcons JAFC since its 2018 inception as its Auskick coordinator. He loves every minute of his time…
Many of our volunteers of the year in 2021 came from regions where football is a relatively new concept for the community, but for James Sullivan, AFL NSW/ACT’s Senior School Ambassador of the Year, football is a way of life.…
“I’ve played every sport besides golf,” said Ali Abdulatif, AFL NSW/ACT’s Diversity Ambassador of the Year in 2021. “Footy has the team environment, and you get a mixture of skills – kicking, marking, tackling, the celebration at the end, singing…
Junior football is a huge part of Phil Lane’s life. The joint AFL NSW/ACT Junior Coach of the Year has been coaching the next crop of football players in Sydney’s western suburbs for two decades. So many junior coaches get…
