AFL Barwon Female Football

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AFL Barwon Female Football
AFLBarwon Women's Football.png
Sport Australian rules football
Founded2018;6 years ago (2018)
No. of teams20
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
ConfederationAFL Barwon
Most recent
champion(s)		Grovedale (Div 1)
Anglesea (Div 2)
Belmont (Div 3)
(2024)
Most titlesGeelong Amateur (2× Div 1)
Sponsor(s)Epworth Health
Related
competitions		 GFL, GDFL, BFL, CDFL
Official website AFL Barwon

AFL Barwon Female Football [1] is a women's Australian rules football competition based in the greater Geelong region. The first season of senior football held for women in the area was 2018. The senior competition has since swelled to three divisions incorporating 20 teams. A further eight underage girls divisions are also competed for in the 2023 season.

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Background

AFL Barwon is the governing body overseeing Australian rules football in the Geelong and greater district. After many years in which only junior girl's competitions were organised, a senior women's football competition commenced in 2018 under the banner of AFL Barwon Women's Football. Rather than being organised by the GFL, GDFL, or the BFL, the competition is managed under the AFL Barwon banner. The competition was renamed to AFL Barwon Female Football ahead of the 2019 season.

2018 inaugural season competing teams: [2]

Barwon Heads; Drysdale; Geelong Amateur; Ocean Grove
Grovedale; Lara; St Joseph's; St Mary's
Bell Post Hill; Geelong West Giants; North Geelong
Colac Imperials

The competition has held grading games at the start of the seasons in 2018, 2021–2024 in order to compose divisions to try to make matches as competitive as possible.

In March 2024, following extensive consultation [3] AFL Barwon announced that the competition would transition from playing mostly on Sundays to scheduling Saturday matches from 2025. [4]

Current Clubs

Division 1

ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.AFL Barwon SeasonsAFL Barwon Senior Premierships
TotalMost recent
Barwon Heads
Barwon Heads Football Club Colours.jpg
SeagullsHoward Harmer Reserve, Barwon Heads —19222018-12018
Geelong Amateur
Geelong Amateur Football Club colours.jpg
Ammos, PegasusQueens Park, Highton —19262018-22023
Grovedale
RichmondDesign.svg
TigersBurdoo Reserve, Grovedale —19472018-12024
Lara
Lara Football Club colours.jpg
CatsLara Recreation Reserve, Lara —18802018-0-
St Mary's
St Mary's Sporting Club colours.jpg
Saints Kardinia Park West, South Geelong —19532018-12019
Thomson
Thomson Football Club colours.jpg
TigersThomson Recreation Reserve, Thomson —19532023-0-
Torquay
RichmondDesign.svg
TigersSpring Creek Reserve, Torquay —19522019-0-

Division 2

ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.AFL Barwon SeasonsAFL Barwon Senior Premierships
TotalMost recent
Anglesea
North-melbourne.svg
RoosEllimatta Reserve, Anglesea —19632021-22024
Drysdale
Drysdale Football Club colours.jpg
HawksDrysdale Recreational Reserve, Drysdale —18792018-0-
Geelong West Giants
GWS Giants Football Club colours.jpg
GiantsWest Oval, Geelong West —20172018-12022
Newtown & Chilwell
Essendonsymbol.png
EaglesElderslie Reserve, Newtown —19332021-0-
South Barwon
Southbarwon swans icon.png
SwansMcDonald Reserve, Belmont —19902021-0-
St Joseph's
St Josephs Football Club colours.jpg
JoeysHerne Hill Reserve, Herne Hill —19732018-12022

Division 3

ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.AFL Barwon SeasonsAFL Barwon Senior Premierships
TotalMost recent
Barwon Heads
Barwon Heads Football Club Colours.jpg
SeagullsHoward Harmer Reserve, Barwon Heads —19222018-12018
Belmont Lions
Brisbanelions fc icon.png
LionsWinter Reserve, Belmont —19652024-12024
Geelong Amateur
Geelong Amateur Football Club colours.jpg
Ammos, PegasusQueens Park, Highton —19262018-0-
Grovedale
RichmondDesign.svg
TigersBurdoo Reserve, Grovedale —19472018-0-
Modewarre
Modewarre Football Club colours.jpg
WarriorsMt Moriac Recreation Reserve, Mount Moriac —18792023-12023
North Geelong
Collingwood icon.svg
MagpiesOsborne Park, North Geelong VWFL 18762018-22019
St Albans
St Albans Football Club colours.jpg
SupersaintsSt Albans Reserve, Thomson —18802021-0-

Former Clubs

ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.AFL Barwon SeasonsAFL Barwon Senior PremiershipsFate
TotalMost recent
Bell Post Hill
Albert Park football club colors.jpg
PanthersMyers Reserve, Bell Post Hill —197620180-In recess
Colac Imperials
Albion Football Club.jpg
ImperialsWestern Reserve, Colac —19222018-20210-In recess
Ocean Grove
Ocean Grove Football Club colours.jpg
GrubbersShell Road Reserve, Ocean Grove —19642018-20190-In recess

Premiers

Division 1

†Team also won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the ladder
SeasonPremiersRunners-upScoreVenueBest on groundRef.
2018 North Geelong† St Mary's 6.5 (41) d. 2.3 (15)Burdoo Reserve—
2019 St Mary's Geelong Amateur 6.4 (40) d. 4.5 (29)Bisinella Oval—
2020Season cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
2021Not awarded [5]
2022 Geelong Amateur† St Mary's 4.5 (29) d. 0.3 (3)Herne Hill ReserveCheryl de Groot (Geelong Amateur) [6] [7]
2023 Geelong Amateur† Grovedale 4.10 (34) d. 2.1 (13)Herne Hill ReserveDanielle Sgarbi (Geelong Amateur) [8] [9]
2024 Grovedale† Geelong Amateur 2.8 (20) d. 1.6 (12)Bisinella OvalTaylah Hassett (Grovedale) [10] [11]

Division 2

†Team also won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the ladder
SeasonPremiersRunners-upScoreVenueBest on groundRef.
2018 Barwon Heads Colac Imperials 4.9 (33) d. 4.8 (32)Burdoo Reserve—
2019 North Geelong† Drysdale 3.8 (26) d. 0.1 (1)Bisinella Oval—
2020Season cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
2021Not awarded [5]
2022 St Joseph's† Torquay 5.3 (33) d. 3.2 (20)Herne Hill ReserveTamika Lewis (St Joseph's) [6] [7]
2023 Geelong West Giants† Thomson 3.5 (23) d. 3.4 (22)Herne Hill ReserveTeagan Tatlock (Thomson) [12] [9]
2024 Anglesea St Joseph's 5.9 (39) d. 3.5 (23)Bisinella OvalElla Nickolaus (Angelsea) [13]

Division 3

†Team also won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the ladder
SeasonPremiersRunners-upScoreVenueBest on groundRef.
2021Not awarded [5]
2022 Anglesea† South Barwon 6.6 (42) d. 2.3 (15)Herne Hill ReserveRuby Manson (Anglesea) [6] [7]
2023 Modewarre North Geelong 6.0 (36) d. 1.8 (14)Herne Hill ReserveMonique Martin (Modewarre) [14] [9]
2024 Belmont Lions† Modewarre 1.7 (13) d. 1.2 (8)Bisinella OvalAshleigh Feehan (Belmont) [13]

Best and Fairest Award

Division 1
Division 2
Division 3

Leading Goalkickers

Division 1
Division 2
Division 3

Sponsorship

The divisions has had the following organisations as naming rights partner for each season:

Epworth Health (Division 1)
Corio Bay Health Group (Division 2)
Epworth Health (Divisions 1–3)

Representative matches

In May 2019, an AFL Barwon Female Football representative team coached by Geelong AFLW player Melissa Hickey, and captained by Barwon Heads' Emma Allen, played the Northern Football Netball League.

2019 WorkSafe AFL Victoria Championships
Saturday, 18 May 2019 (9:50 am)AFL Barwon Female Footballdef.Northern Football Netball LeagueQueens Park, Highton Report [23]
2.3 (15)
2.4 (16)
3.6 (24)
5.7 (37)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		0.1 (1)
0.4 (4)
1.5 (11)
2.7 (19)
E. Allen 3, L. McClelland, T. KnoxGoalsS. Cross, T. Olcorn
E. Allen, E. Oliver, S. O'Dea, C. Thorne, M. JanssenBestC. O'Bryan, N. Blythe, K. Cobern, D. Bonde, S. Nyawela, D. Hallett

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