Chris Febvre • October 22, 2020
AFL Victoria Staffing Announcement
AFL Victoria Staffing Announcement
AFL Victoria has looked at the best structure to ensure Community football is able to prosper and be sustainable and to be serviced in an improved manner. We have continued to commit to the Country Victoria investment plan announced late last year and have made a few changes to the AFL Victoria team effective from November 1st, 2020.
Brad Scott has been appointed to the Head of AFL Victoria. Brad comes with a wealth of experience in not only as an elite player but as a highly experienced coach at the AFL level. Brad was previously working in the competition management team in the AFL and now brings his experiences into a community environment.
Sophie Williams has been appointed to the State Community Football Manager coming from previously being the Country Football Manager within the AFL Victoria team for almost 2 years.
After reviewing the structure of country football, it was decided an additional investment would be made in making the Country Football Manager role from one to two being divided into North and South.
John O’Donohue has been appointed to the Northern Country Football Manager position. John comes with a wealth of experience in Country football working as the Regional General Manager for AFL North East Border for the last 7 years. John’s regions will cover AFL North East Border, AFL Central Vic, AFL Goulburn Murray, AFL Sunraysia, AFL Central Murray, and AFL Wimmera Mallee.
Richard Black has been appointed to the Southern Country Football Manager position. Richard was previously the Head of AFL Gippsland and South East.
Richard’s regions will cover AFL Gippsland, AFL South East, AFL Outer East, AFL Barwon, AFL Goldfields and AFL Western District.
This pre season Nines is coming to the OKFNL. A great opportunity for OKFNL clubs to connect with local junior footballers and introduce them to their club ahead of the 2026 season. Local OKFNL clubs can enter teams of 9-12 players, with prizes and giveaways for clubs who attract the most junior footballers, most registrations across teams and team spirit on the day! When - Sunday 16th of November Where - Wareena Park, Wangaratta Time - 10am to 4pm Cost - $350 per team (approx $35 per player) Ages - 16+ For more information on Nines you can check out all the details here - https://play.afl/play/afl-nines To enter a team or find out more please contact Daniel Saville (OKFNL Ops Manager) - okfnloperations@gmail.com
The 2025 North East Border V Line Cup teams have been selected, with Division One and Two boys teams and the girls teams preparing to compete in Ballarat. AFL North East Border would like to thank all the coaches and support staff who have been working tirelessly over the past two months preparing the squads to compete at the carnival in Ballarat on the 23rd and 24th of September. The NEB teams will compete against the Goulburn Murray teams on Tuesday the 23rd at Mars Stadium, before taking on the Greater Western Victoria teams on Wednesday 24th at City Oval. Please check out the AFLNEB Facebook and Instagram pages to follow the action!
Ben has been involved with the local Wangaratta Auskick centre for five years and the coordinator for four of those, the exciting announcement was announced at the allocation night for Auskickers graduating to the Wangaratta and District Junior Football League in front of local Auskickers, parents and local WDJFL Clubs. The prize for the award is a grand final weekend experience including three nights' accommodation in Melbourne, a ticket to the Welcome to Melbourne function, attendance at the grand final parade, and a reserve seat ticket to the 27 September grand final. Over his time, Ben has secured significant sponsorship for the program; has initiated the all-girls' group; provides a support network for smaller centres across Wangaratta and surrounding regions; contributes to community events like allocation night and puts in a heap of extra work with the allocation process; organises half-time Auskick games at local football league matches; and, of course, the countless hours spent organising jumpers, certificates, equipment and everything in between, year after year. Wangaratta is regularly one of the biggest centres in the state, if not the nation, and this year was the biggest in Victoria. That, as you can imagine, makes it almost a full-time commitment, year-round. A huge congratulations to Ben from everyone at AFLNEB!
