Chris Febvre • December 16, 2022
FERNWOOD FITNESS COMMITS AS NAMING RIGHTS SPONSOR
FERNWOOD FITNESS COMMITS AS NAMING RIGHTS SPONSOR
AFL North East Border Female Football League are excited to announce Fernwood Fitness as the major naming rights sponsor for the next three seasons. Moving forward the league will be known as the ‘Fernwood Fitness AFL North East Border Female Football League’. Fernwood Fitness will play a key role in supporting the sustained growth of female football in our region as the league will look to add more teams to the competition in the coming seasons.
Fernwood Fitness and AFL North East Border Female Football League are similar in the fact that they both strive to provide an opportunity for females to participate in sports and physical activity to help connect with new people and improve their mental and physical well-being.
League Manager Jack Penny was ecstatic to have a business such as Fernwood become the major sponsor. “To have Fernwood commit for the next three years is a great result for our league. I’m really excited to partner with Fernwood as we share similar values and we can work together to continue to encourage females to partake in sport and live a healthy lifestyle”.
Fernwood Fitness also aims to help the league become one of the more professional and recognised country female football leagues throughout Victoria in which there is a genuine pathway to play AFLW.
“We saw with the success of our girls at the V-Line Carnival in September that we have many aspiring young footballers in our league, so by teaming up with Fernwood we can continue to grow the league to give girls and women the best possible opportunity to be recognised and take the next step in their football”.
Fernwood Fitness Albury club owner Julie Nixon and club manager Emily Dowlan, are thrilled to partner with the AFL North East Border Female Football League
“We are very proud to be able to support local females incorporating sport and movement into their busy lifestyles. The opportunity to do this alongside such a well-established female football league in our region brings us great joy and we are so excited to see where the next three seasons take us.”
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!
