AFL Youth Girls News

Mother's Day for Team Evans' Mums was spent at Steve Chisholm Oval watching their daughters play the Northwest Lightning. We figured that it was going to be a very different game to the pre-season "friendly" match. Northwest have some very good players, and a very...

The long trek up the northern beaches was rewarded as Taylas put their 2nd win on the board. The Pittwater Tigers fought hard and their effort was commendable. They had a couple of 8 year olds in their squad who looked like they had come from Auskick. Again we had a...

Mothers Day! Playing on the synthetic at Els Hall guaranteed us a start this weekend. The ground is fast and has a true bounce which suited our players well. We welcome back Lexie W, recovering from a serious knee injury, playing for the first time in what seems like...

It was another beautiful afternoon to play football at Blackman Park.  Team Taylas welcomed 3 new girls for their first game of AFL and a convincing win was a nice introduction for them. Chiara, Nikita and Harmony all had moments in the game to suggest that as the...

St Ives Village Green was bustling with activity on Sunday morning when Team Evans arrived to play the Saints. Warm and sunny, the player's parents were hurriedly searching for sunscreen in their kit. The ground was set up to its largest yet, in fact I'm sure that the...

"Sometimes a loss is nearly as good as a win. " - random reflection Today we had 5 girls who hadn't played an official game with the Cats. Charley and Suzie are more used to the round ball game, but today tried a different challenge. We also had Zara L(yes we have 2 x...

Derby day dawns, and early, for those attending their dawn service. The talk at training and pre-game is about team structure and playing a team game. The new players to the team have their first game nerves out of the way and the more experienced have been reminded...

Team Evans played their second home game in a row on their home deck, this time against the Willoughby Wildcats. By 9am the bottom oval was warming up, and parents were fighting each other to get a spot in the sun. By the end of the game, they were hunting for the...

It was a very typical autumn Sydney Day. Cold overnight temperatures and a warm pleasant day. Today was different. It was ANZAC Day and after paying our respects at the various commemorative ceremonies in the morning it was off to a very different battle at Blackman...

The wisdom of the footy gods is that you need to lose a grannie to win one andit’s clear that the club is keen to test that theory as the fabled “premiership window” opens. Pre-season training starts before the last season has even finished; new guernseys, that...

After a successful outing in a pre-season friendly at Ern Holmes last week, Team Evans returned to the Home of Football on Sunday to face the Balgowlah Suns. With a few more numbers than last week, Team Evans fielded nine players and two loans from the Suns. We also...