FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, 10th October, 2014

Football Queensland Announces Women’s NPL Clubs for 2015

Twelve (12) clubs will compete in the inaugural PlayStation 4 NPL Queensland Senior Women’s competition due to commence in 2015, confirmed today.

A total 22 (twenty‐two) Expressions of Interest and 15 (fifteen) Formal Applications were received from clubs in South‐East Queensland in the application process.

The selected clubs cover a range of major population centres in South‐East Queensland, including , Gold Coast, Ipswich, Logan, Redcliffe, Redlands, Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba.

The PlayStation 4 NPL Queensland Senior Women’s competition is the elite club competition for women’s football in Queensland, sitting one tier below the Westfield W‐League.

Each club serves as the elite player pathway for player development in defined catchment areas.

The clubs that were successful in their application for the competition, and their designated catchment areas, are:

 Palm Beach SC (Gold Coast)  Souths United FC (South Brisbane/Logan)  Redlands United FC (Eastern Suburbs)  Eastern Suburbs FC (Inner City East)  Olympic FC (Inner City South)  UQ FC (Inner City West)  The Gap FC (Inner City North)  Moreton Bay United FC (North Brisbane)  Peninsula Power FC (Redcliffe/Peninsula)  Western Pride FC (West Brisbane/Ipswich)  South West Queensland Thunder FC (South West Queensland)  Sunshine Coast FC (Sunshine Coast)

Further competition details including the draw will be finalised and released in coming months.

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Media Contact: Ben Mannion Chief Operations Officer Football Queensland Phone: (07) 3420 5866