CONTENTS Foreword 2 Coaching 36 Contacts 4 Fox Sports Pulse 40 WAFC Preferred Suppliers 7 AFL Community Club Improvement Program 40 Acknowledgments 9 WAFC Multcultural Football Program 41 About the Junior Club Manual 10 WAFC Aboriginal Football Program 42 About Football in WA 10 WAFL Litle League 42 Introducton 11 NAB AFL Auskick 43 WA Football District Structure 12 AFL Litle League Games 43 AFL Game Development 12 Schools and Community Football 44 WA Football Commission Football Afairs 13 2016 AFL Schools Program 45 Commitee AFL9’s 46 Codes of Conduct 29 Talent 47 AFL Kids First 33 WAFC State Champions 49 Football Clubs Medical or Operatonal Female Football 49 Emergency Acton Plan 34 Umpiring 53 Football Districtss Medical or Operatonal Junior Football 59 Emergency Acton Plan 35 AFL Youth Football 68 First Aid Basics 36 2016 Bylaws 73 www.wafootball.com.au 1 FOREWORD Junior Football is the foundaton of the sport in Western Australia, overall participation numbers are encouraging, we do face and it is contnuing to grow and develop. It is imperatve that challenges in the youth sector. We face challenges in how we we contnue to create the right environments for our children develop our coaches, umpires and club volunteers and ensuring to play Australian Rules Football, and this is the responsibility that they receive the necessary support to fulfl their critcal club of everyone. Whether it is the parent on the sideline, the youth and league focussed roles. We face challenges in determining coach, the canteen manager or the club president, we all play a our future funding model that will alter signifcantly with the role in ensuring that we create safe and positve environments introducton of the new Perth Stadium in 2018. that assist clubs in recruitng and retaining partcipants. These are just a few of the challenges that the game is currently The critcal role that football plays in our community is well working on. No doubt, there will be more to come. The WAFC understood by the broader West Australian community. The looks forward to working with all our junior football stakeholders game has the ability to draw communites together, it has the in tackling the key issues and partnering in a collaboratve fashion passion to ignite emoton and it has the platorm to deliver to ensure the health of our game. important social messages that few other sports can provide. On behalf of the WAFC, can I take this opportunity to thank all These atributes are never more evident than in the junior football of the volunteers and staf who play a role in the delivery of sector of our game. Through the 9 District Football Development junior football in 2016. Your tme, efort and passion is greatly Councils and the 8 Regional Football Development Councils that appreciated by everyone in the football family. support and deliver our game in metropolitan and Regional Western Australia, the opportunity to positvely impact our community is a responsibility that all stakeholders take seriously. The role that these important stakeholders play as custodians of the game is absolutely critcal and the WAFC acknowledges this role as integral to the ongoing success of the code. Football in WA is in a strong positon with partcipaton numbers at record highs, our two AFL clubs performing well on and of the feld and a state league competton that is well resourced and supported. Jon Haines Whilst these strengths are acknowledged, it is also critcal that General Manager Football Afairs we accept the inevitable challenges that face our game. Whilst West Australian Football Commission 2 junior club manual 2016 WELCOME TO THE 2016 JUNIOR FOOTBALL SEASON Why do kids play sport? This is the queston that everyone involved in Junior Football needs to understand the answer to, as it is critcal in ensuring that the game is able to recruit and retain as many children in the sport as possible. The number one reason why kids play sport is to have fun with their friends. Junior Football is not about us as adults, it isn’t about our aspiratons – Junior Football is, and must, be about the kids and ensuring that they have the best possible environment. It is imperatve that as adults watching and enjoying Junior Football, we fully understand this and let this guide and direct our behaviours and attudes. By-Law 1 - The Spirit of Junior Football is critcal when it comes to Junior Football in Western Australia and fully understanding the premise of what this sport at a Junior level is all about. I would encourage all of you to become strong advocates for By-Law 1. Football contnues to grow and develop across all levels of the game maintaining its presence as WA’s Number 1 Partcipaton Sport, primarily driven by the thousands of volunteers that assist week in and week out. Thank you to everyone that volunteers in football – your eforts are appreciated. 99,513 125,329 364,729 Club Partcipants Program Partcipants Promotonal 44.26% of Partcipaton 42.84% of Partcipaton Partcipants Junior: 28,290 Auskick: 39,659 School Assembly Visits: 140,183 Youth: 15,250 Intra-school Primary: 56,646 School Promotons: 75,786 Senior Club: 15,130 Intra-school Secondary: 23,619 Community Promotons:148,760 Veterans: 3,866 AFL9’s Schools: 1,359 Interschool Primary: 15,884 School Programs: 4,046 Interschool Secondary: 15,657 AFL9’s: 5,436 224,842 Participants Congratulatons to Mazenod JFC who won the 2015 WAFC State Championships, in what is becoming a highly successful competton that will contnue to grow and develop. 2016 will again be a big year for Junior Football and I wish you all the best for the season. Troy Kirkham Partcipaton Manager West Australian Football Commission www.wafootball.com.au D3 CONTACTS – METRO METRO NORTH West Perth, Claremont, Subiaco Community Development Manager Andrew Ridley [email protected] 0402 794 016 District Operatons Manager Mat McNally [email protected] 0400 361 188 CLaremonT Development Ofcer Sam Cousens [email protected] 0438 838 768 DFDC Chairperson Paul Donovan 0418 921 254 Competton Director John Thurtell 0427 388 209 SuBiaCo Development Ofcer Callum Warner [email protected] 0438 994 412 DFDC Chairperson Cindy Dunham 0419 557 503 Competton Director Gavin Oliphant 0438 995 614 WeST PerTh Development Ofcer Graham Mills [email protected] 0409 084 483 DFDC Chairperson Chris Erikson 0418 882 015 Competton Director Natalie Sharman 0409 404 054 METRO CENTRAL East Perth, Swan Districts, Perth Community Development Manager Isaac Stewart [email protected] 0429 000 347 District Operatons Manager Scot Faulkner [email protected] 0411 113 088 eaST PerTh Development Ofcer Corey Ranger [email protected] 0430 868 512 DFDC Chairperson Luke McNeice 0400 128 665 Competton Director Angelo Barbaro 0437 807 820 PerTh Development Ofcer Chris Brown [email protected] 0412 676 857 DFDC Chairperson Sean Collingwood 0429 084 413 Competton Director Justn Sambell 0403 574 938 SWanS Development Ofcer Daniel Curts [email protected] 0430 969 906 DFDC Chairperson Ian Westmore 0434 075 481 Competton Director Trevor Gosat 0419 918 449 meTro SouTh Peel, east Fremantle, South Fremantle Community Development Manager Bradd Gardiner [email protected] 0438 953 055 District Operatons Manager Tom Atkinson [email protected] 0433 117 568 PeeL Development Ofcer Elly Lambkin [email protected] 0438 677 700 Development Ofcer Emma Swanson [email protected] 0479 159 589 DFDC Chairperson Bret Lee 0427 220 660 Competton Director Shane Poppert 0417 929 655 eaST FremanTLe Development Ofcer Daren Bell [email protected] 0438 952 487 DFDC Chairperson Geof Wolfenden 0447 711 933 Competton Director Mindi Thompson 0400 217 705 SouTh FremanTLe Development Ofcer Regan Atkinson [email protected] 0437 587 161 DFDC Chairperson Stephen Goodall 0421 022 664 Competton Director Shane Harding 0403 584 143 D4 junior club manual 2016 CONTACTS – country GoLDFieLDS reGion Regional Manager Gemma Harrison [email protected] 0417 179 463 RFDC Chairperson Kyran O’Donnell kyran.o’[email protected] GreaT SouThern reGion Regional Manager Tom Moir [email protected] 0428 428 440 RFDC Chairperson Peter Watson 08 9841 8799 KimBerLeY reGion Garnduwa Mick Albert [email protected] 0418 938 167 Football Contact Michael Farmer [email protected] 0407 658 698 miD WeST reGion Regional Manager Steve Broberg [email protected] 0429 914 220 RFDC Chairperson Jerry Dawson 0429 086 701 miDLanDS reGion Regional Manager Glen Collins [email protected] 0417 920 817 RFDC Chairperson Milton Milloy 0400 603 962 PiLBara reGion Regional Manager Vicki Agnew [email protected] 0455 661 633 RFDC Chairperson Daryl Mansfeld 0415 998 896 SouTh WeST reGion Regional Manager Glenn Omodei [email protected] 0419 955 173 RFDC Chairperson Mark Blakely 0419 947 168 WheaTBeLT reGion Regional Manager Mitch Harvey [email protected] 0419 859 576 RFDC Chairperson Craig Gmeiner 0429 647 651 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Wa Football - @WAFootball NAB AFL Auskick WA - @AFLAuskickWA aFL 9’s - @AFL9sWA Female Football - @femalefootywa Wa Football - htp://www.facebook.com/wafootball NAB AFL Auskick - htp://www.facebook.com/NAB.AFL.Auskick aFL9’s - htp://www.facebook.com/AFL9sWA Female Football - htp://www.facebook.com/femalefootywa Join the conversaton #WAFooty www.wafootball.com.au D5 ADDITIONAL CONTACTS For enquires and questons please follow the following communicaton protocol: 1. Contact your Club Ofcial (i.e. President, Commitee), 2. Contact your District Competton Director, 3. Contact your Development Ofcer, District