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AFL Barwon Female Football

Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	2018; 6 years ago (2018)
No. of teams	20
Country	Australia
Confederation	AFL Barwon
Most recent champion(s)	Grovedale (Div 1) Anglesea (Div 2) Belmont (Div 3) (2024)
Most titles	Geelong Amateur (2× Div 1)
Sponsor(s)	Epworth Health
Related competitions	GFL, GDFL, BFL, CDFL
Official website	AFL Barwon

AFL Barwon Female Football is a women's Australian rules football competition based in the greater Geelong region. The first season of senior football held for women in the area was 2018. The senior competition has since swelled to three divisions incorporating 20 teams. A further eight underage girls divisions are also competed for in the 2023 season.

Background

AFL Barwon is the governing body overseeing Australian rules football in the Geelong and greater district. After many years in which only junior girl's competitions were organised, a senior women's football competition commenced in 2018 under the banner of AFL Barwon Women's Football. Rather than being organised by the GFL, GDFL, or the BFL, the competition is managed under the AFL Barwon banner. The competition was renamed to AFL Barwon Female Football ahead of the 2019 season.

2018 inaugural season competing teams:

Bellarine Football League:

Barwon Heads; Drysdale; Geelong Amateur; Ocean Grove

Geelong Football League:

Grovedale; Lara; St Joseph's; St Mary's

Geelong & District Football League:

Bell Post Hill; Geelong West Giants; North Geelong

Colac & District Football League:

Colac Imperials

The competition has held grading games at the start of the seasons in 2018, 2021–2024 in order to compose divisions to try to make matches as competitive as possible.

In March 2024, following extensive consultation AFL Barwon announced that the competition would transition from playing mostly on Sundays to scheduling Saturday matches from 2025.

Current Clubs

Division 1

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	AFL Barwon Seasons	AFL Barwon Senior Premierships
Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	AFL Barwon Seasons	Total	Most recent
Barwon Heads		Seagulls	Howard Harmer Reserve, Barwon Heads	—	1922	2018-	1	2018
Geelong Amateur		Ammos, Pegasus	Queens Park, Highton	—	1926	2018-	2	2023
Grovedale		Tigers	Burdoo Reserve, Grovedale	—	1947	2018-	1	2024
Lara		Cats	Lara Recreation Reserve, Lara	—	1880	2018-	0	-
St Mary's		Saints	Kardinia Park West, South Geelong	—	1953	2018-	1	2019
Thomson		Tigers	Thomson Recreation Reserve, Thomson	—	1953	2023-	0	-
Torquay		Tigers	Spring Creek Reserve, Torquay	—	1952	2019-	0	-

Division 2

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	AFL Barwon Seasons	AFL Barwon Senior Premierships
Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	AFL Barwon Seasons	Total	Most recent
Anglesea		Roos	Ellimatta Reserve, Anglesea	—	1963	2021-	2	2024
Drysdale		Hawks	Drysdale Recreational Reserve, Drysdale	—	1879	2018-	0	-
Geelong West Giants		Giants	West Oval, Geelong West	—	2017	2018-	1	2022
Newtown & Chilwell		Eagles	Elderslie Reserve, Newtown	—	1933	2021-	0	-
South Barwon		Swans	McDonald Reserve, Belmont	—	1990	2021-	0	-
St Joseph's		Joeys	Herne Hill Reserve, Herne Hill	—	1973	2018-	1	2022

Division 3

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	AFL Barwon Seasons	AFL Barwon Senior Premierships
Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	AFL Barwon Seasons	Total	Most recent
Barwon Heads		Seagulls	Howard Harmer Reserve, Barwon Heads	—	1922	2018-	1	2018
Belmont Lions		Lions	Winter Reserve, Belmont	—	1965	2024-	1	2024
Geelong Amateur		Ammos, Pegasus	Queens Park, Highton	—	1926	2018-	0	-
Grovedale		Tigers	Burdoo Reserve, Grovedale	—	1947	2018-	0	-
Modewarre		Warriors	Mt Moriac Recreation Reserve, Mount Moriac	—	1879	2023-	1	2023
North Geelong		Magpies	Osborne Park, North Geelong	VWFL	1876	2018-	2	2019
St Albans		Supersaints	St Albans Reserve, Thomson	—	1880	2021-	0	-

Former Clubs

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	AFL Barwon Seasons	AFL Barwon Senior Premierships		Fate
Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	AFL Barwon Seasons	Total	Most recent	Fate
Bell Post Hill		Panthers	Myers Reserve, Bell Post Hill	—	1976	2018	0	-	In recess
Colac Imperials		Imperials	Western Reserve, Colac	—	1922	2018-2021	0	-	In recess
Ocean Grove		Grubbers	Shell Road Reserve, Ocean Grove	—	1964	2018-2019	0	-	In recess

Premiers

Division 1

†	Team also won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the ladder

Season	Premiers	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Best on ground
2018	North Geelong†	St Mary's	6.5 (41) d. 2.3 (15)	Burdoo Reserve	—
2019	St Mary's	Geelong Amateur	6.4 (40) d. 4.5 (29)	Bisinella Oval	—
2020	Season cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
2021	Not awarded
2022	Geelong Amateur†	St Mary's	4.5 (29) d. 0.3 (3)	Herne Hill Reserve	Cheryl de Groot (Geelong Amateur)
2023	Geelong Amateur†	Grovedale	4.10 (34) d. 2.1 (13)	Herne Hill Reserve	Danielle Sgarbi (Geelong Amateur)
2024	Grovedale†	Geelong Amateur	2.8 (20) d. 1.6 (12)	Bisinella Oval	Taylah Hassett (Grovedale)

Division 2

†	Team also won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the ladder

Season	Premiers	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Best on ground
2018	Barwon Heads	Colac Imperials	4.9 (33) d. 4.8 (32)	Burdoo Reserve	—
2019	North Geelong†	Drysdale	3.8 (26) d. 0.1 (1)	Bisinella Oval	—
2020	Season cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
2021	Not awarded
2022	St Joseph's†	Torquay	5.3 (33) d. 3.2 (20)	Herne Hill Reserve	Tamika Lewis (St Joseph's)
2023	Geelong West Giants†	Thomson	3.5 (23) d. 3.4 (22)	Herne Hill Reserve	Teagan Tatlock (Thomson)
2024	Anglesea	St Joseph's	5.9 (39) d. 3.5 (23)	Bisinella Oval	Ella Nickolaus (Angelsea)

Division 3

†	Team also won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the ladder

Season	Premiers	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Best on ground
2021	Not awarded
2022	Anglesea†	South Barwon	6.6 (42) d. 2.3 (15)	Herne Hill Reserve	Ruby Manson (Anglesea)
2023	Modewarre	North Geelong	6.0 (36) d. 1.8 (14)	Herne Hill Reserve	Monique Martin (Modewarre)
2024	Belmont Lions†	Modewarre	1.7 (13) d. 1.2 (8)	Bisinella Oval	Ashleigh Feehan (Belmont)

Best and Fairest Award

Division 1

2018 — Charlotte Thorne (North Geelong) 39 votes
2019 — Stephanie Abfalter (Geelong Amateur) 19 votes
2021 — Isabella Hill (Grovedale) 21 votes
2022 — Alana Tully (Grovedale)
2023 — Danielle Sgarbi (Geelong Amateur)
2024 — Janessa Fitzgerald (Grovedale) 19 votes

Division 2

2018 — Emma Allen (Barwon Heads) 23 votes
2019 — Charlotte Thorne (North Geelong) 27 votes
2021 — Temikka Beeston (North Geelong) 18 votes
2022 — Tara Smith (Drysdale)
2023 — Daisy Wilson (South Barwon)
2024 — Elara Dillon (South Barwon) 19 votes

Division 3

2021 — Charlotte Simpson (St Joseph's) 18 votes
2022 — Maggie Caudullo
2023 — Tara Smith (Drysdale)
2024 — Monique Martin (Modewarre) 14 votes

Leading Goalkickers

Division 1

2018 — Ashleigh Bond (St Mary's) 28 goals
2019 — Ashleigh Bond (St Mary's) 23 goals
2021 — Bianca Cheever (St Mary's) & Rhianna Arnold (Geelong Amateur) 16 goals
2022 — Allesha McLean (St Mary's) 25 goals
2023 — Lucy Were (Geelong Amateur) 23 goals
2024 — Emily Kenshole (Thomson) 27 goals

Division 2

2018 — Teagan Barber (Colac Imperials) 23 goals
2019 — Melissa Egan (Drysdale) 61 goals
2021 — Melissa Egan (Drysdale) 20 goals
2022 — Bianca Deckker (Drysdale) 28 goals
2023 — Emily Kenshole (Thomson) 31 goals
2024 — Bella Gilham (St Joseph's) 32 goals

Division 3

2021 — Charlotte Simpson (St Joseph's), Rebekah Lane (South Barwon) & Camille King (Anglesea) 21 goals
2022 — Rebekah Lane (South Barwon) 28 goals
2023 — Bianca Deckker (Drysdale) 24 goals
2024 — Dakota Harrington (St Albans) 24 goals

Sponsorship

The divisions has had the following organisations as naming rights partner for each season:

2018:

Epworth Health (Division 1)

Corio Bay Health Group (Division 2)

2019, 2021–present:

Epworth Health (Divisions 1–3)

Representative matches

In May 2019, an AFL Barwon Female Football representative team coached by Geelong AFLW player Melissa Hickey, and captained by Barwon Heads' Emma Allen, played the Northern Football Netball League.


	2019 WorkSafe AFL Victoria Championships
Saturday, 18 May 2019 (9:50 am)	AFL Barwon Female Football	def.	Northern Football Netball League	Queens Park, Highton	Report
	2.3 (15) 2.4 (16) 3.6 (24) 5.7 (37)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.1 (1) 0.4 (4) 1.5 (11) 2.7 (19)


E. Allen 3, L. McClelland, T. Knox		Goals	S. Cross, T. Olcorn
E. Allen, E. Oliver, S. O'Dea, C. Thorne, M. Janssen		Best	C. O'Bryan, N. Blythe, K. Cobern, D. Bonde, S. Nyawela, D. Hallett

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External links

v t e Clubs in the AFL Barwon Female Football competition
2024 Division 1	Barwon Heads Geelong Amateur Grovedale Lara St Mary's Thomson Torquay
2024 Division 2	Anglesea Drysdale Geelong West Giants Newtown & Chilwell South Barwon St Joseph's
2024 Division 3	Barwon Heads Belmont Geelong Amateur Grovedale Modewarre North Geelong St Albans
Former clubs	Bannockburn (2023) Bell Post Hill (2018) Ocean Grove (2018-19) Colac Imperials (2018-21)

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Representative side	Victoria
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Women's leagues	AFL Victoria Youth Girls Competition Barwon North East Border Talent League Girls VFL Women's
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