wOMENS

Following the introduction of AFLW, we had a significant increase in the number of participants in our junior girls program. As with our junior boys we wanted to establish a future pathway which would allow the girls in our junior program and the community the opportunity to participate in Australian Rules Football into adulthood. In late 2016 the Club appointed Meredith Denvir as the Coach of the inaugural Women’s Team. At the time the decision was made to spend 2017 focusing on what was required to establish a Women’s team with the aim to having a team competing in the 2018 competition. This was achieved and in 2018 the Vermont Football Club had it’s first Women’s team competing in the Eastern Region Women’s League in Division One. The ladies did the Club proud by competing competitively and taking out the Premiership in their inaugural year.