AFL Barwon Women's Football

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AFL Barwon Women's Football
AFLBarwon Women's Football.png
SportAustralian rules football
Founded2018; 4 years ago (2018)
No. of teams20
Country Australia
ConfederationAFL Barwon
Most recent
champion(s)		St Mary's (Div 1)
North Geelong (Div 2)
(2019)
Most titlesNorth Geelong (2)
Sponsor(s)Epworth Health
Related
competitions		GFL, GDFL, BFL, CDFL
Official websiteAFL Barwon

AFL Barwon Women's 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.

Background[]

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. Rather than being organised by the GFL, GDFL, or the BFL, the competition is managed under the AFL Barwon banner.

2018 competing teams:[1]

Barwon Heads; Drysdale; Geelong Amateur; Ocean Grove
Grovedale; Lara; St Joseph's; St Mary's
Bell Post Hill; Geelong West Giants; North Geelong
Colac Imperials

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

Premiers[]

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

  • 2021 — Not awarded[2]

Ladders and Finals Results[]

2018[]

Division 1 Wins Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
North Geelong 15 0 0 566 79 716.46% 46 1st Semi Geelong Amateur 8 2 50 Geelong West Giants 4 5 29
St Mary's 11 4 0 295 206 143.20% 34 2nd Semi North Geelong 2 10 22 St Mary's 3 3 21
Geelong Amateur 7 8 0 150 405 37.04% 18 Preliminary St Mary's 7 9 51 Geelong Amateur 1 10 16
Geelong West Giants 4 11 0 108 429 25.17% 8 Grand North Geelong 6 5 41 St Mary's 2 3 15
Division 2 Wins Losses Draws FF For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Colac Imperials 9 5 0 1 337 223 151.12% 32 1st Semi Barwon Heads 3 4 22 Ocean Grove 3 3 21
Grovedale 9 5 0 0 223 154 144.81% 32 2nd Semi Colac Imperials 6 5 41 Grovedale 6 3 39
Ocean Grove 9 6 0 0 457 130 351.54% 30 Preliminary Barwon Heads 5 5 35 Grovedale 1 6 12
Barwon Heads 9 6 0 0 469 229 204.80% 30 Grand Barwon Heads 4 9 33 Colac Imperials 4 8 32
Drysdale 6 8 0 1 272 246 110.57% 24
St Joseph's 4 11 0 0 155 399 38.85% 10
Lara 3 12 0 0 171 503 34.00% 10
Bell Post Hill 1 11 0 0 82 282 29.08% 2

Note: Drysdale and St Joseph's started the season in Division 1[3]

2019[]

Division 1 Wins Losses Draws FF For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Geelong Amateur 12 1 0 0 907 175 581.29% 48 Elimination Barwon Heads 8 5 53 Colac Imperials 4 8 32
Geelong West Giants 11 2 0 0 800 228 350.88% 44 Qualifying St Mary's 5 8 38 Geelong West Giants 5 6 36
St Mary's 10 3 0 0 923 240 384.58% 40 1st Semi Geelong West Giants 8 6 54 Barwon Heads 3 0 18
Barwon Heads 7 6 0 0 616 390 157.95% 28 2nd Semi St Mary's 6 5 41 Geelong Amateur 4 5 29
Colac Imperials 5 7 0 1 411 588 69.90% 24 Preliminary Geelong Amateur 4 9 33 Geelong West Giants 3 1 19
Grovedale 3 10 0 0 216 692 31.21% 12 Grand St Mary's 6 4 40 Geelong Amateur 4 5 29
Torquay 3 10 0 0 211 678 31.12% 12
Ocean Grove 0 12 0 0 40 1133 3.53% 0
Division 2 Wins Losses Draws FF For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
North Geelong 12 0 0 1 1145 79 1449.37% 52 Elimination St Joseph's 5 11 41 Geelong West Giants 2 2 14
Drysdale 11 2 0 0 1025 280 366.07% 44 Qualifying Drysdale 12 4 76 St Mary's 3 4 22
St Mary's 6 6 0 1 517 405 127.65% 28 1st Semi St Mary's 5 6 36 St Joseph's 2 5 17
Geelong West Giants 7 6 0 0 429 592 72.47% 28 2nd Semi North Geelong 10 18 78 Drysdale 1 0 6
St Joseph's 6 6 0 0 544 502 108.37% 24 Preliminary Drysdale 4 4 28 St Mary's 2 0 12
Geelong Amateur 4 9 0 0 311 673 46.21% 16 Grand North Geelong 3 8 26 Drysdale 0 1 1
Lara 2 10 0 0 381 592 67.79% 8
Barwon Heads 2 11 0 0 141 1400 10.07% 8

2020[]

Season cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

2021[]

On 19 September 2021, due to ongoing restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria, AFL Barwon was forced to cancel the remaining weeks of the competitions without premierships being awarded.[2]

Division 1 Wins Losses Draws FF For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Geelong Amateur 11 0 0 0 552 108 511.11% 36 1st Semi St Mary's 2 4 16 Grovedale 2 7 19
Newtown & Chilwell 7 4 0 0 303 233 130.04% 22 2nd Semi Geelong Amateur 3 2 20 Newtown & Chilwell 4 6 30
St Mary's 6 5 0 0 302 276 109.42% 20 Preliminary Geelong Amateur Grovedale
Grovedale 5 5 0 1 213 333 63.96% 18 Grand Newtown & Chilwell –
Geelong West Giants 5 6 0 0 175 180 97.22% 16
Barwon Heads 2 9 0 0 143 558 25.63% 4
Division 2 Wins Losses Draws FF For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
North Geelong 7 4 0 0 449 70 641.43% 28 1st Semi Newtown & Chilwell 5 8 38 St Mary's 1 4 10
Drysdale 8 3 0 0 404 166 243.37% 26 2nd Semi North Geelong 2 10 22 Drysdale 6 1 37
Newtown & Chilwell 7 4 0 0 186 376 49.47% 20 Preliminary North Geelong Newtown & Chilwell
St Mary's 6 5 0 0 251 280 89.44% 18 Grand Drysdale –
Geelong West Giants 4 7 0 0 101 267 37.83% 12
Lara 4 7 0 0 138 370 37.30% 10
Division 3 Wins Losses Draws FF For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
St Joseph's 7 4 0 0 619 128 483.59% 28 1st Semi Colac Imperials 3 10 28 Anglesea 7 5 47
Torquay 6 4 1 0 373 121 308.26% 24 2nd Semi St Joseph's 2 2 14 Torquay 6 13 49
Colac Imperials 6 4 0 0 435 144 302.08% 22 Preliminary St Joseph's Anglesea
Anglesea 6 4 1 0 442 150 294.67% 20 Grand Torquay –
South Barwon 6 5 0 0 273 171 159.65% 20
Geelong Amateur 3 8 0 0 104 467 22.17% 10
St Albans 2 9 0 0 93 500 18.60% 6
Barwon Heads 0 11 0 0 17 673 2.53% 0

Best and Fairest Award[]

Division 1

  • 2018 — Charlotte Thorne (North Geelong) 39 votes[4]
  • 2019 — Stephanie Abfalter (Geelong Amateur) 19 votes[5]
  • 2021 — Isabella Hill (Grovedale) 21 votes

Division 2

  • 2018 — Emma Allen (Barwon Heads) 23 votes[6]
  • 2019 — Charlotte Thorne (North Geelong) 27 votes[7]
  • 2021 — Temikka Beeston (North Geelong) 18 votes

Division 3

  • 2021 — Charlotte Simpson (St Joseph's) 18 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) 13 goals

Division 2

  • 2018 — Teagan Barber (Colac Imperials) 23 goals
  • 2019 — Melissa Egan (Drysdale) 61 goals
  • 2021 — Aliesha McLean (North Geelong) 18 goals

Division 3

  • 2021 — Charlotte Simpson (St Joseph's) 21 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:
Epworth Health (Divisions 1-3)

Representative Games[]

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


2019 WorkSafe AFL Victoria Championships
Saturday, 18 May 2019 (9:50 am) AFL Barwon Women's Football def. Northern Football Netball League Queen's Park - Geelong Report[8]
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

References[]

  1. ^ "SENIOR WOMEN'S COMPETITION COMING IN 2018". AFL Barwon. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "CANCELLATION OF REMAINING 2021 WINTER COMPETITIONS". AFL Barwon. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ "SENIOR WOMEN'S FOOTBALL COMPETITION RESTRUCTURE". AFL Barwon. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. ^ "AFL BARWON SENIOR WOMENS DIVISION 1 B&F". AFL Barwon. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. ^ "ABFALTER CLAIMS DIVISION ONE CROWN IN THRILLING COUNT". AFL Barwon. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. ^ "AFL BARWON SENIOR WOMEN'S DIVISION 2 B&F". AFL Barwon. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. ^ "THORNE GOES BACK TO BACK". AFL Barwon. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  8. ^ "NFNL women go down to AFL Barwon". Northern Football Netball League. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

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