Roxburgh Park’s female football program is kicking goals, with the growing club keen to attract more players.
The coming season will be the third the Magpies have had a youth girls side and the second in which they’ve had a women’s side.
Both sides won four games each last year, in the Western Youth Girls Competition and Victorian Women’s Football League’s north-west division.
The youth girls will this season play in a stand-alone Essendon District Football League competition, with the EDFL and Western Region Football League having enough teams to run their own competitions.
The senior side is also set to play in an EDFL competition, with AFL Victoria handing control of women’s competitions back to local leagues.
Magpies youth girls coach and female football co-ordinator Wayne Capuano said the club wanted to continue developing its female program.
He said the club was hoping the launch of the AFL women’s competition will inspire more girls and women to get involved. “We want to move forward and have some success with these teams. On average, we’ve had a healthy 25 to 30 players at training each session, with both sides training together.”
David Talintyre will again coach the women’s side.
One players from the Magpie’s program, Haylea Cooke have been named in the Calder Cannons under-18 squad. Capuano said it’s the first time the club has had a player named in the Cannons and is an indicator of how the Magpies’ program is developing.
He described Roxburth Park as a great family club.
The teams train on Tuesday nights at Lakeside Oval, Roxburgh Park, from 6pm.
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