BFLW

The McDonald’s Ballarat FNL wishes to advise that Junior & BFLW Interleague training tonight is cancelled due to the current and forecasted weather conditions.

Scheduled training for all junior & BFLW age groups for next week onwards will remain as originally planned.

We appreciate your understanding as this has been a difficult decision to make.

Welcome to the inaugural McDelivery BFL Women’s Awards for the 2021 season. Thank you for joining us.

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2021 McDelivery BFLW Awards.

The McDonald’s Ballarat FNL is pleased to announce award winners following the 2021 McDelivery BFLW Presentation Night held online this evening.

The Ballarat FNL would like to thank the players coaches, parents, clubs and other volunteers for their support of the BFLW competition this season.

Award winners from the night are as follows:

League Awards

2021 McDelivery BFLW Coach of the Year

• Dylan Sexton – Sebastopol FNC

2021 McDelivery BFLW Coordiantor of the Year

• Renae Kinnane – Lake Wendouree FNC

Goal Kicking Awards

2021 McDelivery Under 14 Junior Girls Leading Goal Kicker

• Olivia Dilges - Bacchus Marsh: 19 Goals

2021 McDelivery Under 16 Youth Girls Leading Goal Kickers

• Kylah Thompson - North Ballarat: 12 Goals
• Elise Cook - Bacchus Marsh: 12 Goals

2021 McDelivery Under 18 Youth Girls Leading Goal Kicker

• Jenna Burke – Ballarat: 14 Goals

2021 McDelivery Women’s Leading Goal Kicker

• Kim Bessell – Darley: 35 Goals

2021 McDelivery Under 14 Junior Girls Awards

Best & Fairest

• Freya Palmer – Redan

Best & Fairest Runner Up

• Meg Stowe - Ballarat Swans

Rising Star

• Alyssah Whearem - Darley

2021 McDelivery Under 16 Youth Girls Awards

Best & Fairest

• Elise Cook – Bacchus Marsh

Best & Fairest Runner Up

• Tyla Crabtree - Redan

Rookie of the Year Award

• Matilda Myers – Redan
• Charley Gartlan – Ballarat Storm

2021 McDelivery Under 18 Youth Girls Awards

Best & Fairest

• Charlotte Hill – North Ballarat

Best & Fairest Runner Up

• Delta Greenhalgh – East Point

Rookie of the Year Award

• Ruby Lovel – North Ballarat

2021 McDelivery Women’s Awards

Best & Fairest

• Jaye Dalgleish - Sebastopol

Best & Fairest Runner Up

• Kali Joyce - Melton

BFLW Club-by-Club Votes

A full list of club votes can be found attached here:

See all the winners and Best & Fairest leaderboards from the 2022 McDelivery BFLW Awards.

The McDonald’s Ballarat Football Netball League held its 2022 McDelivery BFLW Presentation Night at the North Ballarat Sports Club on Monday night. Around 300 people celebrated the 2022 BFLW home-and-away season at the Awards, with many others joining us via the event live stream.

Congratulations to all of the 2022 Awards winners, which are listed below:

2022 McDelivery Leading Goal Kicker Awards

• Under 14 Junior Girls - Miah Bradbury - Bacchus Marsh - 27 goals
• Under 16 Youth Girls - Jazmine Dalli - Bacchus Marsh – 26 goals
• Under 18 Youth Girls - Kylah Thompson - North Ballarat & Mollie Tigchelaar - North Ballarat – 17 goals
• Women - Kim Bessell - Darley – 51 goals

2022 McDelivery Under 14 Junior Girls Awards

• Best & Fairest - Lara Johnson – Darley – 25 Votes
• Runner-Up – Anika Tran - Bacchus Marsh – 20 Votes
• Rising Star Award - Miah Bradbury - Bacchus Marsh

BFLW McDelivery Under 14 Junior Girls Team of the Year

2022 McDelivery Under 16 Youth Girls Awards

• Best & Fairest - Isabella Davies - North Ballarat – 25 Votes
• Runner-Up – Elise Cook - Bacchus Marsh – 24 Votes
• Rookie of the Year Award - Grace Morton - Lake Wendouree

BFLW McDelivery Under 16 Youth Girls Team of the Year

2022 McDelivery BFLW Coach of the Year Award

• Simone McNeight – East Point Dragons

2022 McDelivery BFLW Coordinator of the Year Award

• Leanne Bassett – Bacchus Marsh

2022 McDelivery Under 18 Youth Girls Awards

• Best & Fairest - Bindi Crabtree – Redan – 19 Votes
• Runner-Up – Lillee Barendsen – Ballarat
• Rookie of the Year Award - Tara McBean - Carisbrook

BFLW McDelivery Under 18 Youth Girls – Team of the Year

2022 McDelivery Women’s Awards

• Best & Fairest - Lori Stepnell – Redan – 21 Votes
• Runner-Up – Zoe Larkins – Redan – 15 Votes

BFLW McDelivery Women’s – Team of the Year

This week's squad updates for the 2022 McDonald's Ballarat FNL Junior Interleague Training Squads.

Updates have been made to the 2022 McDonald’s Ballarat FNL Junior Interleague Training Squads. Following this week’s Interleague training sessions, coaches have made updates to squad lists ahead of next week's training sessions on Monday 16^th May.

• For all Junior Boys age groups please see the attachment below for squad updates and players required to attend training next week
• Youth Girls Squads will be announced via selection letters provided to clubs today

Training this week is as follows:

Monday 16th May         

• Under 13             Alfredton Village Green                                5:00pm - 6:30pm
• Under 15             Alfredton Village Green                                6:30pm - 8:00pm
• Under 14             Alfredton Recreation Reserve                     5:00pm - 6:30pm
• Under 16             Alfredton Recreation Reserve                     6:30pm - 8:00pm
• Under 16 Girls    Marty Busch Recreation Reserve               5:00pm - 6:30pm

Friday 20th May             

• Under 18 Girls    Marty Busch Recreation Reserve               6:30pm - 8:00pm

Required Equipment

• All players must bring their own drink bottles to training.
• Mouthguards are requested for all players and age groups.
• Players to wear club jumpers with playing numbers to training.

For those that have unfortunately missed out on the opportunity to continue with the interleague program, we thank you for your involvement and wish you all the best for the remainder of the season.

Should you wish to follow up for any feedback from coaches, please direct any queries through your club's Junior Coordinator.

The Redan Football Netball Club has coaching opportunities in the female football program for 2022.

Applications are now open:

The Redan Football Netball Club run a strong, vibrant and successful Female Football program.

The club's on-field female football success has been complemented by the transition of many of our female footballers to higher levels of competition, including the GWV Rebels program, and the VFLW and AFLW competitions. 

Opportunities have arisen for new coaches/assistant coaches to join our program and play key roles in contributing to our family-based club culture focussing on skills development and continuing to provide our female footballers the best opportunities to progress as far as they desire in their chosen sport. Prospective coaches/assistant coaches are invited to apply for roles with the following teams: 

 Open Age Women 

 Youth Girls Under 16 

 Junior Girls Under 14 

Applications in writing should be emailed to Tracey Boyce at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and should address the following points: 

 Role you are applying for 

 Reason for applying for this role 

 What you believe you will bring to the role 

 Previous coaching experience and qualifications 

Closing date for applications is Friday, December 24th, 2021 

It is anticipated that interviews will be held in the first week of January 

Please note: 

 All coaches/assistant coaches should hold (as a minimum) Level 1 Coaching Accreditation, or be prepared to attain this prior to the start of the 2022 season. 

 All coaches/assistant coaches will need to hold a current Working With Children Check (WWCC) 

Any questions may be directed to Tracey Boyce (Vice President - 0419-947-590) or Garry Goyne (President - 0417-390-250). 

The McDonald's Ballarat FNL is excited to announce finals venues for all competitions to complete the 2022 season.

With finals not being held since 2019, excitement is building towards our finals series that will see Grand Finals being played at Mars Stadium. 

Three finals series will be held over four weeks each, commencing with the McDelivery BFLWomen's Finals Series from Sunday 14thAugust through to the Carlton Draft 2022 Senior Men's Grand Final at Mars Stadium on Saturday 3rdSeptember. 

The Ballarat Toyota 2022 Junior Football and Netball finals series will kick off on Saturday 20thAugust, with the Grand Finals again at Mars Stadium on Sunday 11thSeptember. 

A competitive senior football and netball finals series will commence on Saturday 27thAugust and culminate with the Grand Finals at Mars Stadium on Saturday 17thSeptember. 

Highlights of the finals series include: 

• 21 finals events across six weeks 
• Seven different finals venues in Ballarat and Melton 
• Macpherson Park, Melton to host finals for the first time in 2022 
• 189 games of finals football and netball 
• The first ever BFLW finals series 
• More than 50,000 people expected to attend across all competitions during the finals series. 

Through the ongoing support of the City of Ballarat, Mars Stadium will host three grand finals for the premier football and netball competitions in the region in consecutive weeks. 

Through the support of McDonald's Ballarat and finals naming partners Ballarat Toyota, Carlton Draught and McDelivery, the Ballarat FNL can present top-level football and netball from the highest level across the region. 

The McDonald’s Ballarat FNL is pleased to announce the appointment of our Junior and BFLW Interleague coaches for this year’s program.

The appointments follow several quality applications received by the league from coaches across both the junior and BFLW competitions. The League is pleased that all appointed coaches bring a wealth of knowledge and in particular, experience in the development of junior players to the Ballarat FNL.

We are pleased to announce the following coaches for each of our age groups:

• Under 13 – Scott Petrie & Simon Geljon
• Under 14 – Michael Dwyer
• Under 15 – Timothy Beacham
• Under 16 – Simon Remington
• Under 16 Youth Girls – Emmerson Hitch & Chris Brown
• Under 18 Youth Girls – Katie McAloon

The League is happy to provide some consistency to our coaching appointments from last year's program, as well as seeing some new coaches become involved with Simon Remington and Chris Brown stepping into their respective roles.

Some of the involvement and experience in which the selected coaches bring to the BFNL includes:

• Current BFNL Junior & BFLW coaches/players
• Previous interleague coaches
• AFL Goldfields Academy Coaches
• V/Line Coaches
• Western Bulldogs and St. Kilda Academy coaches.
• GWV Rebels Development Coaches
• Next Gen Academy Development Coaching
• VFLW playing experience

The BFNL will take on the Bendigo JFL on Saturday 4^th June in Ballarat. Selected squads and further information will be released to clubs and players over the next week.

The McDonald’s Ballarat FNL is pleased to release the 2022 Western Bulldogs Under 9 football fixtures, as well as the BFNL 9 & Under Go Netball fixture for the upcoming season.

We are pleased to again partner with the Western Bulldogs and hope to see a full year of competition for our Under 9 football competitions.

The partnership with the Western Bulldogs highlights the club’s commitment to the Ballarat region and development of the future stars of the Ballarat FNL.

Beginning on Friday 29^th April, the Western Bulldogs Under 9 competition will again be showcased on a Friday night and run for 9 weeks in line with the term 2 school period, with all clubs to play each other once.

Modified rules will again be a feature of the competition with clubs hosting games played on four smaller ovals under lights.

This year also sees a growth in our under 9 competitions with the introduction of the BFNL 9 and Under Go Competition. Designed to tie in with the Net Set Go Netball program, players will participate in a modified version of netball.

Both clubs and the League recognised a gap in participation from Net Set Go programs to our junior competitions, and hope that the program will strengthen the retention of our younger players into official club competitions.

Where possible, football and netball will be hosted alongside each other, further cementing the League’s and Western Bulldogs philosophy for families of both boys and girls to participate in a competition built around fun, inclusiveness, and a wonderful family atmosphere!

Find your local club by visiting: https://play.afl/  

Photo by Leigh Monk / courtesy AFL Victoria

21 BFNL junior boys and 18 BFLW girls have been named in the GWV Rebels V/Line Cup squad for 2022. Representing the quality and development of the Ballarat FNL as the peak junior competition in the region.

The AFL Commissions of Goldfields, Western District & Wimmera Mallee, in conjunction with the GWV Rebels are delighted to announce the girls and boys squads to be considered to compete in the 2022 VLine Cup in Shepparton.

The VLine Cup will take place between Monday 19^th Sept and Tuesday 20^th Sept 2022 in Shepparton. The GWV Rebels VLine Cup squad was selected from club, representative and trial games held across all 3 regions.

The coaches of both the girls and boys squads are very excited with the assembled talented players that have been selected in the initial squads.

Training sessions will occur Monday 29^th August, Monday 5^th & 12^th September at Alexandra Oval in Ararat.

See the squads:

The BFLW celebrated its night of nights as we crowned all the amazing achievements of our female footballers from the 2023 season. See below for a full list of winners and recipients from the night.

2023 MCDELIVERY UNDER 14 JUNIOR GIRLS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

Anika Tran (Bacchus Marsh) - 22 votes

2023 MCDELIVERY UNDER 16 YOUTH GIRLS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

Keisha Darroch (East Point) - 14 votes
Freya Palmer (Redan) - 14 votes

2023 MCDELIVERY UNDER 19 YOUTH GIRLS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

Elise Cook (Bacchus Marsh) - 10 votes

2023 MCDELIVERY UNDER 14 JUNIOR GIRLS RISING STAR AWARD

Mabel Blake (North Ballarat)

2023 MCDELIVERY UNDER 16 YOUTH GIRLS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD

Madi Dixon (East Point)

2023 MCDELIVERY UNDER 19 YOUTH GIRLS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD

Tilly Stringer (Redan)

2023 SENIOR WOMEN’S LEADING GOAL KICKER

Kim Bessell (Darley) - 105 goals

2023 MCDELIVERY UNDER 14 JUNIOR GIRLS BEST AND FAIREST

Winner: Anika Tran (Bacchus Marsh) - 27 votes
Runner-Up: Ivy Roberts (Ballarat Storm) - 22 votes

2023 MCDELIVERY UNDER 16 JUNIOR GIRLS BEST AND FAIREST

Winner: Milly Shortal (North Ballarat) - 33 votes
Runner-Up: Ruby Thomas (Bacchus Marsh) - 24 votes

2023 MCDELIVERY UNDER 19 YOUTH GIRLS BEST AND FAIREST

Winner: Sara Kennedy (Ballarat Swans) - 14 votes
Runner-Ups: Tansy Seymour (Bacchus Marsh) & Tahni Turner (Bacchus Marsh) - 12 votes 

2023 MCDELIVERY SENIOR WOMEN’S BEST AND FAIREST

Winner: Charlotte Linssen (Redan) - 31 votes
Runner-Ups: Lilli Condon (Darley) & Jaye Dalgleish (Lake Wendouree) - 28 votes

2023 BFLW UNDER 14 JUNIOR GIRLS TEAM OF THE YEAR

2023 BFLW UNDER 16 YOUTH GIRLS TEAM OF THE YEAR

2023 BFLW UNDER 19 YOUTH GIRLS TEAM OF THE YEAR

2023 BFLW SENIOR WOMEN'S TEAM OF THE YEAR

2023 MCDELIVERY BFLW COACH OF THE YEAR

Naomi Irvin (Ballarat Swans)

2023 MCDELIVERY BFLW COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR

John Banks (Redan)

The McDelivery BFLW is pleased to release the 2023 Fixtures for the upcoming season.

2023 will showcase an increased 16-round season, commencing Sunday 16th April with the grand final to again be played at Ballarat’s premier venue, Mars Stadium on Sunday 9th September.

This year’s fixture has been tailored to accommodate for the amount of teams competing in each age group below;

• BFLW Under 14 Fixture
• BFLW Under 16 Fixture
• BFLW Under 19 Fixture
• BFLW Senior Women’s Fixture

All matches have been scheduled for Sundays with some scheduled Senior Women’s games to be played following the Senior Mens in the McDonalds Ballarat FNL in an exciting move for the BFLW.

Further highlights of the 2023 junior season include:

• Competition breaks will again take place for the Kings Birthday weekend and the middle week of school holidays in July.
• Junior interleague against the Bendigo JFL, continuing the tradition of the Goldfields Trophy. Matches to be played in Bendigo in early June.

You can download the fixtures via the links below:

The Ballarat Football Umpires Association are pleased to announce the grand final appointments for all four BFLW Grand Finals set to take place this Saturday at Mars Stadium.

The appointments are headlined by an all-female umpiring panel for the BFLW Senior Women's Grand Final.

BFLW Senior Women's

Field Umpires

Kate Tompkins
Natasha Petrov
Ally Steenhuis

Boundary Umpires

Aria Violini
Kiana Jenkins
Erica Jones
Willow Klaver

Goal Umpires

Lisa Donovan
Suzanne Olsen

BFLW Under 19 Girls

Field Umpires

Anna Baxter
Connor Ziday
Jessica Handley

Boundary Umpires

Shakira Lual
Aliyah Tapster
Lana Wilson
Tessa Wilson

Goal Umpires

Harry Donovan-Clancy
Deanna Garbutt

BFLW Under 14 Girls

Field Umpires

Jake Shillito
Kyle Ettridge

Boundary Umpires

George Bishop
Aiden Wiltsher
Hudson Brennan

Goal Umpires

Alex Martin
Dan McPhan

The McDelivery BFLW is pleased to announce its fixtures for the 2024 senior and junior football competitions.

Find full competition dates and fixtures via the downloadable links below:

Applications for the 2024 BFLW Interleague Coaching positions are now open.

There will be coaching opportunities across the Under 14, Under 16 and Under 18 age groups.

With a considered approach to expand the BFLW's interleague program fixtures against the Bendigo Female Football League and Western Victoria Female Football League are currently in discussion.

Player nominations for the 2024 BFLW Interleague program are now open.

Nominations are open to all current BFLW players, for U18, U16 and U14 age groups.

Cut off for nominations will be this Sunday 28^th April. 

For more information or further questions e-mail BFLW Football Manager Tayla Banham: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The BFLW celebrated its night of nights for the Under 14 and 16s competitions as we crowned all the amazing achievements of our junior female footballers from the 2024 season.

See below for a full list of winners and recipients from the night.

Under 14 Junior Girls Most Valuable Player

Anika Tran - Bacchus Marsh FNC

Under 16 Junior Girls Most Valuable Player

Milly Shortal - North Ballarat FNC

Under 14 Junior Girls Best & Fairest

Winner: Anika Tran - Bacchus Marsh FNC
Runner-Up: Kailey Lang - Darley FNC

Under 14 Junior Girls Rising Star Award

Taylor Young - North Ballarat FNC

Under 14 Junior Girls Team of the Year

Under 16 Junior Girls Best & Fairest

Winner: Milly Shortal - North Ballarat FNC
Runner-Up: Laura George - Redan FNC

Under 16 Youth Girls Rookie of the Year

Scarlette Guarino - Darley FNC

Under 16 Junior Girls Team of the Year

The BFLW celebrated its night of nights for the Under 19 and Senior Women's competitions as we crowned all the amazing achievements of our female footballers from the 2024 season.

See below for a full list of winners and recipients from the night.

Under 19 Youth Girls Most Valuable Player

Keisha Darroch - East Point Dragons

Under 19 Youth Girls Rookie of the Year

Charli O'Connor - Bacchus Marsh FNC

Under 19 Youth Girls Best & Fairest

Winner: Freya Palmer - Redan FNC
Runner-Up: Keisha Darroch - East Point Dragons

Under 19 Youth Girls Team of the Year

BFLW Senior Women's Leading Goal Kicker

Kim Bessell (54 goals) - Darley FNC

BFLW Senior Women's Best & Fairest

Winner: Lilli Condon - Darley FNC
Runner-Up: Jacinta Reid - Bacchus Marsh FNC

BFLW Senior Women's Team of the Year

2024 BFLW Coordinator of the Year

Ben Skinner - Darley FNC

2024 BFLW Coach of the Year

Mal Howard - East Point Dragons