- Football Queensland

What is Female Football Week?

Female Football Week is a nation-wide initiative aimed at promoting and celebrating the amazing growth in women’s football and acknowledging the significant role women play in the development of football all across Australia. It provides an important platform for discussion on how we can continue to drive the participation of women in football at all levels.

#YehTheGirls

Help us in celebrating the female football community by posting and sharing your photo’s and videos with the hashtags #YehTheGirls and #YTG on social media. FQ will use and share these to engage and connect the footballing community.

Get involved in the events happening around you

As part of Female Football Week, clubs are hosting and getting involved in a variety of activities aimed at driving female participation across the country.

From bringing a friend along for training to networking functions Football Queensland has put together a range of recommended activities which clubs are able to build off and use as inspiration for their own programs.

Have a look below!

For any further information or queries on Female Football Week, please contact us at marketing@footballqueensland.com.au

Clubs and Zones

Throughout Female Football Week, clubs and zones are encouraged to run activities to engage with female participants. These activities include:

Parent/daughter training session

Parents are asked to dust off their boots, lace up and join their daughter for one training session as part of their team. How handy is dad with a football? Can mum master a penalty kick?

MiniRoos Come and Try day

Bring your daughter or friend down to your local football club to take part in MiniRoos games and skills sessions aimed at building fun and friendship. MiniRoos only

Bring-a-friend to training day

Have a friend who is interested in playing football, but reluctant to take the step? Bring them to a training session and get them involved in the fun and games. Open to all ages

Buddy/mentor program

Your football club is a family. Match a senior player with a junior for a season-long buddy program, which may involve anything from 15-30 minute sessions during a designated training day each week, a combined stretching/warm up session, or visiting and cheering each-others teams throughout the season. Strong sense of community means a strong club, and players who remain loyal to their club.

Junior Girls Mascot for Senior Games

As a stand-alone initiative or part of the buddy/mentor program, clubs could organise for their junior teams to walk out with their senior team players pre-game. A gesture of care and leadership for the next generation of footballers.

Club BBQ/Lunch/Dinner

A simple and effective way to build community is with a gathering of players. A barbecue or food focused event is simple, and when coupled with a drawcard, such as social football and games, creates a fun and friendly atmosphere.

Exhibition Match

An exhibition match is a game designed to be a one off event, often to raise funds for charity or awareness. Could a team of club volunteers and coaches beat the women’s senior team in a friendly match to raise money for charity?

Female Football Festival/Gala Day

An expansion on the barbecue social event, a festival or gala day which is designated to celebrate female football is a great way to create awareness for the initiative and the women and girls who play the game.

A combination of any of the previously mentioned activities could all be implemented into one, family-friendly day. The added bonus of being a specific day, promoted club wide, is a good opportunity for any fund-raising initiatives for your club.

Girls Skills Coaching Session

A coaching session inviting female participants to undertake specific specialty skills outside and in addition to regular training sessions is an effective way to build skills and network.

Administrator Networking Functions

Specific functions designed for clubs administrators to network within their community is a way for individuals to build personal networks, but also useful for clubs to build lasting relationships within the community.

Social Media Promotion

Throughout Female Football Week there are a range of social media promotions run by Football Queensland. The most notable is #YehTheGirls and #YTG, any image and video tagged with these hashtags will be used and shared by Football Queensland to celebrate the female football community.

To register your Female Football Week event, simply fill-out the form at the bottom of the page.

Football Queensland Events

NPLW Female Football Week Round (March 2-4)

As part of Female Football Week, Football Queensland will be showcasing three NPLW live-stream games over an action-packed weekend.

Brisbane Roar NTC v Capalaba Bulldogs – Friday, March 2, 6:30pm at John Frederick Sportfields

SWQ Thunder FC v Gold Coast United – Saturday, March 3, 3pm at Gatton Football Club

The Gap FC v Souths United – Saturday, March 3, 6pm at Walton Bridge Reserve

Find out more about the NPLW by clicking on the link below.

MiniRoos Come and Try for Girls

As part of Female Football Week, Football Queensland is encouraging our young girls to come and try out an ALDI MiniRoos program at your local club.

Find a Girls Program

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