Female Football Week
Female Football Week is a national initiative which gives the football community the chance to celebrate the immense growth of the women’s game and acknowledge existing players, coaches, referees and administrators in football.
2025
Female Football Week took place from Friday 2 May to Sunday 11 May 2025.
Showcase your commitment to women's football
You don't want to miss this amazing opportunity! Join us in empowering and celebrating women in sport by showcasing your commitment to diversity and inclusion.
You can do so by:
- Hosting an event or activity during Female Football Week (e.g. a panel discussion, workshop)
- Promoting the week on social media with assets provided to clubs
- Creating content that highlights female athletes from your region
Female Football Week Club Event Ideas
Skills Session
Hold a free skills session for girls aged 9 – 13 during Female Football Week.
The skills session to run in line with FFA’s National Curriculum Skill Acquisition Phase (SAP) and focus on developing fundamental football skills and improve the player’s overall confidence.
Club BBQ
A club BBQ that celebrates females within the club. Important to include all players, coaches, administrators, referees and supporters.
Come & Try Training Session
Host a fun training session to introduce existing and new female players to the club. Training session could include an introduction to skills and to play fun small-sided games, bring a friend and receive information on how to register. Ideal for all age groups.
Club Interviews
Clubs to interview females for FFW and share articles, videos and photos through social media and web pages. Interviews/good news stories can be sent to Member Zones and NNSWF, to be shared on their social media and web pages.
Female Support Person Day
A fun club day or training session that could include small-sided games, a BBQ or a family day.
MiniRoos Gala Day
MiniRoos Gala Days brings young players together to participate in football matches on smaller fields in a round robin format. The FFW MiniRoos Gala Day can be for registered club teams and children interested in giving football a go.
Contact your Member Zone for MiniRoos Gala Day Regulations of The Zone.
FFW MiniRoos Gala Days are required to follow MiniRoos National Playing Formats and Rules.
Game Day Mascots
FFW Game Day Mascots for game day. Could include MiniRoos or ‘walk out with your female support person’.
Open Training Sessions
Clubs can host an open training session with senior or first grade teams. Invite your younger players to this session to either watch or train alongside the senior players in your club.
Club Events
Check out all the club events that took place in 2025.
Macquarie Football - FFW Club Events
| Member Zone | Member Club | What type of activity? | Who is the activity for? | Date of event/activity | Time | Street Address | Description of event/activity |
Macquarie Football
| West Wallsend Junior Football Club | Club BBQ | Female football engagement. We have an All-Age Women Friday night team and an under 8s girls team. With 45 females registered across all age groups we want to make this a fun and exciting event for all. | May 10, 2025 | 9:00am - 2:00pm | Gregory Park | Crazy hair/ sock game day |
| Macquarie Football | Westlakes Wildcats Football Club | MiniRoos Gala Day | All club members focusing on junior and senior girls | Nov 5, 2025 | 9:00am - 3:00pm | Rathmines Nsw 2283, Australia | My plan is to run a gala day for the women’s teams within our club. |
| With the potential to invite other teams. |
Newcastle Football - FFW Club Event
| Member Zone | Member Club | What type of activity? | Who is the activity for? | Date of event/activity | Time | Street Address | Description of event/activity |
| Newcastle Football | Cooks Hill United FC | Other | Junior and Senior female players | May 6, 2025 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm | National Park no.4 | Mini World Cup and BBQ for female junior and senior Cooks Hill United players. |
| Newcastle Football | Medowie football club | MiniRoos Gala Day | all girls in our club. | May 4, 2025 | 9:00am - 3:00pm | yulong oval | organising a miniroo gala day bewteen stcokton, tilligery and raymond terrace girls team and doing a round robin style of game. there will be a BBQ for the girls. |
| our 2 junior girls teams will be playing in the mornign so encouraging people to come down and watch and support the girls | |||||||
| Newcastle Football | Nelson Bay Football Club | Other | All activities and events open to all females part of the club. | May 7, 2025 | 5:30pm - 8:00pm | Tomaree Sports Complex | Skills Training Session - Open to ALL AGES - Wednesday 7th May. |
| Skills Training Session - Open to ALL AGES - Wednesday 7th May. | Mothers Day BBQ - Sunday 11th May at the fields to watch the Female Interdistrict Teams 12-AAW - Junior Miniroos Mascots to walk out with the players and Ball Girls during the matches. | ||||||
| Mothers Day BBQ - Sunday 11th May at the fields to watch the Female Interdistrict Teams 12-AAW - Junior Miniroos Mascots to walk out with the players and Ball Girls during the matches. | Monday Over 30's Home Games - Ladies Night - watching our 2 Bay o30s teams play with mascots and ball girls - Date TBC when schedule comes out. | ||||||
| Monday Over 30's Home Games - Ladies Night - watching our 2 Bay o30s teams play with mascots and ball girls - Date TBC when schedule comes out. | |||||||
| Newcastle Football | University of Newcastle FC | Club BBQ | Clubwixe | May 8, 2025 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm | 57 Freyberg St | -May 10th ZL v Swansea - first grade walk out with a female that means something to them (mum, sister, partner etc.) and host those people on the balcony during the game for wine and cheeseboard. |
| -Women’s social media interviews/ spotlights with women’s players and coaches throughout the week alongside BBQ Thursday at/ after training on May 8th. | |||||||
| Newcastle Football | Tilligerry United FC | Open Training Session | Female players mini / junior / senior | May 5, 2025 | 5:30pm - 7:00pm | 16 Malvern Road | Games Night! |
| Football themed party games for all. | |||||||
| Newcastle Football | Mayfield United Junior Soccer Football Club | Other | All women involved or those supporting women in the game | Oct 5, 2025 | 9:00am - 2:00pm | Stevenson Park | Photo booth for photos with your special woman who supports you in football |
| Newcastle Football | Seaham Bowthorne Football Club | Game Day Mascots | Our junior female members will be mascots for our All Age women's team. We will also distribute items from the pack to our newly formed over 30's women's team. | May 2, 2025 | 7:40pm - 9:00pm | Bowthorne Park | Our junior female members will be invited to act as mini mascots for our All Age women's team. This will involve escorting the teams onto the field for kick-off and participating in a small game during the half time break. We will also be celebrating Female Football Week at our Monday night Over 30's women's game. |
| Newcastle Football | Hamilton Azzurri | Other | To have the chance to tie in the broader community with our club to highlight and celebrate all the hard working and dedicated females within our own club. | May 4, 2024 | 10:am - 11:00am | Online | The club will be activating for FFW through our social media platforms. We will have interviews posted and some "get to know your female players/ coaches" tiles on our pages. |
| Newcastle Football | Newcastle Olympic FC | Open Training Session | Female players, coaches and managers of All PYLG 13-17s and All senior women's players, coachers and managers. | May 7, 2025 | 5:45pm - 8:30pm | University of Newcastle | We are hosting a Mini World Cup with First and Reserve Grade players and coaches, mixing in among teams made up of PYLGs 13-17s. This will be followed by a Girls Night In where the players and coaches/managers will share pizzas and an "On the Couch with..." session with some of our talented senior women. We will also be hosting cake and champagne day, on our nearest home game day, to celebrate all the important female parents/guardians/carers in our club. |
| Newcastle Football | Stockton Sharks | Open Training Session | Females players at Stockton Sharks Football Club | May 5, 2025 | 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Corroba Oval | Open Training Session for female players at Stockton Sharks. This program will be led by Stockton Sharks, with representatives from the Newcastle Jets Women's team. Our coaches will run the sessions, and the Newcastle Jets girls will jump in and have some fun, chat with the kids/coaches, sign some autographs, few photos, etc. This event lines up with the first home game of our Women's O30's side - who kick off at Corroba at 7pm that same evening. |
Hunter Valley Football - FFW Club Events
| Member Zone | Member Club | What type of activity? | Who is the activity for? | Date of event/activity | Time | Street Address | Description of event/activity |
| Hunter Valley Football | Kurri Kurri Football Club | Other | AAW Fri night team (our first ever All Age Women's Team) | May 2, 2025 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm | Birralee Ovals - Junior/Senior | Multiple events planned - AAW holding a combined training session with our 12-14yr girls, AAW doing a skills session with our U7 & 9 Girls, player interviews for social media, U12 Girls mascot to AAW game on Friday night with a BBQ. |
| Hunter Valley Football | Bolwarra Lorn JSC | Open Training Session | All females interested in football | May 4, 2025 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | Victoria Road | We will run an open training session with some of our all age womens players and committee in attendance. |
| Hunter Valley Football | Metford cobras football club | Open Training Session | Activity is fall our junior female players players and a women’s team and female volunteers | May 7, 2025 | 5:15pm - 6:15pm | Metford Recreational oval | Saturday 3rd - free BBQ for all female players. Wednesday 7th all female training session. aa women's team to run a training session with all Our junior girls Friday 10th - junior mascots to walk out for women’s games. aa men to provide free bbq for all female players and volunteers |
| Hunter Valley Football | Abermain Rams Football Club Inc | Other | Everyone | May 3, 2025 | 8:30am - 3:00pm | Orange Street Oval | During our MiniRoos Competition Home Game, we’re showing our support for Female Football Week by proudly displaying purple! All week we’ll be spreading the love with social media shoutouts and on Saturday 3rd we are encouraging all our MiniRoos to tape up their boots in purple – a fun and simple way to celebrate and support the growth of girls in football. |
| Hunter Valley Football | Abermain Rams Football Club Inc | Skills Session | Girls aged 5-13 years old in our club and local community | May 5, 2025 | 4:30pm - 6:00pm | Orange Street Oval | We will run an open training session with some of our female coaches, helpers and committee. |
NNSWF Premier - FFW Club Event
| Member Zone | Member Club | What type of activity? | Who is the activity for? | Date of event/activity | Time | Street Address | Description of event/activity |
| NNSWF Premier | Norths United Football Club | Open Training Session | All female players of the club. | May 6, 2025 | 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Consett Davis Playing Fields | An open training session with juniors, encouraging them to come to a senior training session and play some football with it just being all girls, currently this is not offered in our area. |
| NNSWF Premier | Charlestown Azzurri | Club Female Interviews | Promotional material for female football and the successes of our club. Also, it will for players to enjoy a then and now photo wall. | May 9, 2025 | 12:00pm | Online | Interviews of players Photo walls of then and now |
| NNSWF Premier | Adamstwown Rosebud JFC | Club Female Interviews | Players, spectators and social media audience | Mar 5, 2025 | 6:30pm - 7:00pm | LMRFF | We are planning NPLW player photos and interviews for Facebook, JDL mascots for our 1st grade game 3.5.25, a women's club history for social media and announcing between reserve and 1st grade games 3.5.25. |
| NNSWF Premier | Maitland FC | Game Day Mascots | NPLW, PYLG, JDLG | May 3, 2025 | 9:00am - 6:00pm | Cooks Square Park | NPLW & PYLG games scheduled for 3rd May will include JDLG mascots and half time games, BBQ and merchandise giveaways. PYLG & NPLW will also participate in a mini world cup training session and BBQ on 8th May at Cooks Square Park. |
Northern Inland - FFW Club Event
| Member Zone | Member Club | What type of activity? | Who is the activity for? | Date of event/activity | Time | Street Address | Description of event/activity |
| Northern Inland Football | Inverell FC | Club BBQ | All ages 4-100, members of the club and interested female players. | May 10, 2025 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | Inverell sporting complex | Come and try skills sessions for interested females. Small sided fun games for all female members. |
| BBQ and celebrations during junior and senior football | |||||||
| Northern Inland Football | Kootingal and District Football Club | 'Come & Try' Training Session | Holding an afternoon of activities for mums and daughters. | May 5, 2025 | 5:30pm - 6:30pm | Gipp Street Sporting Field | Holding an evening of small mini activities for mums and daughters to participate in to celebrate female in football. |
Football Mid North Coast - FFW Club Event
| Member Zone | Member Club | What type of activity? | Who is the activity for? | Date of event/activity | Time | Street Address | Description of event/activity |
| Football Mid North Coast | Macleay Valley Rangers FC | Other | May 10, 2025 | 9:00am - 5:00pm | Dangar St, West kempsey | ||
| We will celebrate females of all ages over the weekend. | As we dont have a draw, it is hard to specifically organise an event as such, instead we will have to improvise and aim to have a bbq, mascots and decorations. | ||||||
| Football Mid North Coast | Port Saints Football Club | Club Female Interviews | Under 6 - womens | May 5, 2025 | 9:00am - 10:00am | Findlay Avenue | |
| Football Mid North Coast | Tuncurry Forster Football Club | Open Training Session | All girls from 6 up | May 2, 2025 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Tuncurry Sports Complex | Our head female coach will run a training session for all our female players |
| Football Mid North Coast | Cundletown FC | Open Training Session | All females involved in football. Players, committee and coaches | May 4, 2025 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Cundletown oval | An afternoon of mini games with all girls involved in football. The women’s team will join in a facilitate the games and mentor young aspiring athletes. |
| A bbq with all involved will conclude the afternoon. | |||||||
| Football Mid North Coast | South West Rocks FC | Game Day Mascots | U8 all girls side | May 3, 2025 | 9:00am - 6:00pm | South West Rocks Sporting Fields | We will have game day mascot |
| U12 all girls side | |||||||
| 2 x Female sides | |||||||
| Also any other female players. | |||||||
| We also include any female coaches, and committee members. | |||||||
| Football Mid North Coast | Wauchope soccer club | Other | Senior women’s, however open to this wishing to come along and celebrate. | May 10, 2025 | 6:00pm - 10:00pm | 12 hastings st | Women in football celebratory night to highlight all senior women players |
| Football Mid North Coast | Old Bar Barbarians Football Club | Other | All females within our club | May 10, 2025 | 8:00am - 5:00pm | EG Trad | Junior female members will be invited to do a tunnel for our senior players |
| Football Mid North Coast | Western Phoenix Football Club | Club BBQ | Female players, coaches and volunteers | May 10, 2025 | 8:30am - 11:00am | Pembroke Road | A club BBQ that celebrates females within the western Phoenix football club. This will include all female players, coaches and volunteers at our home ground. |
| Football Mid North Coast | IONA Sports Club | Other | All IONA Members and Community. | May 8, 2025 | 4:30pm - 5:30pm | IONA Sports Club, IONA Hall | Join us for a free afternoon of injury prevention and recovery, tailored for all players, with a special focus on supporting female footballers who face a higher risk of injury. 👟 Featuring: 🩺 Dylan Chrimes – Physiotherapist → Expert in injury recovery & safe return to play 🏋️♀️ Emily Newett – Exercise Physiologist & former elite soccer player → Specialising in injury prevention for female athletes |
| Football Mid North Coast | Mid Coast FC | Other | 1: Open Training Session 2: Mascots 3: Female Football Forum with guest Speakers | May 7, 2025 | 5:30pm - 8:00pm | Taree Zone Field | Mid Coast FC will be holding an Open Training Session followed by Light Refreshments and then from 7:00-8:00 we will be holding a female football forum with guest speakers providing information to all parents, children & players about pertinent issues in female football. |
North Coast Football - FFW Club Events
| Member Zone | Member Club | What type of activity? | Who is the activity for? | Date of event/activity | Time | Street Address | Description of event/activity |
| North Coast Football | Sawtell Football Club | Other | All Ages | May 3, 2025 | 9:00am - 3:00pm | Toormina Oval | Inspirational Board - People can come up and write down who inspires them and can share why. FREE |
| Team Mascots - The Senior Women have a home game on the 3rd May, club will organise hopefully miniroos an non competitive female players to walk with the senior women out before the kick off. FREE | |||||||
| Design your own Jersey colouring in comp - Print off jersey templates for players wishing to participate, they go home, design a jersey and hand it back. Club will display kids designs and the winner will get a prize. Printing will cost but not much. | |||||||
| Purple Hair - get purple hair spray and spray any kid wishing to have purple hair on the day. Hair Spray will cost but not a lot. | |||||||
| Purple Ribbons - Club to possibly look at having purple ribbons girls can wear in their hair on game day. Minimal costs. | |||||||
| Wear purple to training - Club to encourage everyone to dress in purple for their training day for the week. FREE | |||||||
| North Coast Football | Dorrigo Highlanders | Club BBQ | All members of the club and the Dorrigo Community | May 3, 2025 | 10:00am - 5:00pm | Dorrigo Recreation Grounds | BBQ |
| Special celebrations highlighting the high percentage of female participation in the club | |||||||
| Special run on activites etc | |||||||
| North Coast Football | Maclean FC | Other | Our youngest to our oldest players both past and present along with our female volunteers over the years. | May 6, 2025 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Barry Watts Oval | Open training session with our younger players invited to join us on the Tuesday night and on Saturday 3rd of may we will invite all past female players and female volunteers to join us for an afternoon of celebrating those who have shaped our club. |
| North Coast Football | Urunga Football Club | Club Female Interviews | Everyone in our club to promote and celebrate women in football! | May 10, 2025 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | 36 Hungry Head Rd, | We have our two senior women's team's playing at home, we will hold a day focused on that and be involving the junior girls. |
| We'll hold a BBQ, face painting, purple themed day etc. | |||||||
| North Coast Football | BDC Barracudas | Club BBQ | All female players in the BDC Barracudas and the local community. | May 10, 2025 | 8:30am - 12:30pm | 111 North Boambee Road, North Boambee Valley | Club BBQ |
| North Coast Football | Boambee FC | Open Training Session | Female players and families | May 5, 2025 | 4:00pm - 8:30pm | Ayrshire Park Drive | Boambee FC will host a Female Football Week open training session for all female players, followed by a club BBQ. |
| North Coast Football | Coffs coast Tigers football club | Club BBQ | All members of the CCTFC community | May 8, 2025 and May 10, 2025 | May 8 4:30-5:30pm | Polwarth Drive | 8th May-all female training session, seniors -juniors. 4:30-5:30 - with a bbq afterwards. 10th May - A mascot walk out for our senior women's team at our home ground with all junior girls invited to attend |
| North Coast Football | Nambucca Strikers | Skills Session | All female club members | May 6, 2025 | 4:30pm - 6:00pm | Coronation Park | Fun afternoon of skill based activties and small sided games |
Football Far North Coast - FFW Club Event
| Member Zone | Member Club | What type of activity? | Who is the activity for? | Date of event/activity | Time | Street Address | Description of event/activity |
| Football Far North Coast | Bangalow Soccer Club | Open Training Session | The activity is for the women's teams and junior girls teams. | May 7, 2025 | 5:00pm - 5:45pm | 5 Bangalow Rd | This is a training session run by our top women's team coach. |
| Football Far North Coast | Ballina | Open Training Session | All females in the Ballina region including Ballina club members | May 5, 2025 | 10:00am - 6:00pm | Ballina Soccer Club | Training day, bbq followed by premier ladies and 3rd division. |
| Football Far North Coast | Lismore Richmond Rovers | Club BBQ | BBQ is for all members of the club community. | May 9, 2025 | 4:00pm - 8:00pm | 65 Oakley Avenue | BBQ to be held on the same day as Womens premier game. |
| Football Far North Coast | Lismore Richmond Rovers | Game Day Mascots | Ladies Premier Division, adults and older teenagers. | May 9, 2025 | 2:00pm - 5:00pm | 65 Oakley Avenue | Women premier division to play a game of soccer. Female miniroos to walk out with the players on game day. |
| Football Far North Coast | Lismore Richmond Rovers | Club Female Interviews | Female committee members, and adult female players. | May 3, 2025 | 9:00am - 11:00am | 65 Oakley Avenue | Female committee members and players will be interviewed on their involvement within the club. |
| Football Far North Coast | Lismore Thistles Soccer Club | Club BBQ | Everyone | May 9, 2025 | 6:00pm - 10:00pm | Lismore Thistles Soccer Club | All of our competitive female football teams will be playing their games at home on Friday night and everyone is welcome to attend a bbq to show their support for our female players. There will also be raffles and 100 club available. Our junior non-competitive players will be walking our senior women's team players out onto the field for the Fifa Handshake at the beginning of the games. |
| Football Far North Coast | Alstonville Football Club | Skills Session | All female miniroos players (approx 100). | Sep 5, 2025 | 4:15pm - 6:00pm | Geoff Watt Oval | - Fun and engaging girls only skill session - Awards ceremony recognising our youngest football stars - Lucky door prizes - Picnic on the fields |
Female Football Week awards
Female Football Week Awards are to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of individuals that are making significant contribution to women and girls' football throughout Northern NSW in the last 12 months.
Nominations are accepted for the following categories:
- FFW Player of the Year
- FFW Coach of the Year
- FFW Referee of the Year
- FFW Volunteer of the Year
- FFW Community Champion of the Year
- FFW Club of the Year
2025 FFW Award Winners
- Coach of the Year - Kate Eldering (Armidale City Westside FC)
- Player of the Year - Ella Williamson (Pacific Palms FC)
- Referee of the Year - Mya Weiley (Football Mid North Coast)
- Volunteer of the Year - Rachel Slee (Valentine FC)
- Club of the Year - Urunga FC
- Community Champion of the Year - Stephen Graham (Lake Macquarie City FC)
2024 FFW Award Winners
- Coach of the Year - Emma Kelly (Cooks Hill United FC)
- Player of the Year - Anique Morley (Wingham FC)
- Referee of the Year - Barbara Roberts (Macquarie Football Association)
- Volunteer of the Year - Belinda Skelton (Maclean FC)
- Club of the Year - Mayfield United Senior FC
- Community Champion of the Year - Brodie Richardson (Hamilton Azzurri FC)
2023 FFW Award Winners
- Coach of the Year - Mackenzie Davis (New Lambton FC)
- Player of the Year - Tahliya Sambrook (Coffs Harbour United FC)
- Referee of the Year - Elizabeth Lambert (Newcastle Football Association Referees)
- Volunteer of the Year - Amanda Kapsaskis (Edgeworth Junior Soccer Club)
- Club of the Year - Swansea FC (Macquarie Football)
- Ally Champion of the Year - Brayden Wilkinson (Hamilton Azzurri FC)
2022 FFW Award Winners
- Coach of the Year – Daisy Mackaway (Swansea FC)
- Referee of the Year – Lucy Hungerford (NNSWF Youth Referee Academy)
- Volunteer of the Year – Lesley Campbell (Great Lakes United FC)
- Male Champion of the Year – Michael Best (Cooks Hill United)
- Club of the Year – Dudley United Senior Football Club (Macquarie Football)
2021 FFW Award Winners
- Coach of the Year – Cas Wright (New Lambton FC)
- Referee of the Year – Olivia Flannery (Football Far North Coast Referees)
- Volunteer of the Year – Loren Neville (Southern Lakes United FC)
- Male Champion of the Year – Brad Jones (Broadmeadow Magic FC)
- Club of the Year – Sawtell Football Club (North Coast Football)
2020 FFW Award Winners
- Coach of the Year – Rachel Bax (Football Mid North Coast)
- Referee of the Year – Tanya Jones (Tenambit Football Club)
- Administrator of the Year – Laura Ranger (Mayfield Junior Football Club)
- Male Champion of the Year – Stewart Hume (Alstonville FC)
- Player of the Year – Helen Moseley (Orara Valley)
2019 FFW Award Winners
- Coach of the Year – Rachael Oberleuter (Sawtell FC)
- Referee of the Year – Samantha Newell
- Administrator of the Year – Lauren Fairfull (Greta Branxton FC)
- Male Champion of the Year – Derryn Nix (Kyogle SC)
- Player of the Year – Jo Powell (Westlawn Tigers)
