Woorinen have taken their stellar success back across the white line with a focus on promoting equality and increasing access to football.
The Girls polished off the 2016 season with an eight-point victory over Castlemaine in the Grand Final, reversing two heartbreaking single digit losses against the Castlemaine side earlier in the season.
Preparations are well underway for the season opening round in a fortnight’s time but the side have put footy into perspective for the time being and have turned their focus to harvesting long-term community benefits.
“With our success last year we wanted to continue the positivity on and off field in order to give the girls some education away from the ground,” says Brenton Hogan from the Woorinen Football Club.
The club is entering a new partnership with the Swan Hill Specialist School.
The facilities at Swan Hill Specialist School will be shared during the side’s training time slot from 4.30pm on Tuesdays.
Promoting equality is a fundamental value of both the school and the Woorinen Football Club and this partnership will see both organisations collaboratively strive to embed their values within the broader community.
“Girls footy is a perfect example of the promotion of gender equality in a rural community,” Swan Hill Specialist School Principal Jodi Walters said in a statement.
“The girls showed last year that they are a force to be reckoned with and we are delighted to be the training home of the Woorinen Youth Girls going forward.”
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