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AFL 9's makes a splash at Baskerville Reserve

Thursday, 20th October 2011

By Isaac Stewart

With cricket and rugby developing smaller and shorter versions of their game, the AFL and the Western Australian Football Commission are currently trialling a brand new competi­tion format in the Swan Valley on a Friday night under lights. The AFL 9’s Swan Valley Cup is a compe­tition which sees nine players take the field at any one time and con­sists of three forwards, three centres and three backs playing in two 20 minute halves.

“AFL 9’s is a fast paced game which can be played on football grounds, soccer pitches, beaches and local parks and the 9 per side con­cept makes for an excit­ing game which is fo­cused on maximum fun and maximum partici­pation,” WAFC Swan Districts manager Isaac Stewart said. “The AFL 9’s SwanValley Cup has been a big success for the Swans District Football Development Coun­cil (SDFDC) with some 100 kids from Chittering JFC, High Wycombe JFC, Kalamunda JFC, Swan View JFC and Upper Swan JFC playing under lights at Baskerville Oval since September.”

The competition runs every Friday until De­cember 2 and games start at 6pm with the last game commencing at 8pm at Baskerville Oval. Mr Stewart said the support for the new for­mat has been well re­ceived by teams in thecommunity and is look­ing to build the competi­tion to become a regular fixture.

“Despite being pilot­ed in the Swan Districts for the very first time, the support from the junior clubs has been magnificent with more than 10 teams nominat­ing to play in the AFL 9’s Swan Valley Cup,” he said. “The AFL 9’s Swan Valley Cup wouldn’t have been possible had it not been for the dedi­cated volunteers at the disposal of Upper Swan JFC and we have no doubt the competition will be bigger and better in 2012,” he said.