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NADIOC Week: Best on Ground recipients

Congratulations to our NAIDOC Round Best on Ground recipients Sarah Johnston from St Mary’s and Annette Carle from Whittlesea!⁠⁠Both players received a hamper from Kakadu Plum with products directly from Indigenous businesses or items that give back to Indigenous enterprises.⁠⁠Congratulations again Sarah and Annette 👏⁠

NAIDOC Week: SMFNC Women v Whittlesea

Check out all the action from our women’s NAIDOC Week game against Whittlesea!⁠⁠The women took to the field in their first ever Indigenous guernsey, and brought it home with a massive win, defeating Whittlesea by 88 points!⁠⁠Both teams joined together to kick off the day with an Acknowledgement of Country from our very own CheryleContinue reading “NAIDOC Week: SMFNC Women v Whittlesea”

NAIDOC Week: Meet Cheryle Arden

To mark NAIDOC Week we spoke with senior women’s player Cheryle Arden about her football journey as a proud Indigenous woman. As someone part of the Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta, Mutti Mutti, Kokatha and Arrernte tribes, NAIDOC Week is incredibly important to Cheryle. “For me, this week is important because it’s a time for all IndigenousContinue reading “NAIDOC Week: Meet Cheryle Arden”

NAIDOC Week: Take a look at our NAIDOC Round guernsey!

We are very excited to share our Women’s NAIDOC Round guernsey!⁠⁠These have been designed by Alicia Arden, in collaboration with her sister Julie Arden, and St Mary’s players Cheryle Arden and Judhil Canendo (pictured below).⁠⁠The four women worked together to create a unique design that reflects the Club’s local area and their own cultures. ⁠⁠TheContinue reading “NAIDOC Week: Take a look at our NAIDOC Round guernsey!”

NAIDOC Week: How to be a good ally to First Nations people

The theme of NAIDOC Week is ‘Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!’ and one way to do this is being good ally to First Nations people experiencing racism.⁠⁠A good ally is someone who actively recognises and addresses racial inequality around them – whether it’s at school or in their workplace, in their community or online,Continue reading “NAIDOC Week: How to be a good ally to First Nations people”

Thanking our 5K Draw volunteers

Thanks to everyone involved in making the 5K Draw another great event!⁠⁠A special thanks to Jacinta Patti, Marnus Johnston (baby), Sarah McLellan, Stephanie Trkulja, Samantha Thomson, Georgie Garner, and Lauren Ind. ⁠⁠From organising tickets to food, these women and their partners are the stars of the day and without them this event wouldn’t happen.⁠⁠The writingContinue reading “Thanking our 5K Draw volunteers”

NAIDOC Week: Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!

Yesterday marked the start of NAIDOC Week 2022.⁠⁠NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and an opportunity to bring First Nations and other Australian’s together.⁠⁠This year’s theme is Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!⁠⁠This encourages us all to beyond just acknowledgement, and good intentions, but instead makeContinue reading “NAIDOC Week: Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!”