St Mary’s Football and Netball Club (SMFNC) are supporting our First Nations women’s players in NAIDOC week with a celebration funded by the Change Our Game Community Activation Grant. This is an opportunity for the players and supporters of our Club to learn about First Nations cultures and histories, and participate in celebrations for theContinue reading “Message from the President: NAIDOC Week 2022”
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Pride Month 2022: Meet Ruby Walker
Pride Month is about celebrating the LGBT+ community, listening to their voices, and sharing their stories, so this week we spoke with senior women’s player Ruby Walker about her pride journey. “To me, Pride Month is a time to educate, reflect and celebrate the current world we all live in, which includes LGBT+ people.” “It is aboutContinue reading “Pride Month 2022: Meet Ruby Walker”
$1265 raised for mental health charities!
Congratulations to the Burra push-up challenge team who raised $1,265 for Movember and Lifeline!Over 24 days, the 17 players completed a combined 35,160 push-ups which is an amazing effort 👏Well done to everyone who participated: Jack Dean, Raygan Tate, Liam Fyffe, Huon Macgibbon, Nick Gedge, Mitch Lee, Marcus Taranto, Adam Lucci, Daniel Castagnini, Samuel Pretner,Continue reading “$1265 raised for mental health charities!”
Pride Month: Meet Serena Francke
To celebrate Pride Month, we spoke to women’s player Serena ‘Reenie’ Franke about her football journey as someone part of the LGBT+ community. Pride month is celebrated in June across the globe. It can mean many different things to different people, and for Reenie it is about celebrating the LGBT+ community and paving a welcomingContinue reading “Pride Month: Meet Serena Francke”
Men’s Health Week
Today marks the start of Men’s Health Week.With so many men part of our Club, it is an important opportunity to highlight the health challenges faced by males and promote the wellbeing of men and boys in our SMFNC community.This year’s theme is Building Healthy Environments for Men and Boys, encouraging us all to focusContinue reading “Men’s Health Week”
Message from the President: Let’s make a play for road safety
Hi everyone,SMFNC support TAC’s vision of no deaths or serious injuries on our roads, and that’s why we are asking everyone to actively participate in our TAC Club Rewards road safety campaign this year.Everyone plays a role in road safety; we can only move toward a future where every journey is safe if we allContinue reading “Message from the President: Let’s make a play for road safety”
National Reconciliation Week: Actions for Change
Today marks the end of Reconciliation Week for 2022, so we want to share with everyone 22 actions to make change every day of the year from Reconciliation Australia.We know that everyone can’t put into play all these actions, especially all at one time, however here are a few simple ways you can start:
17 players join the Push for Better challenge to support mental health!
The Push-Up challenge has officially kicked off today and we have an incredible 17 players signed up to raise awareness for mental health!Each day, the players will do a different amount of push-ups based on a mental health statistic. The first one is 74 push ups to represent the 74% of pet owners that reportedContinue reading “17 players join the Push for Better challenge to support mental health!”
National Reconciliation Week: Meet Judhil Canendo
To mark Reconciliation Week, we spoke with Senior Women’s player Judhil ‘Juddie’ Canendo about her football journey as a proud Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander woman. Originally from Yarrabah in Cairns, QLD, Judhil is part of the Kuku Djungan, Kaurareg and Yidinji (Wallabarra) tribe. In 2019 she made the big move to Melbourne, and afterContinue reading “National Reconciliation Week: Meet Judhil Canendo”
National Reconciliation Week
Today marks the start of National Reconciliation Week, a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and learn how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. Reconciliation week always starts on May 27 to mark the anniversary of the 1967 referendum when Australians voted to removeContinue reading “National Reconciliation Week”
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