Lancefield is exploring the possibility of having a side in the Riddell District Football League Women’s competition next year.
With the RDFL launching the new competition, several local clubs are looking at forming women’s sides for the first time, including the Tigers.
Vice-president Joe Schembri said the club was keen to field a women’s side, whether it be this year or in the coming years.
“It is exciting with the league starting a women’s competition next year,” he said.
“They’re encouraging all clubs to have a look at having a women’s side. We’ve got a relatively strong junior girls program going.
“We had 25 girls running around last year and we want to be able to try and provide them that pathway, so they continue to play in Lancefield.”
Schembri admits they may have left the call out a bit late for this year, but said they would keep pushing to get a side.
He said they were keen to garner what interest is out there from locals who might want to play.
“We are really keen to give local women the opportunity to play footy and give them an opportunity to play in Lancefield,” he said.
“We’re looking to get the word out there and garner who might want to play football. We have strong female participation in cricket and we’ll garner if anyone wants to play football in the winter months.”
The club is yet to appoint a senior coach, but had appointed a girls coach, who had experience at senior level.
Lisa Borg, who is coming up to playing 200 games, has coached at both junior and senior level.
Schembri said having someone with that experience would benefit all female players at the club.
In another positive for the club, upgrades to their changerooms to make them more female friendly are set to be completed in the coming months.
Schembri said anyone interested can get in touch with him and they’ll look to sit down and chat with those who are keen.
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Tara Murray
