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Winners Announced for Rio Tinto’s ‘Design Your Club NAIDOC Jumper Competition’Wednesday, July 5, 2023 - 4:17 PM
Eight winners from across Western Australia have won the NAIDOC Design Jumper Competition, thanks to WA Football’s NAIDOC Round Partner, Rio Tinto.
These eight winners will each have their winning NAIDOC design reproduced as one set of jumpers for the associated football club and one jumper for the artist to keep.
The competition invited Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players within the Perth Metropolitan Junior Football Competition and Country Football community to design a NAIDOC Round jumper for their club.
Demas Newberry from Yanchep Districts Junior Football Club designed ‘My Redhawks Journey’ which outlines his football journey.
“As a young Martu kid from Jigalong, I arrived at Two Rocks to start my schooling in Year 1,” Demas said.
“I had never lived in the big city and when footy season started, I was so excited to start playing Auskick.”
It’s been 11 years since Demas started at Redhawks and the symbols represent the special moments for the club.
“The snake symbolises the journey from little ones (small dots) in Auskick to now having team in the under 18s (bigger dots) follow the path set by our Elders and those who have come before us,” he said.
“It has been a long time since the club has had a team in the under 18s and the turtle represents the Redhawks players as being strong, steady, persistent and we don’t give up.
“The Red Hawk with the ball reflects the team song that ‘Redhawks are on the ball again’. Red and blue are the club's colours with the red also representing the red dirt from my country.”
13-year-old Christian Hansen from South Perth Stingrays Football Club used his club’s logo – stingrays – to symbolise elders and the younger generation.
“The elder (bigger stingray) is guiding the new generation of Stingrays on their journey, not just through the sea (football) but also on life's path (the footprints), helping us to get stronger while we move forward,” Christian said.
Designs from the eight winners:
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Designed by Shania Kent from Mundijong Centrals JFC.
‘Moorditj Yorgas’ (strong women) is about coming together each game as one and we play as sister girls. The front of this jumper represents the land and areas on which we play. The swirling blue dots represent the Serpentine River that Munidjong is bound by. The three bigger circles of white dots represent our community, volunteers and families coming together to watch, cheer and support our girls. |
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Designed by Lily Hicks from Yanchep Districts FC.
‘Yandjet Marngrook Club’ is based on this year’s theme ‘For Our Elders’. The kangaroo footprints represent the kangaroos on my home ground. The symbol to the left of the jumper represents a meeting place for men and women, which is a symbol of the many men’s and women’s’ teams Yanchep FC has.
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Designed by Jaxon Wright from Hammond Park JFC.
‘Bilya Wetlands’ represents the Club which is a place of strength and respect. The Bilya Wetlands are part of our six seasons of Noongar Boodja. The circles represent our homes, and the white dots represent footprints from our home as a path to always find our way back.
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Designed by Imogen Buckley from Huntingdale FC
‘Learning From Our Elders’ represents elders sitting around the campfire with children, to learn, hunt and gather. Elders are the keepers of our knowledge, our connection to our past and the backbones of our families. It is our responsibility to carry the knowledge they leave behind for our future generations. |
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Designed by Kevin Reynolds from Esperance FC.
Displays a handprint on the front and back of the jumper which depicts the Aboriginal flag. |
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Designed by Rashaan Briggs from Rover FC Geraldton.
‘Yarning Circle’ is based around the knowledge of elders and the importance of their stories to the younger generation.
The middle circles and symbols represent the elders passing down stories and knowledge to the younger generations.
The lines and dots leading away from the circle represent the wisdom and knowledge that the people are taking away from the stories. |
