Schools to battle for AFL SportsReady honoursMonday, May 12, 2014 - 4:13 PM

Term 2 of the winter sports calendar is about to begin, with secondary schools ready to compete across three divisions of the AFL SportsReady Cup.

The West Australian Football Commission and School Sport WA have worked in close partnership for 26 years to deliver this quality competition and have continued the cooperative links between schools and the community.

This year sees a number of new schools on board chasing AFL SportsReady Cup honours.

Clontarf Aboriginal College is looking for a three peat of flags in the Cable Division, while Corpus Christi College is aiming to make it two in a row as Jakovich Division Premiers. In the Billy Walker Division, Newton Moore SHS will also be back to defend their crown.

The AFL Sports Ready Cup offers a well organised, efficient and high quality football competition catering for over 3000 students with the support of the WAFC, School Sport WA and AFL SportsReady.

A feature of the AFL SportsReady Cup program has been the opportunity to name patrons for competition divisions. WA legends Barry Cable, Billy Walker, Ross Glendinning and Glen Jakovich proudly support this concept and thoroughly enjoy the opportunity to attend school fixtures.

A total of 85 Senior High Schools will compete together in their respective divisions from Kununurra to Esperance, with the pinnacle of the program the “Cable Division” Grand Final to be showcased as a curtain raiser to the Fremantle v Carton AFL clash on Thursday July 31.

AFL SportsReady is a proud partner of the AFL SportsReady Cup,  working with over 700 premier sporting clubs and businesses across Australia, to ensure young trainees who are keen to kick-start their careers can access quality education and future job opportunities

We wish all teams a rewarding year in the AFL SportsReady Cup competition and thank all school staff who have taken on the roles as coaches and managers.