The West Australian Football League will return to Moora for the first time since 1999 when the Perth Demons host West Perth at the local Recreation Sports Ground on August 10. The Demons defeated Swan Districts in Moora in 1999 and will be looking to repeat that success in their country zone against the Falcons next Saturday. The game promises to be a thriller, with Read More ...

Having a defibrillator on hand can be the difference between life and death. The St John Ambulance Community First Responder program aims to get defibrillators to cardiac arrest victims in the time critical period before an ambulance arrives. To increase the number of life-saving defibrillators in the community, St John  Ambulance, in conjunction with Lotterywest, is giving away 100 FREE defibrillators valued at $2400 each, to Read More ...

ROUND 19 of the WAFL season was played in some terrible conditions across Perth but the results saw West Perth and East Fremantle score big derby wins, Swan Districts move back up to third position and Claremont return to the winner's list. West Perth further consolidated second place with a 10.14 (74) to 6.8 (44) win over East Perth at Arena Joondalup while East Fremantle Read More ...

WAFL Round 19 consists of the final two derbies of 2013 with plenty riding on the results while in the other two games Swan Districts and Claremont are looking to return to the winner's list against out of contention sides. West Perth takes on East Perth at Arena Joondalup, South Fremantle hosts East Fremantle at Fremantle Oval, Swan Districts battles Peel Thunder at Bassendean's Steel Read More ...

South Fremantle and East Fremantle will honour the contribution of two great football administrators when they play for the Uittenbroek-Ciccotosto Cup at this weekend's Derby. The Cup in honour of South Fremantle's Brian Ciccotosto and East Fremantle's Bob Uittenbroek was innaugurated last year. South Fremantle 16.13 (109) defeated East Fremantle 15.15 (105) in a thrilling contest. The tradition is continuing this year, with the Cup Read More ...

TEAM success might have eluded him but Andrew McCarrey amassed 173 games at East Fremantle and South Fremantle while representing WA twice and winning two fairest and best awards in a terrific career that now has prematurely come to a close. McCarrey's league career with East Fremantle began back in 2001 where the versatile key position player impressed enough to be rookie-listed by West Coast Read More ...

THE WA Country Football League State Team has been finalised to play South Australia’s state country side at Brownes Stadium, Lathlain, at 2pm this Saturday. The team, which was selected from the recent Landmark Country Championships, includes former AFL and WAFL players Callum Chambers (West Coast Eagles & West Perth), Regan Duckworth (West Perth), Jordan Adamson-Holmes (Subiaco), Daniel McGinlay (Perth), Tim Noakes (East Perth), Will Read More ...

ROUND 18 WAFL action saw Perth move up to third position on the ladder, East Perth fourth and Swan Districts slip to fifth while South Fremantle got off the bottom while East Fremantle beat Subiaco comfortably for the third time this season. The results on Saturday afternoon saw South Fremantle down West Perth 15.16 (106) to 9.13 (67) at Arena Joondalup to claim the inaugural Read More ...

IT WAS moving day on the WAFL ladder on Saturday in Round 18 action with Perth and East Perth moving up into third and fourth positions, and South Fremantle off the bottom while East Fremantle won to remain alive in the finals race. South Fremantle upset West Perth 15.16 (106) to 9.13 (67) at Arena Joondalup, Perth thrashed Peel Thunder 18.15 (123) to 7.7 (49) Read More ...

ROUND 18 of the 2013 WAFL season sees East Perth and Swan Districts battle over a top-four spot while West Perth and Perth try to consolidate their positions, and East Fremantle battles Subiaco to try and stay alive. All four matches are on Saturday afternoon with bounce down set for 2.05pm with East Perth hosting Swan Districts at Leederville's Medibank Stadium, East Fremantle taking on Read More ...

EAST Fremantle has the Foxtel Cup grand final and potential $100,000 windfall in the back of its mind but the Sharks turn their attention immediately back to trying to stay alive in the race for a WAFL finals appearance for 2013. The Sharks qualified for the Tuesday August 6 Foxtel Cup grand final against the SANFL's West Adelaide at AAMI Stadium after a quarter-final win Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission and West Perth Football District launched a new program over the month of June that uses football to build fundamental movement skills in children aged 18 months to 4.5 years. Footy Fundamentals was trialled as a 4 week program at Arena Joondalup for three age groups- 18months – 2.5years, 2.5years – 3.5 years and 3.5 – 4.5 years where kids Read More ...

The WAFC last week saluted recently retired Lower South West Field Umpire Jeff Bennett. Bennett was acknowledged with a special Appreciation and Contribution Award in the presence of his country umpire peers, plus WAFL and AFL umpires, at one of the training sessions conducted for country umpires participating at last week’s Landmark Country Championships in Perth. Bennett fondly recalled commencing umpiring in the LSWFL as Read More ...

South West based umpire Tony Raudino was named the best field umpire at last weekend’s Landmark Country Championships. Having commenced in 1996 on the boundary in Albany with the support of experienced Great Southern umpire coaches Terry Eaton and Adam Peacock, Raudino quickly rose through the local umpiring ranks. Raudino said he quit his job at the fish food factory to concentrate on umpiring. “I Read More ...

PEEL Thunder is looking to finish an up and down 2013 season on a strong note over the final six matches with midfielder Brennan Gillam also keen to build some momentum personally to cement his spot heading into 2014. Peel has lost its last five WAFL matches after some encouraging form between Rounds 6 and 10 where the Thunder won three of five games with Read More ...