by Jill Scanlon | Oct 21, 2022 | Club News & Events
2022 was a big year for the Darebin Women’s Sports Club, getting all sports and programs back on-track, following a pandemic-impacted two years for community sports and clubs. For the Darebin Falcons, the year culminated in what most clubs like to refer to as their...
by Jill Scanlon | May 11, 2022 | Club News & Events
At the relatively young age of 25 years, Gena Lawson-Tavan could be regarded as a veteran of the Darebin Falcons VFLW team, having been a part of the club for more than a decade. Living locally to A H Capp Reserve, she rolled up one day to footy training, aged 15...
by Jill Scanlon | Apr 5, 2022 | Club News & Events, General, VFLW
Simone Ruedin’s sporting life revolved around basketball from the local courts of the Eltham Wildcats as a child, through her teens to U20s. She excelled at the game so much that she scored a gig in the US College system for five years. Not long after her return to...
by Jill Scanlon | Mar 8, 2022 | Club News & Events, General
📸 Rob Lawson Photography On a weekend when you could watch Women’s AFL as well as top-level basketball, rugby, rugby league, and soccer all live on free-to-air TV and the ICC Women’s World Cup on pay TV, the evidence that women’s sport is now finally in the...
by Jill Scanlon | Mar 1, 2022 | VFLW
📸 Rob Lawson Photography Ange Gogos’ footy career is a story of reconnection. Her return to footy at a VFLW level, with Darebin Falcons, is the most recent phase of her playing career, which has been a personal journey over the past 12 years. Gogos only came...
by Jill Scanlon | Feb 9, 2022 | Club News & Events
Stephanie Simpson has been named captain of the Darebin VFLW team for Season 2022. This will be Simpson’s third consecutive year at the helm and is a testament to her longevity both in the game and with this unique club, as well as the level of respect in which she is...
