by Brigid Ryan | Apr 17, 2025 | Club News & Events, General, VFLW
Darebin has announced an impressive leadership group for the fast approaching 2025 VFLW season. This remarkable group- Caitlyn Bunker, Riley Christgoergl, Alyssa Mifsud, Stephanie Simpson and Lulu Beatty- contains high performance players, who are consistently...
by Brigid Ryan | Mar 6, 2025 | Club News & Events, General, VFLW
Photo credits: Shevaun Hogan The Darebin Falcon’s 2025 season has started with an impressive coaching panel representing sporting excellence, industry knowledge and club spirit. This group represent continuity and exciting new skills- well placed to deliver on...
by Darebin Falcons admin | Jan 28, 2025 | Australian Rules Football, Club News & Events, Footy Fundamentals, General, Junior Aussie Rules, Junior Girls Soccer, Soccer, Soccer Skills, Sports, StrongGirlsWIP
2025 Community Day Come and join us at the 2025 Community Day down at The Nest! Sunday 9 February WH Robinson ReserveGoodwin Street, Preston Come & Try Sessions for both soccer and footy – girls’ and women’s teams. Gender diverse people...
by Brigid Ryan | Jan 24, 2025 | Club News & Events, Falcons History, General
Vale Sal Rees A tribute Today, we gather to honor and celebrate the remarkable life and legacy of Sal Rees, a true pioneer and pillar of the Darebin Women’s Sports Club. Sal’s contributions to our community are immeasurable, and her impact will be felt for...
by Darebin Falcons admin | Aug 21, 2024 | Club News & Events
Dog jackets are now available for pre-order for a short time only. Waterproof, ultra light and warm dog jacket with embroidered Falcons logo. Fleecy lined and reflective strips to keep your pooch safe at night. You can even add your playing number! Orders close...
by Darebin Falcons admin | Aug 21, 2024 | Australian Rules Football, Club News & Events, VFLW
Help the Falcons Secure a Nest! Who Are The Darebin Falcons For over 35 years, we at the Darebin Falcons have been a pioneering force in women’s Australian rules football, playing a significant role in the development of the AFLW and nurturing female players and...
by Darebin Falcons admin | May 16, 2024 | Club News & Events, VFLW
Article from Rookie Me Central IT has been a long time coming, but after more than 700 days without a win the Darebin Falcons finally got back on the VFL Women’s winners list on the weekend, and their coach Lache Walker was certainly a happy man post-match. After...
by Brigid Ryan | Apr 4, 2024 | Club News & Events, General, VFLW, VFLW Results
Photo credits: Yvette Fitzpatrick Saturday 31 March, Trevor Barker Oval, Sandringham Darebin Falcons 1.3-9 def by 5.4-34 St. Kilda In slippery, hazy, dewy early morning conditions, the Falcons were not able to quite finish off their opportunities, and their opponents...
by Brigid Ryan | Mar 29, 2024 | Club News & Events, General, Media Statement
Photo credits: Rob Lawson Photography March 31 is the International Trans Day of Visibility and the Darebin Falcs are proud to be home to trans community members at many levels within the Club. We would like to take the opportunity to express our allyship with our...
by Brigid Ryan | Mar 26, 2024 | Club News & Events, General, VFLW, VFLW Results
Photo credits: Yvette Fitzpatrick Saturday 23 March, La Trobe University Bundoora Darebin Falcons 0.2-2 def by Williamstown 11.12-78 An enthusiastic crowd of Falcon friends and family gathered in the late afternoon sunshine at La Trobe University for the 2024 VFLW...
by Darebin Falcons admin | Mar 8, 2024 | Club News & Events, General
They say you can’t be what you can’t see. But in 2022-23, just 15% of sports news coverage in Victoria was focused on women’s sport. Earlier this month, the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation launched research, ‘The Conversation of Sport: Representation of Women...
by Brigid Ryan | Mar 7, 2024 | Club News & Events, General
Photo credit: Donovan Chin Our 2024 Annual Community Fun Day saw A. H. Capp Reserve bathed in sunshine and smiles, as Falcons new and old gathered ahead of a new season. Coaches, emerging leaders, community volunteers and even some of our biggest sporting stars...
by Brigid Ryan | Feb 21, 2024 | Club News & Events, General, VFLW
Photo credits: Rob Lawson Photography and Point of View Sports Media Solutions Leadership has always been highly treasured at Darebin Falcons with the club’s proud tradition of pioneering women. The Falcons do have a long history of exceptional leaders, and it was...
by Brigid Ryan | Sep 14, 2023 | Club News & Events, General, VFLW
The Darebin Falcons are thrilled to announce the appointment of Lachlan Walker as the 2024 VFLW Senior Coach. With the Falcon’s legacy of strong leadership on and off the field, Walker follows on the heels of previous head coaches – exemplary communicators and...
by Darebin Falcons admin | Aug 25, 2023 | Club News & Events, Media Statement
A statement from the Darebin Falcons. As the Matildas wow the country with their bravery, skill, athleticism and technical strategy, our Club is enjoying women and girls sport being at the centre of discussion across all communities. Since the 1990s, the Darebin...
by Brigid Ryan | Aug 13, 2023 | Club News & Events, General, Junior Aussie Rules, Junior Girls Soccer
Photo credit: Jasmine Hirst The Darebin Falcons know how important pathways and opportunities are for girls who want to play sports and love their experience. The support and safety of a girls-only game. Getting a chance to play where it’s not all about physical size...
by Mereki | May 25, 2023 | Club News & Events, VFLW
At Monday night’s training we heard from President Jane Ryan about the important heritage of Sir Douglas Nicholls and the strong women in his life who equally strove for the well-being and equality of First Nations people, with a heartfelt call out against racism in...
by Brigid Ryan | May 17, 2023 | Club News & Events
Darebin Falcons vs Northside Lions Victorian Metropolitan Superules Australian Football League Darebin v Northside’s Arnell Cup celebrates Brenda Arnell who played in Northside’s inaugural women’s team and Lauren Arnell, Falcons Premiership player, captain of...
by Brigid Ryan | May 1, 2023 | Club News & Events
We are privileged to have received Jump Start! funding from VicHealth enabling us to expand our community inclusion and diversity programs by employing Aasta O’Connor as our inaugural Inclusion and Diversity Manager from August 2022 to July 2023. Jump Start! is all...
by Brigid Ryan | Apr 9, 2023 | Club News & Events
At the Falcons, our Inclusion and Diversity programs aim to reach out to groups across the Darebin community who are often excluded from sport, introduce them to the fun and wellbeing benefits of being active, and develop social and physical skills. The club’s first...
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 Brigid Ryan | Sep 8, 2022 | Club News & Events, General, Junior Girls Soccer, Soccer
FFV Metropolitan Girls’ North-10 Wallabies Darebin’s U10 Reds team were up to the challenge in the 2022 season when they were lifted from the North 9 Joeys league to the North 10 Wallabies. The comp was re-graded midway through the year, with Darebin Under 10...
by Brigid Ryan | Aug 26, 2022 | Club News & Events, General, Junior Girls Soccer, Sports
FFV Metropolitan Girls’ North-West 17/18B It’s a positive vibe for the final three matches of the season for the Darebin U18’s soccer team, who still have plenty to play for in the 2022 season. With the hard work at training, as well as excellent communication...
by Brigid Ryan | Jul 12, 2022 | Club News & Events, General
Victorian Metropolitan Superules Australian Football League Saturday 9 July 2022 Darebin Falcons def Northside Lions The Darebin Falcons were presented with The Arnell Cup by Brenda ‘Junior’ Arnell, winning their match against the Northside Lions in the Vic...
by Rachel Hibbert | Jul 5, 2022 | Club News & Events, VFLW, VFLW Results
Vivacious, inclusive, spritely. Tenacious, unrelenting and fiercely determined. Since joining the Falcons as an effervescent, dark-brown-haired 15-year-old, Gena has grown up surrounded by a host of inspiring and sought after footy heads.Gena, Gen, GLT has seen both...
by Brigid Ryan | Jun 2, 2022 | Club News & Events, General, VFLW
Darebin Falcons proudly wore a Rebecca Bell designed jumper for the VFLW’s Sir Doug Nicholls Round. The Indigenous round is celebrated nationally and provides a platform to celebrate and recognise the contributions of First Nations peoples. It an event to make the...
by Brigid Ryan | May 24, 2022 | Club News & Events, VFLW, VFLW Results
Darebin has commissioned the club’s first Indigenous Jumper for the 2022 Sir Doug Nicholls Round on Saturday 28 May. The jumper design is the work of Fitzroy Stars artist Rebecca Bell, inspired by the story of the Darebin Falcons. The project was led from the VFLW...
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 Kellee Nolan | May 7, 2022 | Club News & Events
This year, Mother’s Day will be all about the soccer for Thornbury mother and daughter Mandy and Lily. Lily plays in the Darebin Falcons U8 Blues and her mum Mandy is assistant coach. It’s Lily’s first season playing soccer and she is loving it. “I really like all my...
by Mereki | Apr 11, 2022 | Club News & Events
The Darebin Women’s Sports Club was founded by women as a club for women and girls to participate in sport in a supportive environment.The explicitly feminist roots of our club’s culture and mission remain unchanged. Further, the DWSC has a proud history and culture...
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 | 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...
by Mereki | Aug 27, 2021 | Club News & Events, Coaching
At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this year, the Women’s Football goal medal winners, Canada were led to victory by Head Coach Bev Priestman. Priestman was one of only 9 female soccer coaches (including assistant coaches) from a contingent of 59 coaches. This...
by Brigid Ryan | Jul 26, 2021 | Club News & Events
Although every month is Women’s Coaching Month at Darebin, it has been great to see some valuable new coaching tools launched by AFL as part of their new initiative, marking July as Women’s Coaching Month. Despite the AFLW bringing about a footy revolution for women...
by Brigid Ryan | Jul 7, 2021 | Club News & Events
The Darebin Board, and VFLW squad would like to send a heartfelt thank you to all our 2021 Player Sponsors. This year, our VFLW Player Sponsors have been essential for the club to enter the state’s highest competition, and to support skills and experience at this...
by Brigid Ryan | May 4, 2021 | Club News & Events
Our Nest was bathed in sunshine and smiles on Sunday May 2 with the launch of the 2021 MiniRoos Program. As a nationwide Football Australia program, MiniRoos Kick Off is an introduction to soccer for kids aged 4-9. The program uses short, game-based sessions to...
by Brigid Ryan | May 4, 2021 | Club News & Events
Building connections between Masters and VFLW. Darebin’s Masters team has backed the Club’s VFLW 2021 campaign this year, grouping together to sponsor 3 players. The team is incredibly proud to be associated with the VFLW 2021 squad, and their endeavors off and off...
by Brigid Ryan | May 4, 2021 | Club News & Events
The Falcons would like to thank Darebin Falcon great, Sarah Hammond for her support of our VFLW development players this season. Mentoring and developing the next generation. This VFLW season saw a wide range of sponsors get around our very own Darebin Falcons. One...
by Mereki | Apr 27, 2021 | Club News & Events
Mitch Skelly joined the Darebin Falcons in November 2019 and was appointed Senior Coach in 2020. Skelly has extensive experience in coaching women’s football, having held senior coaching roles both in Australia and the UK, coaching the Wandsworth Demons...
