by Mereki | Mar 1, 2021 | Falcons History
The Darebin Women’s Sports Club has cemented its place in the history of women’s sport in Australia. From humble beginnings, the Falcons have built a community, a family, a home. The success of the AFLW, the Matildas and the Australian Women’s Cricket team has thrown...
by Mereki | Feb 1, 2021 | Falcons History
As this abridged oral history of the Falcons makes clear: Darebin is more than a sporting club, more than a place to play and watch sport. It’s more than its multiple premierships, booming participation numbers and elite pathways. Just how special Darebin has been and...
by Mereki | Jan 1, 2021 | Falcons History
The beginning of the AFLW had an enormous impact at grassroots. The Darebin Falcons were no exception. But while much of the AFLW narrative focussed on pathways for young women and girls to continue their football uninterrupted, for many women who felt like they...
by Mereki | Dec 1, 2020 | Falcons History
While the Falcons premier team continued its winning way through to 2017, it would be myopic not to position this success within the broader landscape of the tumultuous changes to women’s footy, nor their flow on impacts to the rest of the senior footy program at the...
by Mereki | Nov 1, 2020 | Falcons History
After the high of five consecutive Aussie rules senior premierships, the Falcons were perfectly placed to continue their dominance. And in a fashion, they did. The senior team made the grand final in both 2011 and 2012, but there was no fairytale end with the team...
by Mereki | Oct 1, 2020 | Falcons History, Football
After nearly twenty years of providing opportunities for women to play sport, the Falcons spread their wings in 2008 and launched their first junior team: a youth girls Aussie rules team. It would be the beginning of a remarkably successful junior program that would...
