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Laverton Magpies Womens Football Team

Locality: Laverton, Victoria, Australia

Address: Corner of Hall Avenue and Merton Street 3028 Laverton, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 Wow what can I say??? You go girls!!! We have come so far since starting on this journey in July!!! ... Todays afternoon session completed the informal training sessions that we have been holding over the last few weeks. We have all been able to improve, enjoy and learn so much in such a short amount of time! Next week we will return to pre season training! So if you too would like to join in on the fun, make sure you send us a message! Looking forward to continuing this amazing journey with you all! Ill leave you with a final point to think about, "success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome" ... #Staytuned

24.01.2022 Hello gang, Frosty here. Sorry for late message, but due to the weather, im gonna cancel tonights training. Sorry for the inconvenience. ... See u all Wednesday at 6 pm.

20.01.2022 What a great atmosphere its been at Laverton Football Club lately! The last few weeks have seen us improve on our fitness and we have continued to work on and build on our knowledge of the basic skills needed in a game! We have been very lucky to have some of the men from the Senior teams come down and join in, support, encourage and mentor our women players! ... Thank you for your continued contribution to our team! Its so fantastic to see the club and all its players and supporters embracing womens football! Looking forward to what we can continue to all achieve together! Have a look at this pic from Tuesday nights training session! #happyteam

20.01.2022 So tonight was a very uplifting night where my team mates and I learnt , understood and grew together ... We talked about our great game , the rules #, the different positions on the field, we spoke about the history of the club , the reason we are here to play footy and what we stand for as a team ! Tonight was such a positive experience that allowed us to gain a better insight into our game and our personal reasons for taking up the great sport of AFL !... Together we stand as one and we stand for : Teamwork Community Mateship Showing Up Passion Support Respect Unity Trust Future Learn Family Good Communication Commitment Playing = Winning Smashing stereotypes Encouraging Growth Courage Health Sportmanship Positivity Never Give Up Growth Honesty #wearefemale #wearedoingthisforourselveswitheachother #wehavealreadywon #wearestrongwearewomen #brackingbarriers #chicksthatkick #weplayfootball #wearelaverton #lavertonmagpiesfc A big thank you to Bek and James for having us over at your house and allowing us to use your space. A big thank you to Mal for stepping up and being our coach, for sharing your knowledge and experiences with us all and for feeding us tonight! Thank you to the Past Players at Laverton for supporting us last night! Thank you to Nicks Pizza in Wyndham Vale for providing us with some delicious pizzas and giving us a great deal! Abbey

20.01.2022 As our team has taken a short break from our formal training sessions for the next few weeks, Id like to share with you what we achieved today! Today we held a Sunday training session for the women who were keen to keep practicing and keep improving. We had 12 ladies come to train and join in on the action! We had so much fun this morning and throughly enjoyed our time spent together. We laughed with one another, enjoyed competing against one another for the ball ...and continued to encourage and support one another throughout our session! We are growing as a team and becoming a family and for that I am so proud! Keep up the great work ladies! Your commitment is ! - Abbey

20.01.2022 Morning ladies, As today is our first taste of summer, just a reminder to keep ya fluids up today, plenty of water and stay away from the fizzy drinks. I dont wanna knowbody passing out nor throwing up on me tonight, ha ha. ... If its still hovsring around the 30degree mark come training, ill shorten the session. See u all tonight.

20.01.2022 Morning ladies, As promised and a reminder, tonights training down at Altona Beach, Apex Park, 6pm. Just a light session then over to the water. Bring towel and whatever else. ... Lads who r on this page more than welcome to join, see u all down there. Keep cool and fluids up.

19.01.2022 Laverton Football Club is hosting a Come and Try night for AusKick and under 9s team on Thursday 8th of March. There will be a BBQ, activities and free show bags. Bring and friend and come along to see what all the fuss is about #lavertonmagpies

18.01.2022 Congratulations Nicole Cooper. What an honour, to see you receive your hard earned award tonight. Your generosity and love for football and Laverton Football Club is admireable. Thank-you for your dedication.

18.01.2022 The Laverton Football Club welcomes all women and supporters to the club Thursday 22nd February, where we will be having a Uniform Fitting. Starsub will be be present so that all apparel will be available to try on and be fitted for. We highly encourage all ladies to make it to the club tomorrow night as we need to order our football jumpers. Time: 5:45pm in the club rooms.

18.01.2022 You know youve had a great night when you leave with a big smile on your face and a sore stomach from so many laughs! Thanks guys for making my night so great! You are all awesome! Special thank you to the Western Bulldogs for providing us with free tickets into last nights game, we had fantastic seats and got to spend the evening bonding as a team and reviewing the game together! We really appreciate the support ... so thank you! Thanks to everyone who could make it!... I think judging by this photo, its fair to say we all had a great night!! #lookatthosesmiles

16.01.2022 Exciting news ! Laverton Magpies Football Club are now recruiting for Under 9s. Please share, share, share the word and lets get a team together!

15.01.2022 Morning ladies, Just a reminder about no training tonight due to Melbourne Cup. Enjoy the night off and hope u all back a few winners. See u all Thursday, the last before we join in training with the boys next week. Have a great day.... Happy punting.

15.01.2022 Today was a great morning to have a Sunday training session and get back into some football after the week off last Sunday, due to Fathers Day! I love what I saw today ladies! So well done! Pat on the back is needed! We had a few key goals that we worked on during the session, they were: ... - focusing on the ball before thinking about disposing it. - marking the football whilst continuing to move forward then kick. Here we practiced steadying before kicking and completing it in one motion. - marking the ball out in front of our chest. I think that we did a fantastic job in working towards our goals for the session. We worked really hard to work on these goals as a team but also on our individual goals. I love how focused you all are during our training sessions! The support of the ladies is so inspiring. You all bring so much energy, enthusiasm and commitment to training and will help each other through any task that is thrown your way! Well done ladies its so awesome to see and so awesome to be able to say that you are all my team mates! Keep working hard and keep striving high as together I believe we can achieve anything we put our minds too! #thefutureisbright

13.01.2022 The Laverton Magpies Football Club is happy to announce that we will be holding training sessions for a Under 9 Juniors team at the club. This is a very exciting moment for our club as we are able to bridge the gap between Auskick and Senior football at the club and with a bit of luck and community support we will have Junior Football back at Laverton! We hope you can make it! The details: WHEN:... Training will begin on Wednesday the 31st of January WHERE: Laverton Magpies Football Club Address: Merton Street and corner of Hall Ave, Laverton 3028. TIME: 5:30pm start WHO: Please come along if you are interested in playing in an under 9s team for the 2018 season. Boys and girls are welcome. The age minimum for an Under 9s team is 7 years of age. Other info: Come on down for a night of fun! Meet the coach, some new friends and bring your current ones. Everyone is welcome! We look forward to meeting you all! Please spread the word and share with your family and friends!

12.01.2022 Our girl Abbey Brown, featuring in the Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly for her award as Young Person of the Year of the Hobsons Bay City Council. We are s...o proud to have this dedicated, committed and inspiring women a part of our family and growing our Womens Football Team. Read the article below. See more

11.01.2022 Good afternoon all, Here is a snap shot of what we achieved today! Well done to the 8 ladies who came to training today! It was pretty windy and with the small numbers it made us really have to focus and be switched on! ... Todays focus was mostly around kicking. We started the session with our warm ups, then went into a Criss Cross handball drill. Here we continued to work on watching the ball for 2 seconds before deciding what to do next with the ball. We also aimed to handball to the next persons chest level, so that they can mark the ball and be off! We then worked on our kicking ... We started kicking to our partner about 10 meters apart. The goal was too: - focus on our partner (our target) and be able to kick to a short target. - we wanted to "hit" our partner at chest level - once marked we wanted to push back and then walk forward and kick. This is especially important as it teaches us to move back once weve taken a mark, if we decide to not play on in a game situation. We spent about 15-20 minutes working on our kicking goals, it was great to see us understand, improve and celebrate together when we kicked it well! We then finished the session with a running/sprinting/kicking drill. I set up my agility sticks so that the girls had to use their speed to get around the sticks, all whilst holding the ball under their arm. Once they got closer to the "gates" they had to steady then kick. We had the receiver pushing across to the cone where the ball had to be kicked too. The person receiving the ball had to use their voice but also time their run so that they were in the correct position to receive to football. We really focused on sprinting around the poles, thinking that the poles were an opposition player. Then steadying before kicking, this is especially important as we didnt want to hook the ball and kick across our body, we wanted to see our target and try and hit them up. This drill was a little bit more advanced today, and you all did an amazing job! We had quite a few things to think about and do in the one drill but your efforts today showed me that you were ready for the challenge! We will continue to work on this and these type of drills, which really helps with understanding what needs to be done in a game! Again, well done today ladies! I love your energy, your drive, your commitment, enthusiasm and friendship! Your all doing amazing things so keep working hard and never stop trying! Go Magpies!

11.01.2022 Evening Legends, Frosty here. Just sending out a reminder that we r back tomorrow training 6pm at the club. Hope u all enjoyed ur Christmas and the break away, but its time to get back into it and prepare for season 2018. For those who cant make it, let me know either here, messenger or call mwe 0400050946. ... See u there Legends.

09.01.2022 We are extremely sad to announce the sudden passing of our former player & great mate, Abooma Booma Abdi. The Laverton Magpies Football Club would like to send our deepest condolences to his friends and family at this sad time. Booma was a handy player who come up through the juniors in the early 2000s and eventually become quite a handy senior player. ... Unfortunately work commitments stopped him from playing recently, but he always popped in to say hello which was greatly appreciated by us all. You will be missed mate, our thoughts are with Boomas family and friends. RIP

08.01.2022 Its been a while since Ive had a chance to share with you all what the women of Laverton FC have been up too. Over the last few weeks we have been lucky enough to have the assistance of some of the men who have trained with us. Their ability to communicate with us, help us learn and show us what we needed to do was invaluable to our learning and improvement. We thank you for helping mentor us and look forward to continuing to build on our journey together as a club. ... We also have changed our training night to Monday and Wednesday evenings, this is for the pre season period and will coincide with the mens training times. This allows us to train together as a football club and provide assistance to each other if and when needed. This footage was from Monday night, our first Monday training session. Our numbers were a little bit low due to the change of days and players having to change around their commitments. We are still looking for any senior women who might be interested in playing football for 2018. Our team culture is built around friendship, inclusion, fun, improvement and support. We also are a family friendly club (as you can see in the video ). We welcome the idea of bring your children to training and also being a part of the team/club. We believe that not only you have to be happy at our club but also your family! Our club will be having a stall THIS SUNDAY (19th of November) at the Laverton Festival, between 11am to 4pm. If you are in the area come and say hey ... we would love to have a chat to you about our club and the exciting things that are ahead for Laverton Magpies FC!

08.01.2022 Afternoon ladies, Hope all is well and everybody enjoyed their Grand Final weekend. Just to let everyone involved know, we r back this week. The Laverton FC Womans team starts its inauggural pre season for season 2018 tomorrow night. ... Preseason Laverton Football Ground, cnr Merton and Hall streets, Laverton. 6pm for a 6.10pm start till about 7.30pm. Those who need sitters, bring the kids along, daylight savings is here so get em.out of the house, ha ha. Bring whatever shoes ur comfortable with. Please pass this on to anyone not on Facebook and if know any ladies interested in playing or trying something new, feel free to bring along. Hope to see many there as possible.

08.01.2022 The Laverton Magpies Womens Football Team would just like to wish all the Dads out there a very big Happy Fathers Day! In particular we would like to wish Frosty, Mal and Noa a very happy Fathers Day, thanks for everything youve done for our team so far! We all hope that you have a great day with your families and special people in your lives!

07.01.2022 LOOK OUT! Laverton Magpies Senior Womens Team will have a stall at Laverton festival this weekend! Our enthusiastic ladies playing in the team will be at the stall actively engaging with the locals to seek out new recruits and raise funds through our various raffle prizes. This will all help to get the team on the field next year! We will have a football obstacle course, sure to be heaps of fun for little ones or maybe, youre keen to show off your handballing skills, either way it will be loads of fun and a great day out. So, come on down say "hello" because we are really excited to be getting out in the community reprsent our club and meet as many people as we can!

07.01.2022 What an amazing Sunday the Laverton Magpies Football Club had at the Laverton Festival. We thank the organisers of the festival for letting us be a part of this amazing local event. By being apart of the festival we were able to meet some local people and share with them all what our club has to offer. ...Continue reading

06.01.2022 Recently, Nicole Cooper was nominated to win the "local hero" award, chosen and given by Joanne Ryan MP, member for Lalor. We must give Nicole a huge congratulations because today we found out she has received this award! The "local hero" award is a huge achievement and is given to demonstrate dedication to the club that she has been supporting for 17 years. It recognises all her hard work and acknowledges that volunteers are the backbone to the club and our community. Nicole, thank-you for all that you do, we really appreciate it and we are very lucky to have you with us at the womens team.

06.01.2022 Hello All, The mens fixture is out and cant wait to see the ladies fixture! Exciting times. Looking forward to cheering on the mens side. http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi

05.01.2022 Congratulations to the Richmond Football Club who have just won the 2017 premiership!! Congrats to all the Tiger fans that can celebrate todays achievement!!! #Tigers

05.01.2022 T H A N K Y O U T O S A R A H L A M P A R D On behalf of the Senior Women at the Laverton Magpies Football Club we would like to thank Sarah Lampard, Melbourne FC AFLW player for coming down to training tonight and sharing her knowledge of the game with us all. Sarah told us her story about how she became involved with AFL and how she got to where she is today with the Melbourne Football Club. As she was sharing her story the connection of enjoyment of the game was p...resent in the ladies faces! It was evident that this game that we play means more to us than just what we can showcase in games, its a bond that is bigger than who we are as people, its a game that utilises the idea that we are one for all and all for one, its a game that brings everyone together and creates a lifestyle that is so addictive and positive and can help us tackle any adversity as long as we do it together! As we listened to Sarah I could see our minds ticking over and making a connection to Sarahs wise words. We have only been playing together for a short time but one thing that is for sure is that our bond is already super tight ... and I CAN NOT WAIT TO SHOWCASE WHAT WE HAVE LEARNT! We then focused on the fundamentals of football with Sarah, handballing and kicking being the main two skills. We worked on moving back after taking a mark and making sure that our stride lengths are short and steady as this will provide us with momentum as we move forward and dispose of the football! We also continued to work on backing each other up and nice loud calls when receiving the ball! Sarahs ability to share with us what she has learnt over her football journey was priceless. We gained so much from having you here tonight Sarah and we had such a great night! Also Id like to thank, Nish Moses from AFL Vic for organising Sarah to be able to come down and also Katherine Nancarrow for working with Nish to be able to arrange tonights session! Also a big thank you to the girls for coming down tonight and being a part of the session! And a big thank you to Mase for capturing these photos and videos, your a champion Mason! Thank you all very much! Please enjoy a small video from tonights training session! If you too would like to join in the fun and experience playing a team sport where everyone is super supportive and encouraging, then please contact us to join in the fun! Kind regards, Abbey and Laverton Team! https://www.facebook.com/abbey.brow/posts/10213534325493065

04.01.2022 Laverton Magpies Football Club want to congratulate one of our own Abbey Brown, for winning Young Citizen Of The Year for the Hobsons Bay City Council. She was ...voted unanimously in a record year for nominations. Abbey received this award for her work in empowering women to participate in womens football, in particular the set up of the Laverton Magpies Senior Womens Team. She is a leading mentor for both girls and women in sports and a dedicated coach and volunteer. We could not think of a more deserving winner and are proud to call her one of our own. Congratulations Abbey! See more

04.01.2022 7 DAYS TO GO!!!!!!!!!

04.01.2022 Tonight was the last training session of 2017 for the senior females. Great to see many faces and also have some of the boys come along and help up with our skills #lavertonmagpies #wrfl #bringon2018

04.01.2022 A T T E N T I O N The Laverton Magpies Senior Womens Team have a Local Matters Jar at Grilld Point Cook! YAY!! We are hoping to raise some money through this program for our Senior Womens Team! ... The monies raised will help our ladies out by using new equipment, especially some new footballs! Can we please ask a favour? If you do go to Grilld Point Cook within the next few weeks, that you support our team and club and donate your token in our Local Matters Jar Our jar will be available all December Wed like to take this time to thank you in advance for your ongoing support! You guys rock! We would also like to thank Grilld for allowing us to be apart of such a great opportunity, especially in our teams inaugural year! Such a great opportunity to help out within the local community! We look forward to enjoying a delicious burger whilst also supporting our team and wed love for you to be able to as well! Please also feel free to share this post with friends and family! Thanks again, The Laverton Magpies Team!

03.01.2022 Few snaps from last nights training session. Great to see some of the guys join our session to start early preseason training. Great things are happening. Next training this thursday from 6pm. See you all there.

03.01.2022 The Laverton football club would like to welcome Mal Hartshorne as coach for this season womens team! We would also like to thank Matt Frost for coaching us since forming our team mid way through last year. We appreciate all you have done for our team and are thankful for all we have learnt. Unfortunately work commitments for Matt have made the role of coach unattainable. We thank you for all you have done for us, your contribution will not go unnoticed. We are excited to h...ave Mal share his football knowledge with us all and continue to help us grow during our inaugural season. Meet the coach: Mal is a very passionate Laverton Magpies supporter, he is a life member of the club and has been involved in many achievements throughout his 46 year involvement and contribution to our great club. He started out as a player at Laverton and then progressed into many different coaching roles. He has worked with Junior football teams and Senior and Reserves teams at the club. Mal has achieved some fabulous accolades and memories over his time with LMFC. Some of these include: 2 time premiership player premiership coach (Under 12s) won the leagues Best and Fairest award 3 time club Best and Fairest winner When we asked Mal why he wanted to coach the Womens Team, he said it was about opportunities (for women) and being a part of its progression. He is glad that he has been asked as the Senior Womens Coach and is ready for the task at hand and looks forward to the experience. We all at LMFC are very excited to have Mal on board, as we believe that he can share his football knowledge, experiences and words of wisdom with us all! Looking forward to seeing what we can achieve together ...

01.01.2022 Amart sports are having a sale today! ... 20% off store wide ... If anyone is heading that way and decides to make a purchase then please say that you are from the Laverton Auskick. Your purchase will contribute 5% towards our club. Yes it is Under Auskick but it will be shared throughout the whole club! Thank you and happy shopping!