Page 4 - AFL Queensland 2015 Year in Review

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Total pa icipation reached 216,381 - a massive 20.12 per cent increase on 2014
Queensland continues to have the highest school pa icipation with 159,435 primary and secondary students playing the game in 2015
Over 5,100 fans a ended Townsville’s NAB Challenge match between the Gold Coast SUNS and Geelong
A 55 member Youth Girls Academy and 40 member Women’s Talent Academy were established
Four Queenslanders were selected in the 2015 NAB AFL Dra and a fu her seven picked up in the Rookie Dra
The Queensland All Nations team won the National Diversity Championship
History was made, with Queensland winning Division Two titles in both the Under 16 and Under 18 national championships for the first time
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The Queensland Female Football Strategy (2016- 2018) was published
G AFL Queensland, the Gold Coast SUNS and Brisbane Lions delivered community camps in Mackay, the Sunshine Coast and Wide
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The state’s first Access All
Abilities Auskick centre was Bay established at Aspley FC
Brisbane Lions star Dayne Beams was named Queensland Disability Inclusion Ambassador
47 new female community teams were formed
State Auskick Coordinator Emily Wastle won the 2015 Jill Lindsay Scholarship
AFL Queensland became the first state a iliate to map all of its facilities and pa icipation using a GIS computer inte ace to improve strategic planning.
Over $40 million wo h of infrastructure projects were completed.
Australia’s first AFL Diversity Academy was announced, based at Inala in Brisbane’s multicultural western suburbs
G Female pa icipation rose 37.96 per cent to 71,293
G The AFL Queensland Junior Football Depa ment was established to administer the Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast Junior leagues and provide suppo to junior a iliate leagues in the Darling Downs, No hern Rivers, Wide Bay, Mackay, Capricornia, Townsville and Cairns
G Construction commenced on a new Elite Training and Administration Centre to house the Gold Coast SUNS and AFL Queensland’s Gold Coast programs
G Queensland boundary umpire Gareth Hughes
and goal umpire Alastair Meldrum were added to the AFL umpires list, and field umpire Alex Whe on was rookie listed
DEAN WARREN
AFL QUEENSLAND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER