2012 Pre Season Training Starts

Pre Season Training starts Late February. Details TBA. Mahoney park, Cnr Illawarra Road and Wharf Street, Marrickville. Google Map

Expressions of Interest sought for the 2012 NSW/ACT U18 Youth Girls National Championship.

For details please contact the committee. Act now and dont miss out!

Breakaways Grace the Silver Screen on OneHD
Breakaways were once again featured on Thursday Live, the OneHD Weekly sports show again after their 2010 Premiership Victory. Also on this weeks AFL Grand Final special Michael Voss (3-time premiership winner w/ Brisbane Lions) & Tadgh Kennelly another Red & White legend.

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Congratulations Nat Redford & Tash Devlin 1st & 2nd 2010 Best & Fairest
On SWAFL's night of nights it was once again time for the Breakaways to shine. We should put a note there that our
Breakaways captain Natalie Redford won the league’s Best & Fairest for the second time. Last years winner Breakaways President Natasha Devlin came in a close second only 1 point separating the two. An unbelievable achievement for both girls who have put in big efforts on the field year on year.

This Best & Fairest award tops off a phenominal year for Breakaways Captain Nat Redford - THE STATS:-
1 of only 3 NSW players to be selected in the Aussie representative team who spent 5 days in a high performance camp in Melbourne this year
Winner of the inaugural Sharon McFerrin award for the player in the camp who exhibited the best AFL qualities
Captaining Back-2-Back 2009/2010 premiership winning team
SWAFL 2010 Best & Fairest
SWAFL 2008 Best & Fairest

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BREAKAWAYS 2010 BACK-2-BACK SWAFL CHAMPIONS
Breakaways silence the critics in a gutsy Grand Final Win over the favourites Balmain Dockers.
After a seamless undefeated season the Dockers were clear favourites to take out the 2010 Title. A big upset in the Prelim final saw the Breakaways take out the Dockers for the first time in 2010 and advance direct to the Grand Final.
Despite reports that the prelim was "the game the Dockers needed to lose" to refocus. It was the Breakaways who found the heart and confidence that 2010 was not going to be the year of the docker.
The Grand Final saw both teams give it their all. Dockers up at quarter time.
The pasion, experience and great coaching saw the Breakaways keep their intensity up for the full 80 minutes and deliver a Championship performance that Balmain had no answers for.
Brillaint defence by the Backs and guts in the middle kept the Dockers to only 3 goals for the whole game
The forwards delivered the goods when called and when the siren sounded at full time the Mighty Breakaways proved why they are the undesputed team of the Decade. Click here to see the match Report

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CONGRATULATIONS TO NAT & ROXY ALL AUSTRALIANS
Breakways own Nat Redford & Roxy McGee completed a 5 day high performance training schedule in Melbourne two weekends ago, culminating in an exhibition match on the MCG as the curtain raiser to the sold out Melbourne vs Collingwood game last Monday. Both Nat & Roxy learnt HEAPS while in the camp and they’re both pumped up to bring their fresh knowledge back to us. Congratulations to both Nat & Roxy for such an amazing achievement, and another congratulations to Nat for winning the inaugural Shannon McFerran Medal, voted by her peers, to acknowledge the player showing the best attitude & leadership in the camp! See the links below for the story and photos of the girls in action in Melbourne.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/a-league-of-their-own-20100614-ya9y.html

http://www.theage.com.au/photogallery/afl/women-take-to-the-afl-pitch/20100614-ya8w.html

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BREAKAWAYS 2010 COACH APPOINTED
Following the departure of our Super coach, Jamie Robertson, with an unbelievable 5 premierships under her belt, we had a big task to fill the position of coach, and were conscious of the big shoes to fill following her departure. So, after an extensive recruitment campaign, we’ve secured an amazing coach for our 2010 season!

Full detail to be released soon, but some credentials of the new coach include: fantastic vision and knowledge for modern running game & great ability to communicate game tactics and skills with players of all levels; extremely passionate to see the Women’s footy league advance to gain general public acknowledgement; coached u18’s team and assisted with senior’s men’s teams; most recently coached u16 youth team to Premiership; coached all levels of junior footy leagues; mentor to all the coaches of the whole junior’s club; Sydney’s talent scout for Fremantle Dockers AFL team; with Fremantle Dockers coaching team such that he receives all their training drills and knowledge; unparalleled off field achievements in building a struggling juniors club into the best resourced and financially secure club of the league, during his presidency; direct ties with Kevin Sheedy and is a mad Essendon supporter.

The coach will start training with us after this weekend’s training run, but will be popping past during our session this Sunday to have a quick look and introduce himself, so make sure you’re there to meet the new coach! Also, he’s already set us our first task… to go to the Sydney Swans vs Carlton NAB CUP match on Saturday 20 Feb at Blacktown, 7.40pm, where we’ll all sit together (on the old-skool hill) and discuss footy team set-ups, and tactics employed by those 2 elite teams. So, get your tickets to this game (only $16) from http://www.rootyhillrsl.com.au/ . The more people we get to this event, the more benefit to our season, and your personal understanding of the game, so get your tickets now! Also… Chris Judd is playing!

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PARKVIEW HOTEL – 2YR SPONSORSHIP DEAL SECURED
The Parkview Hotel were pleased to extend their relationship with the Newtown Breakaways on a more permanent basis, and will be our sponsors for the next 2 years! This is a great acknowledgement of successful partnership we formed with them last year, and a view to a fruitful continued relationship with them for the next 2 years. So, get down to the Parkview, thank them for their support, have a drink, and check out our Premiership photo displayed proudly on their wall!

MORE SPONSORSHIPS TO COME
We are currently working on securing a few more major sponsorships, which are needed to keep our fees down. If you can help in any way, please contact Jemma on sponsorship@newtownbreakaways.com

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2009 NBFC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & 2010 COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
On November 29 at Kuleto's Cocktail bar, the Annual General Meeting for the Newtown Breakaways was held. The most important order of the day was appointing a the Committee for the 2010 season.

Congratulations to Natasha Devlin who takes the reins of the Breakaways as President.
She has played an instrumental role in 2009 on and off the field and we look forward to her contibution as President in 2010

No doubt she has big shoes to fill in the absence of Rebecca 'Becstar' Burridge who has done an oustanding job keeping us afloat. She will be greatly missed by everyone at the club.

2010 Committee Appointments
President: Natasha Devlin
Secretary: Sarah Groube
Treasurer: Verna Ilse
Sponsorship & Fundraising Manager: Jemma Still
Football Manager: Roxy McGee

Team Support:
Team Manager: Mandy Jennings
Media Manager: Natalie Redford
Website Developer: Tray Farrugia

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2009 NBFC MEDIA COVERAGE

Breakaways Captain Natalie Redford features on Radio discussing Women in AFL
Listen to the interview here

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