AFL Queensland is calling for nominations for the “Female in Football Award” to coincide with the AFL’s Women’s’ Week.

AFL Queensland is calling for nominations for the “Female in Football Award” today to coincide with the AFL’s Women’s’ Week.

WHO will ever forget the remarkable spectacle these two sides turned on at Len Peak Oval last year?
Coolangatta kicked 13 goals in the fourth quarter – yet still lost by three goals in the round-three clash.

SPRINGWOOD were blown away by Palm Beach-Currumbin at their last appearance and things do not get any easier this round when the Western Magpies visit Lowe Oval.

DON’T worry about current positions on the ladder, the Sunny Derby is always a big grudge match up on the Sunshine Coast.

ROOKIE Surfers Paradise coach Beau Zorko has refused to be drawn into a slanging match with Burleigh counterpart Zane Doubleday in the build-up to the Gold Coast derby at Bomberland.

IT is crunch time for former powers Palm Beach-Currumbin in the Pineapple Hotel Cup at Salk Oval on Saturday.
A round-nine match-up against ladder leaders Sandgate will unquestionably answer a couple of questions about whether this year’s Lions are the real deal or whether they are simply in-between in relation to the top and bottom groups.
PBC, the 2009 champions, lost to the top three sides in the opening four rounds, but have beaten all other sides since to sit in fifth spot on the ladder, three ins behind co-leaders Sandgate and Wilston-Grange.

THE Surfers Paradise Demons will finish the QAFL Premier Division season with a new face at the helm following a parting of the ways with former coach Robert Martin.

Federal Minister for Sport, Mark Arbib, today joined Gold Coast Suns player Josh Fraser to welcome players from a new AFL Youth Girls team to Metricon Stadium as part of AFL Women’s Week.

No.1 ruckman Kenrick Tyrrell is among five players ruled out of the Queensland squad for the clash with WA in Perth on 18 June.

Vice-captain Jackson Allen has been cleared to return to the Australia Post Queensland Scorpions side for their second match in the NAB Australian U18 Championships.

Female footballers will stamp their mark on the new Metricon Stadium this weekend as part of Women’s Week in the AFL.

Not even another standout performance from Jade Pregelj could prevent a Queensland loss today in the Australian Women’s Championships in Adelaide.

Queensland today sent a no-nonsense message to the female football community Australia wide as the national championships got under way in Adelaide.

Young AFLQ field umpire Chris Melin talks about his ultra busy schedule.

The Overall Quest Community Newspapers’ Volunteer of the Year Award, was won for the first time last year by Mount Gravatt’s Peter Jamieson , is back again this year bigger and better than ever.

Monday 6 June 2011 Colour, nor culture, bore any barrier for a special group of boys who recently took part in the Narangba Valley Vipers AFL Academy and Tiwi College cultural exchange. Touring through south-east Queensland, boys from both schools…

IT is difficult to think that the current top five teams in the Pineapple Hotel Cup will not be the ones contesting finals action later in the year.
On Saturday, when the top five sides played those occupying the lower rungs of the ladder, results left, in order, Sandgate (28 points), Wilston-Grange (28), Western Magpies (24), Noosa (20) and Palm Beach-Currumbin on the money to play in the finals.
Heading into the half-way mark of the 16-round season, it is going to be difficult for those sides out of the top five to get some September action.
Palm Beach-Currumbin’s hot streak of high scores was cut somewhat when they beat Surfers Paradise in their Gold Coast derby, the Lions scoring by 34 points after an even first half.
Co-leaders Sandgate and Wilston-Grange had comfortable wins over Maroochy-Northshore and Burleigh respectively, the Western Magpies coughed up a surprise early lead but still beat Mayne, while up on the Sunshine Coast, Noosa overpowered Coolangatta.

ANY fears Noosa coach Wayne Fletcher may have had about a slow start by his Tigers on Saturday were quickly put to rest with a cracking opening term against Coolangatta at Weyba Road.

FRUSTRATED player-coach Luke Faulkner was at a loss to explain how the Tigers managed to turn what was shaping as a major upset into a13-goal loss at Everton Park on Saturday.

SANDGATE exposed the vast chasm between top and bottom of the Pineapple Hotel Cup competition with a crushing win over grossly undermanned Maroochy-Northshore at Lemke Road on Saturday.

IN a round that featured several high-scoring first quarters, Wilston-Grange had the best of all, smashing visitors Burleigh with an ambush at Hickey Park on Saturday.

The Australia Post Queensland Scorpions have opened their 2011 NAB Australian U18 Championships campaign with a 57-point loss to division one heavyweights South Australia at Blacktown Olympic Stadium in Sydney

Alexandra Hills Vs Aspley Last time they met – Alexandra Hills 16.14.110 def. Aspley 16.13.109 Alexandra Hills and Aspley will open round ten at Keith Surridge oval on Saturday. In round one the Bombers came away with the points in…

Friday 3 June 2011 Coomera boy Luke Adams will realise his ultimate childhood dream when he plays on the hallowed MCG turf during the 2011 Toyota AFL Grand Final.   Luke, a participant at the Coomera NAB AFL Auskick Centre,…

Ipswich Vs Calamvale Last time they met – Ipswich 25.10.160 def. Calamvale 12.9.81 Ipswich will be at home against Calamvale this week to kick off round eleven in State Association division two. The Eagles will want to create a buffer…

IS the final five starting to take shape nearing the half-way mark of the Pineapple Hotel Cup?
We’ll certainly know more after Saturday’s fixtures because the top five teams are drawn against five of the lower-ladder sides, Springwood excepted (the Pumas have the weekend bye).
On current standings, Sandgate (24), Wilston-Grange (24), Western Magpies (20) and Noosa (16) hold the top five spots.
But there are four teams on 12 points and they are all Gold Coast clubs – Palm Beach-Currumbin, Coolangatta, Surfers Paradise and Burleigh – so positions could alter significantly come late Saturday afternoon.
The draw is: Sandgate v Maroochy-Northshore, Wilston-Grange v Burleigh, Surfers Paradise v Palm Beach-Currumbin, Noosa v Coolangatta and Mayne v Western Magpies.

Friday 3 June 2011 The 2011 AFL Women’s National Championships starting in Adelaide on Tuesday herald the start of a new era for female football. AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou addressed the National Press Club in Canberra last week and…

Friday 3 June 2011 Queensland will be looking to improve on their third placing at the last national championships when the 2011 titles start in Adelaide on Tuesday. Queensland has been a trailblazer in supporting the development and evolution of…

Gold Coaster James Mulligan on Saturday will become the 10th Queenslander to debut in the AFL this year.