Football West

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) Football
Football West's Outreach for Diversity Program

After missing out by just a few votes from winning the Gold Medal and the Ford Fiesta from McInerney Ford, Inglewood United's Ndumba Makeche takes out 2011 All Flags Premier League Goal of the Year.

  • Joining the WA Football Community

To find your local club to play through the winter competition season, follow this easy link: http://www.myfootballclub.com.au/index.php?id=63

Are people from your community or social network interested in playing regular competitive football?

Many emerging community groups have already become involved in Football West competition.

If you are interested in joining then check out this document and contact the friendly staff at Football West. (click here)

Opportunities for recently arrived people to play include: 

 2012's was the biggest so far and following an influx of new teams a waiting list was created. The 2012 event is sponsored by Football West, Forrestfield United Soccer Club and City of Kalamunda. For event flyer, click here.

The tournament finished on Sunday 29 January with Perth having been treated to a great spectacle of football skills and a free-flowing style of game from some of our culturally diverse population with many goals scored and many memorable moments. Thousands of spectators and supporters took advantage of the free admission and the great atmosphere through the tournament!

Awards:

 

    2012 Champions - Democratic Republic of Congo
    2012 Runners-up - Nigeria
    2012 Third Place winners - Uganda
    Player of the Tournament - Moses Kalau, Democratic Republic of Congo
    Golden Boot - David Kai, Uganda (11 goals)
    Community Spirit Award - Egypt

 

 Leading Goalscorers

Kai, David Uganda 11
Gai, Lam Uganda 9
Wilonja, Joseph DR Congo 8
Nelson, George Nigeria 7
Kalau, Moses DR Congo 6
Mtwale, Boas DR Congo 6
Samawi, Zorgun Kenya 6

Team photos from the opening tournament are available from Football West; email development@footballwest.com.au to request the picture for your team.

Click here to view all the team photos.

 There are some excellent professional quality action photos available from Forrestfield United SC; we urge you to take a look back at a snapshots of some moments of the tournament - check out some of the available images on the club's website: http://www.fusc.org.au/

    From the Famine Fundraising initiative conducted by Perth African Nations Football Council on the weekend of 14 and 15 January with the support of Forrestfield United Soccer Club, Football West and Ashley Morrison Media a total of $609.15 was raised for the Oxfam Australia East Africa Food Crisis Appeal. PAN FC thanks all those who contributed.

Football West teamed up with the Perth African Nations Football Council (PAN FC) in 2010 and since then we have seen a hugely successful event in 2011 and now the PAN FC has also become the adjudicator in Football West Cultural Diversity Awards and is well on the way to becoming an  independent incorporated association with a sustainable and community representative structure.

  • United Maylands Junior Football Club

The program at Gibbney Reserve in Maylands has 50 regular participants in the 5s to 18s age range who undergo training, mentorship and friendly matches and many former participants of this grassroots program have graduated into playing in mainstream clubs and play at high levels. More participants are welcome to join as an introduction to the way the world game is played locally.

Recently Head Coach of the program Football West started its work with emerging communities through; Asefa Woldemariam, won the FFA's 2010 Coach of the Year in the non-professional category for "outstanding coaching performance".The program runs on Saturday afternoons from 3:30pm at Gibbney Reserve on Ferguson Street, Maylands. For more information contact Gordon at Football West via 9422 6914, 0410 659 422 or gordond@footballwest.com.au.

  •  Smarter than Smoking - Partner in Community CaLD initiatives 

Smarter than Smoking and Football West teamed up in late 2006 to develop a pilot football program aimed at providing football opportunities for special-needs children and people from multicultural backgrounds, particularly young indigenous players and immigrants. Other Partners such as WA Police and very recently Perth Glory have teamed up with Football West to provide initiatives that score goals for social cohesion and encourage people from emerging community backgrounds to become involved in mainstream sport as players, coaches, referees and officials.

The Smarter than Smoking partnership highlights the association between sporting success and a smoke free lifestyle.

Smarter than SMokingLeith Mete from the Heart Foundation said that it is vital that young people continue to be exposed to message that prevents the uptake of smoking, especially as they make the transition from primary to high school - a time when they are at the greatest risk of experimenting.

"For those who desire to perform well with their football, smoking is not a smart move. Smokers are more easily exhausted, are slower to react and have poorer visual judgment. This program provides us with the ability to teach those less fortunate the Smarter than Smoking message," said Leith Mete.

  • Equipment Donations Program

The Football West Equipment Donations Program is an initiative involving the entire Western Australian

football community which passes outdated, redundant and replaced equipment on from Football

West, mainstream football clubs and individuals in the football community to our sub-grassroots

programs which provide new opportunities for disadvantaged groups and attract people into

mainstream sport through our affiliate Football Clubs.

In the Outreach for Diversity Program, United Maylands Junior Football Club and the award and

accolade winning Multicultural Friendship Games (aka ‘Footy with the Fuzz') have benefited greatly.

With the Indigenous Football Program in full swing bringing new sporting opportunities to

enthusiastic youngsters around the state and the Equal-Footingball Program (football for people

with disabilities) set to commence shortly there has never been greater purpose to renew and

recycle club gear!

The WA Paralympic Football Program (catering for people with specific mobility disabilities) has recently

benefited from a small donation of balls, a pump, markers, bibs and pop-up goals.

We encourage more clubs, groups and individuals to consider what redundant, outdated and

replaced equipment they can spare for the program and to contact Football West through 9422

6901 or email at gordond@footballwest.com.au to arrange drop off or arrange for a pick-up.

Donations List

Recipients List 

 

2012 WA Diversity in Football / Kirubael Nega Memorial Day

Click here for flyer.

This event brought by a partnership between Football West and United Maylands Junior Football Club took place Saturday 16 July 2011 at Gibbney Reserve, Maylands. It celebrated the mix of cultures that are changing the face of the Western Australian football community, recognising contribution of culturally diverse players and officials and volunteers locally and momorialising the tragic loss of a junior player who was a founding member of Football West's CaLD work.

Approximately 500 people attended during the day, with opening ceremony at 9:30am featuring speeches by Hon. Bob Kucera, a United Maylands JFC club representative, Somalian Community member