THE Glasshouse Hinterland Lions AFL Club are launching a women’s team in their upcoming 2023 season and have already had strong interest.
Senior coach, Dean Crooks, said they have had interest from about 17 players, but still needed about 25 to put a team on the field. “We haven’t been approved for the team yet, but sign ons are good, we are getting some new sponsors, we’ve got about 16 or 17 interested,” he said.
“We are going to need about 25 to put a team in so we are trying to put the word out there.”
With the increase in women playing traditionally male dominated sports and a spike in community interest in a women’s team, Crooks said it was the perfect time to bring a women’s team in.
The women’s team will be open aged, but you will have to be 16 years and older to be allowed to play in the team.
Registrations are open and pre season training is on every Wednesday from 5:30pm at Skippy Park, Landsborough.