World Footy News

The Caledonian Australian Football League in Scotland is showing no signs of slowing down on its growth and now they have launched their social media outlets its only going to get better.

With their website http://www.cafl.org.uk/ they hope to reach a bigger audience and grow even more.

CAFL has one of the highest percentages in Europe of locals playing the sport of Australian Rules Football and this has been increasing year on year with figures showing that 83% of CAFL 2013 participants were Scottish. So what does such a high figure mean to the sport here in Scotland and the CAFL itself?

In the past other leagues have relied heavily on transient Australians to form, play and administer Teams/Leagues.  In some instances this comes with the problem that these people move on after short periods of time leaving a huge gulf behind them resulting in badly managed teams and leagues which struggle and often cease to exist.

Traditionally leagues with excessive numbers of Australians have been seen to turn local players away as the thought of taking up a new sport and playing against teams full of players brought up on the sport can be daunting and unwelcoming to beginners.

CAFL has addressed this issue by keeping our number of playing Australians to a minimum, preferring to have our Australians coach and develop player's skills and understanding of the sport as opposed to playing it.

CAFL are the first in Scotland to offer a "Women’s Only" league and a programme for Junior development and leagues.

If you are considering playing they are also offering your first month free, so there is no reason to get involved!

You can also find the CAFL twitter and Facebook pages at https://twitter.com/CAFL__ and https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caledonian-Australian-Football-League/1409033519343387