Regional England United in 2010

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Regional England United in 2010

Authored by: Ando
on Monday, April 12 2010 @ 02:33 pm ACST

I'm a long long time out of touch with Australian rules in the UK but it seemed like lots of new teams and lots of junior teams and a juniorl eague but I read on Big Footy that Brian Clarke had left England. Is that why the leagues are all playing with AFL Great Britain now and does that mean Aussie Rules UK folded? And if it has what about all the junior work he was doing with Sport England? There must be more people it can't be over just cause one person goes home? I'm glad everyones 'united' but where are all the young lads coming through? There was that tour to Melbourne that the boys did ok. With out the youngsters whats the future?

Regional England United in 2010

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Monday, April 12 2010 @ 11:50 pm ACST

It's a delicate topic that we'd like to say more on but people are generally unwilling to speak on the record and as a volunteer based site we're not sticking our necks out either.

But yes, my understanding is that Aussie Rules UK is effectively no more and the clubs/leagues have returned to working under one umbrella. At senior level it doesn't appear as though that is a setback, as it now means more clubs close geographically are happy to work together, as per the article above.

The area of juniors could be a concern. There was allegedly significant funding from Sport England for juniors stretching back to around 2005 and in 2008 we saw Brian Clarke bring a junior team to Australia partly overlapping the International Cup and there was also reportedly a small junior league working with the London clubs and schools like Carshalton.

I didn't hear anything much about juniors in 2009 but we think there were some schools involved through PE teachers giving lessons or possibly running teams. If those ran in 2009 and are continuing in 2010 we'd love to hear from people involved. I don't think that discussing any junior programs currently underway should get anyone in trouble, so if someone from AFL Britain or PE teachers or any English clubs want to post a comment or send us an email we'd love to hear from you.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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