The USAFL has announced the 14th Annual National Championships will be held in Louisville Kentucky over the weekend of October 9th-10th, 2010.

While this may not be news to some (close readers of the USFooty website in 2009 would have seen that Louisville would host the tournament again), today's announcement has confirmed it as fact.

While there will be some, particularly those geographically distant to Louisville that would have hoped for a new location after playing there in 2007, there is also the positive certainty of returning to a venue that has previously sucessfully hosted the event which continues to grow.

Further details from the announcement can be read below.

While back in the US over the Christmas break in Collingwood's pre-season training, Shae McNamara appeared on breakfast television show "The Morning Blend" in Milwaukee. The host's reference to the Collingwood Mudpies is sure to upset a few fans of the Carringbush. Shae was very keen to see the sport promoted in the United States. A little free press on home soil is always welcomed by the USAFL and Shae comes across as a pretty good salesman.

The interview video can be watched here.

While clubs across Australia are into their preseason training in temperatures that today in many places are above 40°C, much of Europe and North America are in the deep freeze. Embracing that cold this weekend were the Columbus Jackaroos. The chilling event was covered in the following report by Chet Ridenour.


Columbus, OH – After a week of the biggest and most consistent snow falls of the season, the Columbus Jackaroos were keen as mustard to lace up their boots (literally), and have a rumble in the white, wintry tundra. Emerging from their warmed cars, dressed in plenty of layers, leaving only their rosy red faces exposed – a stark contrast to the abundance of skin shown in traditional attire – they stumbled in for an 11 am Saturday morning match. With about six inches of untouched powder on the local Thomas Worthington High School football field, these blokes, dressed in red and blue would square off in perhaps one of the most fun traditions yet for this young club, the Second Annual SNOW BOWL.

Women's Australian football is on the rise in Canada. It started as a co-ed programme in 2003, and then a school girls clinic in 2004 culminating in the first ever all-female footy match played in Canada. Now momentum is building for an epic rematch against the USA Freedom team.

The Toronto Rebels AFC in Canada are looking for a new coach and players for their 21st season in 2010. The Rebels are one of the most accomplished teams in the Ontario Australian Football League (OAFL) and, in 2009, the club celebrated its 20th season of football.

The role of Coach would run from April through to October with approximately a 14 round season consisting of one game and two training sessions per week. The Coach will be ably assisted by an Assistant Coach and captain that will be selected by the executive comittee and coach.

See below for more information.

Toronto, Ontario: The Ontario Australian Rules Football League “The OAFL” held its Annual General Meeting on November 22nd where it elected a new President and Board of Directors. The election of this new Board comes at a time where the OAFL is experiencing rapid growth and has begun to initiate junior development programs across Southern Ontario.

On October 3rd the Toronto Eagles won their third premiership in four years, defeating the Etobicoke Kangaroos with a complete performance in the 2009 Ontario Australian Football League grand final. The Roos finished the regular season undefeated with 14 wins but the Eagles are one of the most domimant clubs in world footy and to be feared in any premiershio decider.

The day also saw the Quebec Saints travel to Ontario to contest the Division Two flag against the Broadview Hawks' second side.

The Calgary Kookaburras are one of the more progressive clubs abroad, especially for women playing the game. The club under the guidance of ex-Aussie Jake Anson have set a high bar when it comes to development and player participation.

Taking two teams to the US nationals gives more girls exposure to the game at a higher level, Jake also has plans to take on board a development coach from Australia in 2010 to help raise the skill level in this Canadian club even more.

The Collingwood Football Club is set to embark on another high altitude training camp in Arizona, USA. The majority of the playing group and coaching staff will fly out from Melbourne on Monday 23 November, and will utilise the world-class training facilities at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff for two weeks.

The group will depart Melbourne airport at Tullamarine on midday flight, and will return to Melbourne on Wednesday 9 December. http://Collingwoodfc.com.au will provide daily video updates from Flagstaff.

The club has previously held training camps in Flagstaff, Arizona in 2005, 2006 and 2008. New American recruit Seamus McNamara will not make the trip, remaining in training in Australia.

Newly signed Collingwood International rookie Seamus McNamara can be seen in action in this latest Youtube video. The video covers some of his trialling with Collingwood previous to the signing announced today - please be advised the Shae's stomach contents will appear during the film. The footage is just a small part of the upcoming Yellow Magic documentary.

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