One of football's great characters Billy Brownless is coming to Werribee. 

To help kick off the 2021 VFL season Billy Brownless is coming to Werribee for our Business and Sportsmans lunch on Friday April 23rd. 

You can book here https://shop.werribeefc.com.au/wfc-business-lunch 

Billy is one of the great characters of football you are sure to have a very entertaining afternoon plus hear from senior coach Mick Barlow. 

Everyone at the club passes on our sincere condolences to Joe and the Maishman family. 

Tim will be missed by all at the Werribee Football Club and our thoughts are with Suzie and his children Joe, Nick and Lily, family and friends.  

Werribee had its first taste of footy 2021 style in a practice match against Frankston on the weekend. 

Blowing out the cobwebs.  

Senior coach Mick Barlow with his thoughts on the first hit out for 2021, a practice match against Frankston on the weekend:

“After over a year it was terrific to have a squad of Werribee listed and Werribee hopefuls don the Big W again. In challenging conditions the players’ effort was of a high level and the high number of mistakes and skill errors can be attributed to competitive rust. 

Frankston was cleaner and more organised for the duration of the game. They kicked away in the last 15 minutes to take a comfortable win. There were some great takeaways for us in terms of clear focus areas we will work on - our composure under pressure and the ability to absorb match-like intensity and pressure.

Some better performers included Jesse Clark, who played predominately on Frankston’s Begley. Jesse has an ability to play tall and small and is incredibly clean under pressure. Ryan Kemp showed glimpses that made him a 2019 regular. Lucas Rocci staked his claim for a senior VFL debut as a lockdown defender. Hudson Garoni came into the game in the 2nd half in challenging conditions for key forwards.”  

Werribee will play another practice game this Saturday against Sandringham at Trevor Barker Beach Oval from 2pm.

After a tough financial year Werribee welcomes news from the State Government regarding possible grants. 

The goal posts on the ground at Avalon Airport Oval haven’t moved but they have certainly moved off field as the Werribee Football Club prepares to enter the newly expanded VFL competition for 2021. A competition, like all in football, that now faces new protocols due to the effects of Covid 19 and increased costs to field a team in the interstate competition.

CEO Mark Penaluna has held many discussions in the last twelve months with local state member Tim Pallas (also the state Treasurer) on the financial impact the new protocols and the new competition will have on non-AFL aligned clubs like Werribee

The club strongly advocated for funding for second tier clubs and Mark was pleased to see the announcement last week.       

Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events, Martin Pakula, announced the Strengthening Victoria’s AFL Development Pathways Funding Program which was part of the Victorian Budget for 2020/21.

“Like all clubs we have taken a significant financial hit in the last year and this grant, should we be successful with our application, gives us the opportunity to plan with some degree of confidence for the coming season. We still need the ongoing financial support of our members and sponsors who have been so loyal in the last twelve months. The importance of football to the people in our community will never have a monetary value but the cost to the community if clubs like ours go under is something no one wants to contemplate”.