During the Women's World Cup, we ran an introduction to soccer for girls and women in the Hastings (VIC) area. This has resulted in 3 girl’s teams and a women’s seniors summer football series. The 4 groups now play a weekly 5-a-side game which we run at Western Port Secondary School, since we don’t have access to our home ground during the cricket season. 

In 2024 these players will become 3 girls teams plus our only senior team in 2024, as we don’t have a men’s team.

Our existing mixed teams use inflatable goals which are a nightmare to set up and pack away. We have tried other types of goals, but because we don’t have a secure storage area for goals, they have been vandalized.

Cheap non-fixed metal goals were bent out of shape, and plastic goals which have been cracked/smashed.

We would like to welcome our newly established female teams with proper thick best-in-class metal 3x2m and 5x2m goals, which we can easily wheel into place for each of their games/training.

We would also like our mixed/boys teams to see the newly established girls teams as a benefit to our small community club – rather than a competitor for our limited resources. By introducing the 3 new teams along with the long-awaited goals, the whole club will easily see that this initiative will be great for the long term viability of the club. 

We see this as essential to help to create a more inclusive and welcoming environment for girls in soccer – and it sends a message that girls are valued members of the club and not relying on the hand-me-downs of their male counterparts.

Our potential women’s senior team can use the existing full-size goals provided by the council, but will also use the small goals for training.