The Kirby Bentley Cup is a 9-a-side round robin tournament for Aboriginal girls aged 13-15 years old. With the huge growth in Female footy and introduction of the AFL Women’s League, the Kirby Bentley Cup provides young Aboriginal girls with a great opportunity to put their skills on display, be linked to local female football clubs and be identified for the state talent pathway
Named in honor of Kirby Bentley who is regarded as one of the greatest Female Football players to ever play the game, the inaugural Kirby Bentley Cup played in 2014, featured 10 teams and over 150 players.
Team |
Description |
Contact |
| Claremont - Great Southern |
Representing Great Southern region including Albany and Mt Barker |
Matt Bishop - mbishop@wafc.com.au - 0468 473 797 |
| Claremont - Metro |
Representing Claremont metropolitan zone |
Declan Cormack - dcormack@wafc.com.au - 0424 787 273 |
| East Fremantle |
Representing East Fremantle zone in the South East metropolitan region of Perth |
Jaxon Liddelow - JLiddlow@wafc.com.au - 0401 539 948 |
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EAST PERTH ‘YAAKINY ROYALS’ |
Representing the current East Perth metro and regional zone | Hayden Cobley - hcobley@wafc.com.au - 0439 255 027 |
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GOLDFIELDS |
Representing regions in the Goldfields, in particular Kalgoorlie |
Gemma Harrison - gharrison@wafc.com.au - 0417 179 463 |
| Midlands/Northam | Representing the Midlands and based in Northam and Moora | Brett Nelson - brett.nelson@cewa.edu.au - 0429300834 or Glen Collins gcollins@wafc.com.au |
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MIDWEST |
Midwest zone including Geraldton and Mullewa | Grady Tomelty - gtomelty@wafc.com.au - 0439 674 378 |
| Peel |
Representing the current Peel football District. |
Jesse Tippet - Jtippet@wafc.com.au - 0434 518 280 |
| Perth |
Representing current metropolitan zone. |
Kris Shannon - kshannon@wafc.com.au -0433 669 519 |
| South Fremantle |
Representing current South Fremantle metropolitan zone. |
Regan Atkinson . ratkinson@wafc.com.au - 0437 587 161 |
| South West/Bunbury | Based in Bunbury, representing the South West region of WA |
Nathan Douch ndouch@wafc.com.au - 0400 361188 |
| Subiaco |
Representing current Subiaco metropolitan zone. |
Matt Debaro mdebarro@wafc.com.au - 0402 794 016 |
| Swan Districts |
Representing Swans metropolitan zone including Midland and Bassendean |
Christian Tufili ctufilli@wafc.com.au - 0423 989 582 |
| West Perth 'Djinda Falcons' |
Representing current West Perth Metro Zone. |
Andrew O’Brien - aobrien@wafc.com.au - 0422480487 Sharon Kenney sharonkennyconsultant@gmail.com 0400 203 660 |
| Wheatbelt | Representing Narrogin, Katanning, Bruce Rock, Merredin |
Paul Reid preid@wafc.com.au . 0419 859 576 |
Kirby Bentley is regarded as one of the greatest Female Football players to ever play the game,
Kirby Bentley Playing Career:
• Pre-Draft Priority Selection for Fremantle Dockers AFL Women’s Team
• AFL Player for Melbourne Football Club
• Debbie-lee Medalist (best player in Australia named at AFL Open Women’s National Championships in 2011)
• All Australian
• WA State Player
• WA Women’s Football League Premiership Player
In 2017 Kirby Bentley will represent the Fremantle Dockers in the inaugural AFL Women’s league having been chosen as a priority selection during the first ever AFL National Women’s Draft.