Newtown Breakaways celebrate 20 years of strength and diversity
Newtown Breakaways 20th Anniversary Launch
2021 sees the Newtown Breakaways celebrate their 20th year in the AFL. On May 8 they launch their 20th Anniversary Celebrations with a Heritage and Community round at Henson Oval.
The Breakaways invite the whole community, players past and present to come along and support the club and be part of the celebration. The club has tracked down founding players and coaches who will be showing their support on the day, plus Best & Fairest medals for each game will be awarded by our inaugural players.
The day offers a fully licensed bar and a canteen serving up everyone’s favourites to enjoy while celebrating the best in community footy. There will be a raffle worth $100s of prizes to be won and 20th Anniversary merchandise to purchase with all funds going to support the club.
Schedule for the day:
- • 9:00am – Men’s D3 v North Shore Bombers (2020 Premiership rematch)
- • 10:50am – Men’s D2 v North Shore Bombers
- • 12:30pm – Welcome to Country & Official Speeches from Founding Players/Coach and Local Members
- • 1:00pm – Women’s D3 v Pennant Hills Demons
- • 3:15pm – Women’s D1 v Western Magic
- • 5:00pm – After Party & Presentations – Salisbury Hotel
Photo supplied of Newtown Breakaways against UNSW Bulldogs in one of their Premiership Winning years in the early 2000’s. Note that their guernseys were a little different back then!
For more information and photos please contact the President Tiffany Chen on contact@newtownbreakaways.com
About the Breakaways
The Newtown Breakaways Football Club is an independent women’s AFL club. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive club which draws its strength from the commitment and enthusiasm of its players and engagement with the local community. Since 2002 the Women’s team have been awarded 7 premierships and in 2011 were awarded team of the decade by the AFL.
In 2020 we introduced Breakaways Men and the Club adopted the mantra “Women and Men Playing with Pride”.
The inaugural Division 3 Men’s team not only represented the Breakaways community values but showed the way and the 2020 Premiers!
Our core values are commitment, competitiveness and inclusivity. Our players are committed to the club, one another and the game – on and off the field. We are passionate about playing excellent football and challenging ourselves and one another to continually build our skills and football craft.
The Breakaways welcome players from all levels of experience, backgrounds and walks of life into the Breakaways family.
Club website – www.newtownbreakaways.com
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