Today marks the beginning of Female Football Week, a nationally recognised week aimed at celebrating the growth of women’s football across grass roots and elite level football and highlights the never-ending work of females who continually shape and improve football across the country.
Running from the 8th to the 17th of May, the Hills Football Association will be helping in celebrating the 2852 female players that represent one of the 20 member clubs across the region and bring joy, excitement and a sense of community to the grounds every Sunday.
Various clubs across the association are conducting special events and activations to mark the week. Some of the activities that are taking place over the region this week are mums versus kids training nights, female gala day nights, female only training programs, special guest visits from CommBank Young Matildas and Western Sydney Wanderers Fans’ Player of the Year for the 2025-26 A-League Women’s season Talia Younis and fundraising events to raise money for the Parramatta women’s shelter that supports over 250 women and children escaping domestic violence and homelessness.
In conjunction with the ongoing weeklong activities, the association will also be recognising players, coaches, referees, administrators, volunteers, or advocates nominated by their clubs. This allows those individuals who are making a meaningful impact in the female football space a chance to be recognised by the wider footballing community for their commitment to growing and supporting female participation within their clubs.
However, this week also looks to shine a light on the countless females who help the clubs keep running week to week, from the canteen to coaching, to backroom and higher up positions within the clubs, ensuring the community and next generation of footballers have the best opportunity to play the sport they love.
“We’ve got seven clubs with female presidents, which is just incredible. It just shows women and girls that they can be a leader of a football club, and a lot of other associations mostly have male figures in those roles. So, for us, we are obviously pretty proud of that and obviously looking to try and promote that as much as we can,” Hills Football Head of Operations Nikki Riddle said.
To find out what your local club is doing to celebrate Female Football Week, reach out to your local club officials and coaches or keep an eye on the Hills Football social media channels throughout the week.
