Alberta Footy Women's League

Alberta Footy Women's League
Current season, competition or edition: 2009 AFWL season
Sport	Australian Football
Founded	2008
No. of teams	3
Country	Canada
Most recent champion(s)	Hillhurst Nighthawks

The Alberta Footy Women's League (AWFL) is the largest women's Australian football league playing regular matches in North America. It is currently composed of teams from Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, who play for the AFWL Premiership Cup.

The AFWL, along with the Ontario Australian Football League and North West Pacific Football League is a member of AFL Canada, the governing body for the sport in Canada. In 2008, the AFWL had around 90 senior players consisting of over 70 Canadian nationals.

History

The league grew out of intra-club matches organized by the Calgary Kookaburras in 2007. A move was made the next season to formalize the league, and Calgary's players were drafted into two clubs based in inner-suburban Calgary - Hillhurst and Kensington.

The 2008 season ran from May to September and consisted of 12 rounds of matches. Hillhurst won the inaugural Premiership when they defeated Kensington 5.0.30 to 1.7.13 at Queen Elizabeth School on September 28, 2008.

The Edmonton Emus were founded in 2009 to become the AFWL's third team and bring women's footy to central Alberta for the first time. The 2009 season ran from May to September, featuring five rounds of double-header matches and a finals series. Hillhurst defeated Edmonton 12.9.81 to 0.0.0 in the Preliminary Final and went on to defeat Kensington in the Grand Final - 5.7.37 to 1.7.13 - at McNally High School (Edmonton) on September 19, 2009.

Premiers

Year	Premier	Runner-up
2008	Hillhurst Nighthawks	Kensington Kingfishers
2009	Hillhurst Nighthawks	Kensington Kingfishers
2010	To be determined	To be determined

Clubs

Current Clubs

Club	Community	Website	Formed	Premierships
Edmonton Emus	Garneau, Edmonton	Official site	2009
Hillhurst Nighthawks	Hillhurst, Calgary	Official site	2008	2
Kensington Kingfishers	Kensington, Calgary	Official site	2008

References

External links

Places where Women's Australian rules football is played

Australia: Women's Football Australia	National: AFL Women's (from 2017) Australian Capital Territory: ACT Women's Australian Football League New South Wales: Sydney Women's AFL Northern Territory: NT Women's Aussie Rules Football Association Queensland: Queensland Women's AFL South Australia: SA Women's Football League Tasmania: Tasmanian Women's Football League Victoria: Victorian Women's Football League, Youth Girls Competition Western Australia: West Australian Women's Football League

Oceania	New Zealand: Canterbury Australian Football League Papua New Guinea

Asia	Japan

America	United States: Women's Australian Football Association Canada: Alberta Footy Women's League, Canada Women's Australian Football League Argentina

Europe	England

Africa	South Africa

Australian rules football in Canada

Governing body	AFL Canada

Promotional bodies	Australian Football Association of North America AFL Canada

National teams	Northwind

Major representative competitions	Stampede Cup West Coast Challenge

Major leagues	AAFL AFL Ontario AFL Quebec NWPAFL

Metro footy leagues	Southern Ontario

Women's leagues	Alberta Footy Women's League Canada Women's Australian Football League

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