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Post by guest2 on Jun 22, 2019 10:47:21 GMT 10
The national average female participation ratio to males is 21% Capital Football and Football Tasmania both have a female participation ratio of 26% Female participation rates in Canberra are the leading region with a 30% participation rate. Participation rates for females in HFI grew by around 14% from 2017 to 2018. One would think the logical goal should be to reach the national average as a priority and then continue to increase this ratio. I reckon it can be done as has been shown in many other areas Use the data how you want but if you think the girls comps are any good now or that running half of our competitive comps for girls/ladies with 4/5 teams is not going to impact on teams and player numbers returning you are kidding yourself, go talk to people around the grounds on Sundays. How would we react if there was no Men PL comp, or the boys had more than half their competitive aged comps with 4 teams in them?
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Post by lovefootball on Jun 22, 2019 13:55:04 GMT 10
Guest I did not comment good or bad about the current female Comp. Only provided some stats that could be used to measure against.
I have not done the numbers but would expect the female HFI ratio based on 2019 participation rates to be low and well below the national average therefore providing a big opportunity to grow the sport for females.
Someone on hear may know what the current ratio is.
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Post by guest2 on Jun 25, 2019 17:50:00 GMT 10
Guest I did not comment good or bad about the current female Comp. Only provided some stats that could be used to measure against. I have not done the numbers but would expect the female HFI ratio based on 2019 participation rates to be low and well below the national average therefore providing a big opportunity to grow the sport for females. Someone on hear may know what the current ratio is. no problem and apologies for coming across harshly I just thought Hills didn't take any notice of the data when it was outlined to them in meetings what would happen to the girls and ladies comp in 3 years time (exactly what has happened) with a split and not addressing the issues of ladies football in the initial Hills meetings but now we want to start using data!!!
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Post by lovefootball on Jun 25, 2019 20:07:25 GMT 10
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Post by guest2 on Jun 27, 2019 23:23:40 GMT 10
Thanks, got a copy of this it was launched in 2016. Excuse the cynicism but FFA survey documents (which this is) have got a fair bit to answer for in the last few months and this one is no different. Sure it has some good development strategies but go down on a Sunday and ask the players their reasons they will be leaving the Association and they will tell you - lack of competitive football (now whether that means teams of a high standard or teams of a low standard it doesnt matter, it is simply teams of their standard they are concerned about which can only be fixed by a major increase in team numbers so the good ones play the good ones and the weaker ones play the weaker ones and there is more than 4 team comps. Now back to the document and you will see the reasons they list for female players leaving are; family commitments, changing motivational and personal factors, poor coaching experience, lack of peer support, limited offerings (can only play with males), facilities are not female friendly, not one mention of the real reason girls and ladies are leaving our game here in Hills and will continue to leave. There is only one solution and that is to drastically increase the comp numbers immediately by combining with someone, strategies to increase numbers over time will only be offset by loss of numbers over that same time if the status quo remains.
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Post by lovefootball on Jun 28, 2019 13:16:31 GMT 10
Don't disagree with your comments and something needs to be done to drastically improve participation.
Perhaps a combined comp with North West Sydney Women's Association could be considered by the clubs!
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Post by Raymond Reddington on Jun 29, 2019 0:01:28 GMT 10
Don't disagree with your comments and something needs to be done to drastically improve participation. Perhaps a combined comp with North West Sydney Women's Association could be considered by the clubs! Read the nwswf assoc are merging with ghfa to form one. If you read some of the comments on the ghfa forum you might’ve dodge a bullet with that idea. Plenty of questions being thrown up on the topic.
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Post by lovefootball on Jun 29, 2019 10:09:58 GMT 10
The proposed merger between GHFA and NWSW FA is more to do with administration and efficiciency and won't impact competition as GHFA had the male Comp and NWSW FA had the female Comp. The proposed merger has FNSW approval subject to each association's members supporting the merger.
These two associations may or may not merge subject to a special resolution meeting and will be decided by each associations member clubs which is the way all major decisions should be made and is required by the constitution/s.
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Post by ange on Jul 9, 2019 11:07:43 GMT 10
Rumours flying around that the Girls Conference League will be rebranded PL3 and will include seniors next year. If true, hopefully this will provide a home (Hills United) for some of the division 1 girls who are frustrated by the standard and lack of opposition in the hills comp.
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Post by anolsey on Jul 9, 2019 17:25:56 GMT 10
And how is that going to improve the comp at a local level?
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Post by ange on Jul 9, 2019 17:48:10 GMT 10
And how is that going to improve the comp at a local level? It won't. It will provide good competition for those young ladies who are currently frustrated at the lack of local competition.
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Post by lovefootball on Jul 9, 2019 20:32:07 GMT 10
The female football restructure a few years ago determined to refresh the then ladies state league competition (equivalent to NPL3) as all clubs struggled with attracting adult ladies and they continued to drop out and the previous age groups were found to be out of sync with reality. Players trying to make the leap from U13 to U15 at an elite level was never going to work in the old structure and the leap from U17 to reserves was also to big. It is ironic to now suggest the GCL with adult women would be any different - albeit it would be great if it succeeded.
Obviously I am a big supporter of improving the participation rates in female football and can't help but think the bottom of the pyramid needs to be built much larger and much broader than it currently is and if that can be achieved the competition and elite football environment will sort itself out. Wouldn't it be great for Hills to have its own NPL1 girls / ladies competition instead of them leaving to play elsewhere.
A 30% female participation rate at grass roots level should be the minimum target of the association and all clubs in my humble opinion. It has been achieved in the ACT and can be achieved in our backyard with the right focus and strategy.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2019 16:49:13 GMT 10
The Ladies Division 1 Competition is on the agenda for discussion at the next CGM scheduled for Monday, 15th July.
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Post by anolsey on Jul 11, 2019 20:52:48 GMT 10
The Ladies Division 1 Competition is on the agenda for discussion at the next CGM scheduled for Monday, 15th July. What’s the purpose of putting AAL/1 on the agenda - comp is 3/4 done! Why not just put the whole of Ladies Football on the agenda.
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Post by ange on Jul 16, 2019 12:16:46 GMT 10
Any word from the meeting last night?
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