As winners of the 2015 Koori Knockout women’s competition, the RAB girls are feeling very proud. Coach Wes Patten gave them some great game strategies to enhance their natural abilities, and they dominated in all their KO games and won strongly in the grand final against Kempsey. Thirteen RAB girls, practically half the team, were selected for the All Stars side, which speaks for itself.
The RAB girls have also shown their community leadership off the field, participating in an all-day “Tackling Violence” workshop to develop a local domestic violence resource for women in the Redfern/Waterloo community. The girls are very aware of the issues around domestic violence and using their own words and information to produce a resource is a positive and pro-active idea.
The values of the RAB Women are to increase social connectedness, community wellbeing, and personal mental and physical wellbeing. RAB Women also strive for employment outcomes, personal development, and cultural pride in the community.
I would just like to say on behalf of myself and the team a special thanks to our sponsors, who make it possible for us to attend the KO. A big thank you also to the club, community, family and friends.
The All Blacks Presentation Night on November 21 was a big success. We sold out tickets for the night and the Albert Palais venue in Leichhardt was beautiful. We also had Stan Grant as our MC and Kevin Kopinyeri (Aboriginal comedian) had us in stitches. It was great for our club – to see the young players meet our life members from whom they received their awards.
There’s so much happening in our community, in the football club and beyond. It’s all spreading a great vibe throughout the community with positive and respectful attitudes among our young people. In saying all that we have an even bigger year ahead next year!
