The Nicky Winmar Carnival is an annual round robin tournament targeting Aboriginal male youth aged 13 to 15. The tournament features teams representing both metropolitan and regional WA.
The Nicky Winmar Carnival was originally created to provide disengaged and at risk Aboriginal male youth with another platform to reconnect with the WA Football pathway. The inaugural Nicky Winmar Carnival was played in 2007 and consisted of five teams representing North and South metropolitan Perth and three regional sides. The overall goal of the Nicky Winmar Carnival is to increase the amount of Aboriginal youth and community members participating in clubs and development squads as either players, coaches, umpires, administrators or volunteers.
The carnival provides members of the Aboriginal community with a direct opportunity to:
- Participate in a structured WA football marquee event
- Achieve coaching and umpiring accreditation
- Re-engage with educational and sport participation programs
- Connect with AFL/WAFL mentors and role models
- Potentially be identified for WAFL development pathways
- Nicky Winmar Cup will form some of the selection process to identify boys to participate in the newly formatted Male Kickstart Program (Diversity Championships)
Visit the Male Kickstart Championships for more information.
Team |
Description |
Contact |
| Claremont - Great Southern |
Representing Great Southern region including Albany and Mt Barker |
Matt Bishop - mbishop@wafc.com.au - 0468 473 797 |
| Claremont - Metro |
Representing Claremont metropolitan zone |
Declan Cormack - dcormack@wafc.com.au - 0424 787 273 |
| East Fremantle |
Representing East Fremantle zone in the South East metropolitan region of Perth |
Jaxon Liddelow - JLiddlow@wafc.com.au - 0401 539 948 |
|
EAST PERTH ‘YAAKINY ROYALS’ |
Representing the current East Perth metro and regional zone | Hayden Cobley - hcobley@wafc.com.au - 0439 255 027 |
|
GOLDFIELDS |
Representing regions in the Goldfields, in particular Kalgoorlie |
Gemma Harrison - gharrison@wafc.com.au - 0417 179 463 |
| Midlands/Northam | Representing the Midlands and based in Northam and Moora | Brett Nelson - brett.nelson@cewa.edu.au - 0429300834 or Glen Collins gcollins@wafc.com.au |
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MIDWEST |
Midwest zone including Geraldton and Mullewa | Grady Tomelty - gtomelty@wafc.com.au - 0439 674 378 |
| Peel |
Representing the current Peel football District. |
Jesse Tippet - Jtippet@wafc.com.au - 0434 518 280 |
| Perth |
Representing current metropolitan zone. |
Kris Shannon - kshannon@wafc.com.au -0433 669 519 |
| South Fremantle |
Representing current South Fremantle metropolitan zone. |
Regan Atkinson . ratkinson@wafc.com.au - 0437 587 161 |
| South West/Bunbury | Based in Bunbury, representing the South West region of WA |
Nathan Douch ndouch@wafc.com.au - 0400 361188 |
| Subiaco |
Representing current Subiaco metropolitan zone. |
Matt Debaro mdebarro@wafc.com.au - 0402 794 016 |
| Swan Districts |
Representing Swans metropolitan zone including Midland and Bassendean |
Christian Tufili ctufilli@wafc.com.au - 0423 989 582 |
| West Perth 'Djinda Falcons' |
Representing current West Perth Metro Zone. |
Andrew O’Brien - aobrien@wafc.com.au - 0422480487 Sharon Kenney sharonkennyconsultant@gmail.com 0400 203 660 |
| Wheatbelt | Representing Narrogin, Katanning, Bruce Rock, Merredin |
Paul Reid preid@wafc.com.au . 0419 859 576 |
The brilliant South Fremantle, St. Kilda and Western Bulldogs player bewildered opponents and exhilarated the football public for more than 15 years. His silky skills covered the full range of football. He possessed a breathtaking mark, glorious kick and magical ball handling.
Player Profile © The Encylopedia of AFL Footballers by Russell Holmesby