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Net gain for footy website

By Jo Button

The new home page for the Defence Australian football website contains a great list of contacts and photographs.

Defence members interested in Australian football will benefit from the launch of the new Defence Aussie Rules Intranet site at http://intranet.defence.gov.au/armyweb/sites/ASAFA/.

This site provides 24-hour access to information relating to Defence Australian football for Defence members who ‘live’ this great Australian game. Defence Australian football is the first ADF sport to have its official site approved on the Defence Intranet.

This initiative of the Australian Services Australian Football Association (ASAFA) seizes the opportunities offered by web-based technologies.

ASAFA is the Australian football association for ADF members (both full-time and part-time) and Defence civilians
(although workplace conditions apply), which aims to encourage and promote the sport and provide the opportunity for members to compete at the national level.

The site currently offers:

Photographs of previous Defence Aussie Rules games;
Photographs and details of ADF Umpires and Coaches;
Details on ASAFA members and positions vacant;
Messages from the Patrons of ASAFA and Women’s Football; and the
ASAFA Strategic Plan 2003 to 2007.

In order for this site to continuously evolve and progressively offer more information and services relating to Defence Australian football, contributions from Defence members are invited.

For example, ASAFA is currently seeking information on the history of Australian football in the ADF. Please send any contributions to the appropriate ASAFA member listed on the site.

ASAFA would not have been as successful if it were not for the generosity of sponsors including Australian Defence Industries (ADI), Frontline Services, Australian Defence Credit Union (ADCU), Bayer Environmental Sciences and Toll Transitions.

AB Glenn Harkness from HMAS Sydney plays PO Pennie Douglas from Maritime Headquarters in the final of the Eastern Australia Area Squash Championship, held in Sydney recently. AB Harkness went on to win all his matches against about 20 competitors from various ships and establishments.

Photo: ABPH Yuri Ramsey