Football Queensland and Football Brisbane have announced a major restructure of women’s football, including the formation of an exciting new competition.
The South-East Queensland Women’s Premier League will consist of seven NPL teams and seven BPL teams.
These teams will be Annerley, Eastern Suburbs, Mitchelton, Olympic FC, Palm Beach, Peninsula Power, Redlands Utd, Souths Strikers, Sunshine Coast Fire, SWQ Thunder, Taringa Rovers, The Gap, UQFC and Western Pride.
The SEQWPL will be based on Senior Women’s teams only and supported in 2014 by the Brisbane Women’s Premier League (BWPL), a 10-team competition across Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Football Queensland will continue to manage the NPL U/13 and U/15 competitions.
In conjunction with the announcement, Football Queensland also announce a sub-committee representative of five people with the qualifications and experience to review the women’s game and the competition structure to take forward into 2015 and beyond.
Football Queensland COO, Ben Mannion today said, “I am really excited by the outcomes of the announcement and the great work done by Football Queensland and Football Brisbane to make this happen.”
“With the Women’s Football Strategic Plan just released by Football Federation Australia and the good work Football Brisbane have done on their women’s review, we are well placed to come up with the right model to move the game forward.”
Take a look at Fire TV on the homepage of the website for Open Women’s Team player Samara Christmas’ thoughts on the new League.
