FRIDAY, August 6, 2010 saw the official opening of the Fiona Harris Pavilion in the Town of Kwinana at Orelia Oval. The new $4m facility replaces an outdated and inadequate building and is the new home of the Kwinana Junior Knights Football Club.

Described by the Town as a having a very contemporary design, it is well suited to the needs of the football club having a brilliant outlook over two ovals, a large canteen, with spacious changerooms and meeting space. Importantly it also has changeroom facilties especially for the umpires and that has been warmly welcomed.

THE largest employer of electrical apprentices in Western Australia has plugged into the WA Football community by signing a new sponsorship agreement for the next 12 months.

Electrical Group Training has provided a consistent supply of high quality, skilled employees since 1988 as a not-for-profit group training organization.

EGT employs and up-skills apprentices and trainees within the electro-technology industry and places them with a variety of hosts so they can gain a wide range of on the job experience.

NINE of Western Australia’s football icons were inducted to the NAB West Australian Football Hall of Fame last night (March 10) during a gala event at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre.

Haydn Bunton Jnr. was also elevated to Legend status on the night, joining the likes of Barry Cable, Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer, John Todd and Bill Walker as Legends of West Australian football.

The West Australian Football Commission established the WA Football Hall of Fame in 2002 to honour players, coaches, umpires, administrators and media representatives who have made a significant contribution to the game in this State.

GEOFF Wolfenden has been elected Chairman of the East Fremantle District Football Development Council to lead the strategic drive and oversee growth of the game in the district.

Mr Wolfenden, who won last year’s Ken Armstrong Community Coach of the Year Award as Melville Amateur Football Club’s senior coach, will chair and lead all meetings of the East Fremantle DFDC and oversee the activities of Executive members, special projects, and complaint resolution among member clubs.

REGISTRATIONS commenced on Sunday, February 21 for football competitions across Western Australia.

From Auskick to Amateurs, local clubs are signing players up for the season, starting last Sunday and continuing throughout 2010.

To promote the opening registration day, Fremantle Football Club's Michael Johnson and West Coast Eagles player Daniel Kerr conducted a skills session with juniors at Subiaco Oval during the week.