Men's u19s World Floorball Championships - 2013

The AFA would like to congratulate the following players who will be representing Australia at the u19s WFC in Hamburg Germany in May.

The team will be accompanied by Head Coach Peter Harris, Assistant Coach Mike Hamer and Team Manager Gordon Hodges who have all worked very hard to select the best team possible.

From NSW:

Max Bowen, Lachlan Clay, Liam Kendrick, Joel Rieck, Andrew Woods.

From Victoria:

Ryan Alexandrakis, Shaun Griffin, Jeremy Monckton

From WA:

Morgan Emms, Andrew Hay, Oliver Diffen, James Hollingsworth, Lukas Pfeifle, Sam Polglaze

From Switzerland:

Jonathan Suter


The AFA, along with the floorball community wishes you all the best for a great tour, and thanks you all for your committment to our sport.

Australian Men's National Team Announcement

Dear Australian Floorball Players,

I’d like to take the opportunity to inform you that the Australian Floorball Men’s National Team Development Plan and Strategy for season 2013 – APAC 2014 has been finalized and is available to download using the links below:

Team Australia - One Team One Mission - National Team Strategy Document
Team Australia - Expression of Interest form
Team Australia - Expression of Interest example document

Congratulations to our winning national team on their success!

The AFA is extremely proud of the performance of our women's team in Korea, to win the APAC tournament this year in conjunction with WFCQ, to qualify for the world championships to be held in Czech Republic in December this year. The team played very well and looked clearly the best drilled and dominant team for the tournament.

We also congratulate Leith Woods and Narelle Kihm on being selected in the All Stars team, and Narelle for also being named Player of the Tournament.

There were a number of young and new players who all contributed to the teams performance, which can only add to the teams continuing growth and improvement.

Well done also to our coaching staff led by Juerg Kihm and Neil Anderes.

Team Managers Brian and Rochelle Keogh did a great job organising the tour and allowed all the players and coaching staff to focus on their own roles. Thank you both.

Our thanks also to the group of helpers and supporters who travelled to support the team, we know your presence was much appreciated by all.

Club Membership Numbers

The AFA apologises for the issues we are currently having with our website, which has caused the previous article on membership numbers to disappear.

Club Membership graph for second quarter of 12/13 financial year was released in January and can be viewed or downloaded here.

We have pleasure in congratulating the 3 top clubs in Australia; Newcastle Floorball Association, Peninsula Floorball Club and Redbacks Floorball Club. What these clubs have in common is their growth by way of junior members which is fantastic to see. It's definitely the way to grow our sport for the future.

We are pleased to see such a positive take up of the new membership structure and one that can now be used to measure your club's progress.

The AFA looks back at 2012 and towards 2013

As the year draws to a close, the AFA have prepared a short recap of the past year together with an outline of some of the projects we will be undertaking in 2013.

AFA Communication December 2012

We are encouraged by the growth we have seen in the sport over the last 12 months, particularly with juniors and look forward to more growth in 2013. Congratulations to all States & clubs on the work you have put in and the outstanding results you've achieved. It's fantastic to see so many clubs now running their own competitions which in turn feed through to the more advanced players taking part in State run elite & mixed comps.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families the very best for the holiday season and peace, health, happiness and prosperity for the coming year.