Tara Murray
Glen Orden won’t field senior or reserves side’s in the Western Region Football League division 2 competition this year.
The league announced on Tuesday that the division two club had withdrawn both sides.
“The club tried their hardest to enter a senior and reserves side for the upcoming season, but have now informed the league of their decision to go into recess for 2023,” a league statement said.
“The WRFL will continue to support Glen Orden through this process and their recovery to re-join the competition next season.”
The decision comes after a club meeting on Monday night.
Glen Orden released a statement on Tuesday confirming the disappointing news.
“After disappointing numbers at training during the pre-season we called a second emergency players meeting last night to see where we were going as a senior football club,” the statement said.
“Unfortunately, not enough players come to the party to continue playing at Glen Orden. Several options were discussed but no matter what option we were to go with, we simply didn’t have enough players to take to the field in the 2023 season.
“We have fought hard over the last seven years since we were last in recess to keep senior football as part of our sporting club. For now, we will continue to move forward with Auskick, three netball teams and two cricket teams that play both summer and winter.
“The doors are not shut as we well continue as the Glen Orden Sports Club and will continue to invest in the sporting teams we do have.”
The club said it has a massive challenge to rebuild the senior football team, but encouraged everyone to get behind its other sides.”
A revised division 2 fixture will be communicated to clubs in due course.
