Growing the game in Wyndham – it’s the focus that remains the same every year for the Werribee Football Club and Community Development Manager Majok Ngong, a man who has returned to the role he first held with the club in 2013.
“I love the fact everyone at this club shares the same vision which is to support and grow the game of AFL in the City of Wyndham,” Ngong explains.
Last year Werribee’s In Schools Program delivered 80 clinics across eight schools in Wyndham with more than 1280 participants. Those clinics resulted in 319 new local Auskickers and 153 new junior members and the club has hit the ground running in 2023, introducing the game to even more young people including girls at Lollypop Creek and Tarneit Rise primary schools.
In recent weeks Werribee’s community team has been preparing multicultural participants for the annual Unity Cup which concludes with a Gala Day Carnival at La Trobe University’s Bundoora campus next Sunday.
“There is no club in the VFL that celebrates and embraces diversity like Werribee Football Club and the smiles and joy that we are able to put on faces of kids and others in the community is that best part about this job,” Ngong added.
As the year goes on the club will continue to deliver diverse and collaborative programs alongside the AFL, AFL Victoria, Wyndham City Council, the North Melbourne Huddle and other organisations including Reclink, The Salvation Army and Wyndham Community and Education Centre, all with the help and support of community partners CDC & Pacific Werribee.
