Football Queensland and Felton Industries team up to launch Facility Guide

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Football Queensland (FQ) has launched its Shelter & Grandstands Facility Guide, together with their new partner Felton Industries.

Football Queensland (FQ) has launched its Shelter & Grandstands Facility Guide, together with their new partner Felton Industries.

Felton are FQ’s Official Shelter & Grandstand partner and are the preferred supplier to the football community.

“This is the eighth guide now available on the Facilities Hub, demonstrating how FQ continues to drive progress towards the Strategic Infrastructure Plan as we support clubs across the state with meeting demand and building capacity,” FQ President Ben Richardson said. 

“In the broader 2020-2022 Strategic Plan, FQ identified the need to secure the support of partners who can help deliver on football’s infrastructure needs. 

“That is why we are pleased to welcome another great addition to the Queensland football family in Felton Industries, who have provided a range of shade and seating options suitable for all clubs in the Shelter & Grandstands Facility Guide.” 

The new partnership supports Queensland clubs with better tools to strengthen the overall football experience for their members and spectators.

“All sporting clubs in Queensland face sun safety and weather-related challenges at their venues,” FQ CEO Robert Cavallucci said. 

“FQ has addressed this through the Shelter & Grandstands Facility Guide, the newest inclusion among our suite of in-depth resources for clubs, sport and recreation consultants, and local councils. 

“Together with Felton, we are supporting our community with improved access to high-quality, infrastructure that transforms both the spectator experience and the atmosphere at matches.” 

Felton products are designed to cater for the Queensland climate, with purpose-built structures to handle cyclone ratings, withstand saltwater conditions and added portability.

“As Australia’s leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of quality outdoor furniture, we are proud to support the Queensland football community,” National Sales Manager for Felton Industries, Gus White said. 

“We have been supplying premium seating solutions for all educational, community, sporting and commercial environments across Australia for more than 20 years. This expertise is provided in the Shelter & Grandstands Facility Guide. 

“We are excited to share this knowledge with Queensland football clubs and look forward to working with them on customising our Australian-made grandstands and shelters to suit their needs.” 

Queensland clubs can obtain a $100 voucher by signing up to the Felton Industries newsletter and can purchase products under the Government’s Instant Asset Write-Off (IAWO) scheme.

You can view the Shelter & Grandstands Facility Guide here.

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

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The Melbourne-based anf family-owned business will join the Victory family, uniting two institutions which represent the city’s culture and identity.

A partnership with local roots

As the newest partner of Melbourne Victory, Roasting Warehouse joins forces with a vital part of the city’s sporting landscape.

The club’s Managing Director, Caroline Carnegie, outlined why the partnership bears so much value to both parties.

“We are excited to collaborate with Roasting Warehouse, a community-oriented destination for high-quality coffee, proud of its foundations in Melbourne,” said Carnegie via official media release.

“Football and coffee sit at the epicentre of Melbourne’s culture. The two go hand-in-hand, consistently at the centre of the conversation that stirs Melburnians, which is no different to the conversation sport and Melbourne Victory stir in the State.”

Indeed, this is a partnership which combines the identity, passions and culture of an entire city, therefore giving it the foundations required for long-term, mutual success.

Representing the best of Melbourne

Both Victory and Roasting Warehouse are hugely successful in their respective industries. They are institutions with community-oriented philosphies, who pride themselves on craft and quality.

“We’re incredibly proud to partner with Melbourne Victory, a club that represents the heart, passion, and ambition of Melbourne,” revealed Roasting Warehouse Head of Brand, Alexander Paraskevopoulos.

“As a Melbourne-founded, family-run business, supporting a team that means so much to the local community feels very natural for us.”

Furthermore, through their high-quality blends, Roasting Warehouse will look to prepare Victory’s players and staff for high performances on the pitch as the seasons nears completion.

But this is about far more than just fueling athletes.

This is a partnership which embodies and unites two of Melbourne’s greatest strengths and cultural markers – a connection forged from the city’s very own DNA.

 

For more information about Roasting Warehouse, click here.

Football NSW supports Female Coaches CPD as Women’s Football Surges

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Football NSW has used the platform of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup to deliver a targeted professional development workshop for female coaches, bringing together scholarship recipients for an evening of structured learning and direct engagement with elite women’s football.

Held at ACPE last month, the session was open to female coaches who received C or B Diploma scholarships through Football NSW in 2025. Coaching accreditation carries a financial cost that disproportionately affects women, who are less likely to have their development subsidised by clubs or associations operating in underfunded community football environments. Scholarship access changes that equation at the point where many women exit the pathway.

Facilitated by Football NSW Coach Development Coordinator Bronwyn Kiceec, the workshop focused on goal scoring trends from the tournament’s group stage, with coaches analysing attacking patterns and exploring how those insights could translate into their own environments. The group then attended the quarter-final between South Korea and Uzbekistan at Stadium Australia.

The structure of the evening mattered as much as its content. Female coaches in community football rarely have access to elite competition environments as a professional resource. The gap between the level at which most women coach and the level at which the game is analysed and discussed tends to reinforce itself. Placing scholarship recipients inside a major tournament, as participants rather than spectators, closes that gap in a way that a classroom session cannot.

Female coaches remain significantly underrepresented across all levels of the game in Australia. The pipeline that will change that depends not only on accreditation access but on the professional networks, peer relationships and exposure to elite environments that male coaches have historically taken for granted.

The workshop forms part of Football NSW’s ongoing commitment to developing female coaches through scholarships and structured learning opportunities.

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