Football Queensland offers QR code for attendance tracking

Liam Watson09/07/2020 6:00 am12/10/2021

Football Queensland (FQ) has introduced a QR code solution that offers Queensland clubs a simple way to track attendances ahead of the 2020 season restart.

FQ has sourced and agreed to this new coding system, aimed at assisting clubs to maintain good Covid-19 prevention measures.

There will be a contactless check-in poster, where visitors to clubs around Queensland can quickly and efficiently scan themselves, as per the COVID Safe Plan requirements for contact tracing.

A club-specific poster is available at no cost and includes a secure QR code for visitors to scan on a smart phone, saving administration departments time and resources.

It ensures that everyone related to a club, whether it be players, coaches or fans, are in the safest possible environment – as FQ CEO Robert Cavallucci outlined in a statement.

“We have stressed the need to be agile and responsible over the past few months and this technology will help our clubs be fully committed to community safety as we return to training and matches,” he said.

“FQ will cover all EVA Check-in costs through to 30 November and will continue to assess the landscape around COVID-19 tracking requirements throughout that time.

“I encourage every affiliated football club and venue to print their poster and to meet all the important measures contained in our Return to Play guidelines.

“All we ask from participants is that you scan the QR code when you arrive at a club or venue and then fill out the online form with a few essential details.

“It’s extremely easy to use and will enable FQ, your club and your zone to support the relevant health authorities in the event that anyone returns a positive test for COVID-19.”

FQ has worked on guides for clubs and their members and is all set to be distributed to show exactly how the EVA Check-in process works.

All club participants, officials and registered volunteers are told to keep an eye on their emails for all the latest updates on Football Queensland’s offering of the QR code system.

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

Patrick Irving16/04/2026 8:55 am16/04/2026

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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

Declan Chan15/04/2026 6:15 am14/04/2026

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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.