Emerald Junior Football Club

🏉 FOOTY THIS FRIDAY NIGHT ❤️🖤

There’s nothing better than footy under lights!

Come down and support our Bombers as we host two exciting Friday night matches:

📅 Friday 10th July
🕠 5:45pm – U16 Girls 🆚 Olinda/Gembrook
🕖 7:05pm – U14 Red 🆚 Wandin

Make a night of it with great food available:
🍕 Pizza
🥔 Twister Potatoes
🤎 Fresh Churros from the canteen

Bring the family, rug up, and get around our amazing junior teams for a fantastic night of footy. We can’t wait to see you there! 👀

Go Bombers! ❤️🖤🏉

Let’s get behind our amazing VP and support her fundraiser for the MND Hills Ice Bucket Challenge! 💙🧊

We all know how passionate Olivia is about supporting charities and encouraging us to dunk our teams in ice, slime and whatever else she’s cooking up for this year’s Charity Round 😂

Now it’s our turn to get behind her and sponsor her … to make sure she gets absolutely soaked with icy cold water! 🥶💦

💙🧊💦

Our next Hills MND Big Freeze Ice-Bucket challenger is...
🔵Olivia McLeod👏

You may know Olivia through the Emerald Junior Football Club as their Vice President.
Olivia is also a nurse where she comes across people affected by MND, so she is a very passionate supporter to finding a cure. 💙

Here is some more about Olivia -
1. Are you married, and do you have family in the hills?
🔹I am married to my amazing supportive husband Jason and have 3 beautiful children Leo, Hudson and Georgia. I am also blessed with 2 whippets, an Italian greyhound, 2 Pygmy goats, a cat, 3 chickens and a turtle. I am obsessed with animals.
2. What did you want to be, when you were growing up?
🔹Growing up I wanted to be a Park Ranger (lived in Tassie)
What do you do now?
I'm A Registered Nurse team lead in the disability sector working closely with TAC and NDIS participants.
3. What 3 things would you want if you were stranded on a desert island?
🔹My family, my animals and sunscreen
4. What is the best movie you have seen?
🔹This is a hard one but Patch Adams, it's the reason I became a nurse.
5. What is your most annoying habit? Or something people find annoying/funny about you?
🔹I'm told I talk to much, volunteer and create big warped plans and often told I'm annoyingly happy 🤣🤣
6. What is your nickname?
🔹Liv, Ollie, Liz, Livvy, Mumma and new one "Bruh"

Olivia, we're sure you'll keep your annoyingly happy nature when the icy water gets poured over your head 😁

Get behind Olivia by donating to her Ice-Bucket Challenge here: https://support.fightmnd.org.au/fundraisers/oliviamcleod/diy-big-freeze

💖 GIRLS ROUND 24 MAY 2026 💖

CELEBRATING GIRLS & WOMEN IN SPORT

It’s time to celebrate girls and women in sport and what AFL has become with women in the league!

From the girls playing in our mixed teams, to our three all-girls teams, along with our incredible female volunteers and coaches — we are proud to celebrate the important role women and girls play at the Emerald Bombers. ❤️🖤

WHAT’S HAPPENING:

📍Thursday 21st May – AFLW Clinic with Alice Burke for our 14s & 16s girls | 5:30pm – 7pm
📍Friday 22nd May – Footy Olympics for our 10s and below girls
📍Sunday 24th May – Hosting all our girls teams at home followed by Meals Night!

Expect lots of pink and purple! 🩷💜

Let’s celebrate our girls, women, and the amazing impact they continue to have on the game of footy and our Emerald Bombers community. The growth and positive change women’s football has brought to AFL has been incredible to see.

🏉❤️🖤🏉

🌟Happy Star Wars Day Bombers ❤️🖤🌟

Whether you’re kicking goals like a Jedi, tackling like a Wookiee, or using the Force to find your teammates (we see you 👀), we hope your day is full of fun and footy! 🏉

Remember…
Train hard, play fair… and trust the Force on game day!💪

May your kicks be straight, your marks be strong, and your team spirit as powerful as the galaxy itself! 🚀

May the Fourth be with you! ❤️🖤

ROUND 2 - ANZAC Round Sunday 26/4

Join us this weekend for our ANZAC Round as we come together to remember, reflect and show respect. ❤️🖤

We warmly invite all players, families and supporters to our ANZAC Service on the oval at 12:45pm, proudly hosted by our players, held between the U12s and the U14 Girls games. 🏉

There’ll be music and photos captured throughout the day as we honour the ANZAC spirit both on and off the field. 📸🎶

Canteen and Merch Shop will be open, with raffle tickets for sale during the day. 🍟🎽

To finish the day, stick around for our ANZAC Round Meals Night from 6–8pm – a BBQ hosted by our U12s. Sausages and hamburgers will be available for purchase, the bar will be open, and we’ll present our Spirit of the ANZAC Awards. 🍔🏅

Lest we forget ❤️🖤

ANZAC DAY MARCH 2026

Join us this ANZAC Day 🇦🇺

The Emerald Junior Football Club invites all players, families and supporters to come together and march as a community in our Bombers colours and uniforms.

Let’s proudly represent our club while honouring and remembering those who have served. ❤️🖤

We hope to see a strong turnout as we stand together in respect and remembrance.

📍Saturday 25 April
📍In front of the CBA Emerald by 10am
📍March together behind the EJFC Banner to ANZAC Place - next to the Emerald RSL
📍Service starts at 11am

Wishing all our Bombers community a happy, safe and restful Easter! 🐰❤️🖤🍫

🔴⚫️ PRACTICE MATCH EJFC V OJFC ⚪️🔵
Emerald JFC vs Officer JFC
29th March 2026 @ Worrell Reserve

🏉Game times:
U12 Mixed EJFC v OJFC White 9:30am
U14 Girls EJFC v OJFC 10:40am
U14 Boys EJFC Black V OJFC U13 Blue 12:00pm
U14 Boys EJFC Red v OJFC U14 White 1:15pm
U16 Girls EJFC v OJFC 2:30pm

🎽 Merch Shop open Thursday 26 March 5:45 - 7:00pm for uniform & merch purchases.

🎽All players require footy boots, a mouth guard, club shorts and socks.Black shorts and socks are acceptable for this practice match only. EJFC players tops will be provided at Jumper Presentation this week (day/time TBA).

💥Teams see your individual Whatsapp Team Chats for further info.

Good luck to all of our teams! Looking forward to a great day of footy! 👏🔴⚫️