Emerald Eagles Football Club

⚽️ END OF SEASON PREPARATIONS! ⚽️

As we gear up for the end of another fantastic season, we still have a couple of important dates ahead! 📅

There’s plenty happening at EEFC before we officially wrap up the season, so make sure you’ve got these dates locked into your calendar!

Stay tuned for all the details and let’s finish the season strong! 💚🦅

⚽🏆 2026 BARRACLOUGH SHIELD 🏆⚽

What a fantastic weekend of football! 💚🖤

Emerald Eagles Football Club was incredibly proud to host the 2026 Barraclough Shield Carnival, bringing together clubs from across Central Queensland for a weekend of football, development, friendship and positive competition.

🥇U9 Showcase Champions – Frenchville Green
🥈 Runner Up – Clinton

🥇U10 Showcase Champions – Clinton
🥈 Runner Up – Southside United

🥇U11 Girls Showcase Champions – Emerald Eagles 💚🖤
🥈 Runner Up – BITS

🥇U11 Mixed Showcase Champions – Frenchville
🥈 Runner Up – Clinton

🥇U12 Mixed Showcase Champions – Cap Coast
🥈 Runner Up – Emerald Eagles 💚🖤

🥇U13 Girls Showcase Champions – BITS
🥈 Runner Up – Emerald Eagles 💚🖤

👏 Congratulations to every player, coach and club!

Due to player illness and unavailability, EEFC was proud to mix players with other clubs to ensure every team could take the field. It was a true example of the spirit of the football community — clubs coming together and supporting one another 💚⚽

To all of the participating clubs, players, coaches, referees, volunteers and families who travelled to Emerald — thank you. We love seeing clubs travelling, connecting and creating opportunities for young players! 👏

❤️ COMMUNITY SPONSORS

Carnivals like this simply cannot happen without the amazing support and contributions of our community, and we are incredibly grateful to the local businesses who helped make the weekend possible.

A very special thank you to:

🚛 AAA Towing Service – for helping us with the delivery of the portaloos
🚻 Onsite Rental Group Emerald – for providing the portaloos
🔥 Komatsu Emerald – for their BBQ trailer with sausages and onions from Fair Dinkum Fresh
⚡ AB Power – for providing a generator
❄️ Emerald Electrical & Air Conditioning – for providing a cool room
🍊 Costa Group – for generously providing free locally grown mandarins for our players
📸 Michael Chay Images - for his amazing snaps throughout the day
☀ Pirtek Emerald - for their gazebo to keep players in the shade
🏅Aim Trophies - for supplying our medals and donating our trophies

Your support makes a huge difference to our club and allows us to continue creating fantastic opportunities for regional players. 🙌

🟨 A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR REFEREES & VOLUNTEERS

A huge thank you goes to all of our referees and linesmen who gave up their time to keep the carnival running and the football flowing! 🟨⚽

A special shout-out to the referees:

👏 Ashley, Kaden, Andrew & Candice from Frenchville FC
👏 Roelof from Clinton FC
👏 Arnold, Benji & John from our EEFC Seniors
👏 Darrin, Kelsey & Kuyan from our EEFC Juniors

☕ Wander Brew Wagon – thank you for keeping us caffeinated throughout the weekend!
🍔 Wyn & Katina – thank you for keeping us fed!
⏱️ Tom – thank you for keeping us on time and making sure the carnival kept moving!
📋 Sandy, Natalie, Felicia, Abby, Bec, Marc, Tessa, Leon, Ken, William, Jess and Jess and Jason - thank you for coaching our amazing EEFC players throughout the day!

And finally, a massive thank you to our EEFC Committee for the absolutely crazy and tireless amount of work that goes into putting on a carnival like this. From the months of planning and preparation to the early mornings, late nights, setup, pack down and everything in between — your dedication is incredible.

A carnival of this size doesn't just happen. It takes an amazing team behind the scenes, and we are so grateful for every single one of you.💚🖤

We couldn't do it without you! 🦅

The 2026 Barraclough Shield was a celebration of football, development, community and friendship — and we couldn't be prouder of what our regional football community achieved together.

On a final note, we would like to announce....

🏆 BARRACLOUGH SHIELD 2026 OVERALL WINNERS — EMERALD EAGLES FOOTBALL CLUB! 🏆

Thank you again to everyone for a great day, we hope to see you for an even bigger and better Barraclough Shield 2027! 💪⚽🏆

⚽️ 2026 BARRACLOUGH SHIELD ⚽️

We’re excited to welcome clubs from across Central Queensland to the 2026 Barraclough Shield at Morton Park! 🖤🤍

The carnival is all about player development, participation and enjoyment, with a focus on teamwork, respect, sportsmanship, effort and skill development — development comes before results! 🙌⚽️

⏰ Coaches, Managers and Referees Briefing will be held prior to kick-off outside the Clubhouse at
7:30am.

⏱️ Games are two 15-minute halves, with teams expected to be at their field at least 5 minutes before kick-off.

🏆 Teams will play pool/round-robin matches before Development and Showcase fixtures, with the format designed to maximise game time and participation.

⭐ Player of the Match will be awarded after every game, recognising performance, effort, teamwork, sportsmanship and attitude — it doesn’t have to go to a player from the winning team!

📊 Teams are also assessed throughout the carnival on:
🤝 Teamwork & Communication
📈 Coachability & Development
👏 Sportsmanship & Respect

☕️ For families & spectators: Morton Park will have a fully stocked canteen and coffee van from 7.30am!

👏 Most importantly, we ask everyone to support all players positively, respect our referees, celebrate effort and help create a safe and enjoyable carnival for everyone.

Let’s celebrate regional football and show what is all about! 🖤🤍⚽️

💚Game On!💚

🥐 Canteen opens from 8:30AM — grab a delicious ham & cheese croissant, hot coffee and your morning fuel before the games kick off!

⚽ Junior games from 8:30AM — come down and cheer on our teams!

🌟 Miniroos Kick Off from 10:30AM — our littlest stars are ready to hit the field and have some fun! 🥳⚽

Bring the family, grab a bite, and enjoy a morning of football at EEFC! 🖤🤍

🏆 2026 MINOR PREMIERS! 🏆

An incredibly strong debut season for our Emerald Eagles U14/15 Division 1 boys, finished top of the ladder and crowned Minor Premiers! 💚🦅

After 21 games, the boys finished the season on 55 points with an incredible +211 goal difference, which is an amazing achievement and a credit to the players and coaches.

Now it’s finals time! ⚽🔥

This Saturday, the boys head to Rockhampton to take on Berserker Bears in their Semi Final.

📍 Norbridge Park
⏰ Kick-off: 9:45am

Congratulations boys - now let’s see what you can do in the finals!

💚Local Talent. Regional Pathways. Bigger Stage. 💚

☕🥐 SATURDAY 22 AUGUST⚽💚🖤

Our Miniroos Kick-Off Program is on again today! 🎉 We can’t wait to see our amazing 4–5 year old little Socceroos take the field and have a ball! ⚽🙌

While you’re here, warm up with a ham & cheese croissant 🥐, a warm muffin 🧁 from the canteen, and a hot coffee ☕ from Kooribar Coffee!

⛽ Fuel prices are skyrocketing! Why not go in the draw to win a fuel voucher, courtesy ofAmpol Australia? 🙌

All you need to do is volunteer in our canteen or come along and lend a hand at our Working Bee tomorrow — Sunday 23 August! 🛠️

Every helping hand makes a difference, and we’d love to see you there!💚🖤

⚽💛 LET’S GET BEHIND RIVER! 💛⚽

We have another one of our local young athletes chasing a pretty amazing opportunity! 🌟

After seeing River play, former professional footballer and Castle Hill Cup founder Jeremy Brockie reached out personally after she caught his eye and invited her to join his elite U11 Girls squad! 🙌⚽

River will now head to the Gold Coast from 25–27 September to compete in the Gold Coast Premier Invitational.

To help River and her family with the costs of getting her there, they’re running a 100 BOARD FUNDRAISER!

💰 $10 per number

🥇 1st Prize — $300 CASH
🥈 2nd Prize — $100 CASH

There are only 100 numbers available, so get in quick!

📩 Send Sam Hodges a message to grab your lucky number(s).

Every number sold helps River get one step closer to the Gold Coast and this awesome opportunity. 💛⚽

Good luck, River! Go show them what our country kids can do! 🌟

📣 SAVE THE DATE! 🎉

As our season comes to a close, we invite all our EEFC members to join us for a special End of Season Presentation celebrating our amazing junior players! 🏆

It’s time to celebrate another fantastic season of our future soccer stars with a morning packed with fun, family and plenty of smiles!

🏆 Player awards
⚽ Parents vs Kids games
📸 Team photos by Sarah Maree Photography
🏰 Jumping castle
🌭 Sausage sizzle
🎨 Face painting
…and lots of fun!

📅 Sunday 13th September
⏰ Games kick off from 8.30am
⏰ Presentations from 10.15am

Please note: Saturday games will be cancelled on the 12th of September so we can all come together and prepare for a fantastic morning celebrating our junior players.

We can’t wait to see our EEFC families there! 💙⚽

Save the date and come celebrate the season with us! 🎉

🦅 Player of the Match 🦅

Congratulations to our latest recipients of the Domino's Pizza Emerald Player of the Match award!

Enjoy your well-deserved pizza reward this week! 🍕🔥

We have a beautiful collection of Yeti’s missing their homes!

If you recognise yours please come collect from the canteen this afternoon 😊