CONGRATULATIONS to West Preston-Lakeside Football Club for receiving a Gold Level Club accreditation for its efforts over the past two years as part of the AFL Victoria Quality Club Program.
Creating a quality environment to any football club is so significant and would be an enormous benefit to a club as a whole and all of the club members. West Preston-Lakeside have deservedly achieved that and been rewarded.
The concept of the Quality Club Program is to provide an opportunity for all community football clubs in Victoria to achieve a minimum standard of club administration and to recognise and reward clubs for achieving the base standard through to standards of excellence.
Achieving Gold standard as a club shows that West Preston-Lakeside has gone above and beyond the minimum standard of administration and should be proud of that fact, as are the Northern Football League and AFL Victoria. The Roosters are now one of only five clubs across Victoria accredited at Gold Level.
With a limited number achieving the highest level a football club can achieve, the efforts of all at the West Preston-Lakeside, particularly Paddy McVeigh and Lauren Rizzacasa, who were the driving force behind the achievement, has been well acknowledged.
On behalf of AFL Victoria and the Northern Football League, we congratulate West Preston-Lakeside on addressing the benefits of providing a quality environment for all people associated with Australian Football.
To Achieve Gold Level Accreditation, West Preston Lakeside completed the following criteria:
CRITERION 1 – TRAINING FOR CLUB ADMINISTRATORS
Club must participate in a minimum of four educational sessions of the AFL Club Management Training Program across a two-year period.
CRITERION 2 – ACCREDITED COACHING STAFF
A coach at the club must be Level 2 or 3 accredited. All coaches at your club must be members of the Australian Football Coaches Association (AFCA).
CRITERION 3 – DISABILITY ACTION PLAN
Club must adopt a Disability Action Plan.
CRITERION 4 – FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Club must be able to demonstrate a financial report in line with their annual budget.
CRITERION 5 – PLAYER WELFARE, EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT
Club must be able to demonstrate at least one program/activity that it runs to benefit its players outside of football.
CRITERION 6 – COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Club must be able to demonstrate at least one program/activity that it has been involved in that has had a positive impact on the community.
Photo caption (left to right): Brett Pollard (Junior Coach of the Year 2014), Lauren Rizzacasa, Brett Connell (AFL Victoria Community Football and Engagement Manager), Graham Mills (Facilities Co-ordinator), Gary Payne (Vice President).
