I would like to welcome everyone to a new season at Mackay Wanderers Football Club.2013 has started with lots of promise and excitement around the club, both in the junior and senior ranks.

This year marks the 90th anniversary for the club, and it promises to be a big year. Mackay Wanderers has been a major player in Mackay football since 1923 and has built up many years of tradition and success, while at the same time striving to build a strong family culture.

This is evident through the many family ties throughout the club. There are many family members that have worn the red and white proudly throughout the years and it is not uncommon to see grandparents cheering on their children and their grandchildren playing for the club they themselves represented.

With the Senior men, women's and Junior competitions starting in March, the inaugural NQ Cup which our Premier Mens team has qualified for, the Over 35’s competition for our more senior players and the many varied junior Age Carnivals around the district, there will be a lot of football played this year.

Juniors, your coach will be in contact with you soon. For seniors and Colts, head down to training Tuesday and Thursday nights. The season will kick off with a Club Fun Day on the 2nd March at Wanderers Park, and fixtures will start the following week for juniors on March 9 and March 16 for seniors.

I trust everyone will participate in the right spirit, respecting their team mates, the opposition and their supporters and importantly the Referees and their Assistants. 

Whether you are returning to Wanderers or this is your first year with the club, or whether it is your first year with the sport, I hope this year is as successful and as enjoyable as it can be.

Again on behalf of the club, welcome.

Tony Kitching

President MWFC

0408 073 412

tony.kitching@dbct.com.au

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WAGs provide our junior female players with an opportunity to participate in specialised, girls only training sessions in addition to your own teams' training. WAGS also gives parents and coaches the chance to participant in each session.

Training sessions led by Sarah Jones and will be fun, full of active participation and players will learn a variety of skills to assist in building your knowledge, technique and confidence in soccer. 

At Wanderers, we feel that every player is of utmost importance and with increasing numbers of girls playing soccer, we want to encourage your learning and enjoyment of the game while also building your confidence on and off the field. 

Training will be held the first Thursday of every month at 4pm.

Interested players RSVP by Apr 8th.

Apr 18, May 2, Jun 6, Jul 11, Aug 1,
Sep 5.

The Buddy System
In 2013 Mackay Wanderers FC are pursuing a new direction in building the relationships between the senior players and junior players at the Club. And as March 17 to April 17 2013 is Football Federation Australia’s “Grassroots Football Month”, Mackay Wanderers FC would like to announce the 2013 Senior to Junior Buddy Program initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to improve the visibility of senior players amongst the junior teams so junior players can see what it means to be a Wanderers footballer. Senior players have been assigned to junior teams and will endeavour to visit either trainings or games every 4-6 weeks to encourage the development of junior players and their enjoyment of the world game. 

Coaches and parents of junior players are encouraged to keep an eye out for the Senior players as they visit their “Buddies” throughout they year”

Nye Keegan Sporting Hearts was originally formed in January 2009 to promote awareness and prevention of “Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young”. It’s estimated that 300 to 500 people, under the age of 35 will die each year from a sudden cardiac arrest due to an underlying and undiagnosed cardiac condition.

Last year thanks to the efforts of Keith McAree from the Mackay Wanderers Football Club, we raised over $5000. We will be using the funds to purchase two AED units (Automated External Defibrillator) through an organisation called Defib Your Club for Life. DFYCFL defibrillators have already saved lives.

Nye Keegan Sporting Hearts having kindly donated one of these units to Mackay Wanderers which we are very grateful for. 

1977 - 1979 - 2002 - 2005 - 2006 - 2010

Premier Men Premiers
1938 - 1939 - 1957 - 1960 - 1976 - 2005 - 2007 - 2010 - 2011

CQ League Winner
1984