15/06/2026
To our wonderful community, with the conclusion of the powerchair football season, we’d like to take a moment reflect on season 2026.
Powerchair Sports Victoria has achieved its highest ever membership and playing numbers. Additionally, the establishment of partnerships with Muscular Dystrophy Australia and Victoria University, has meant our great sport has been seen by more people and is being supported by placement students for the first time. These kinds of initiatives help our sport to create better match day experiences and the esteem of Powerchair football in our state.
Another highlight was seeing three Victorian players selected in the Australian Poweroos squad, who we are excited to cheer on in October.
None of this would have been possible, if not for our fantastic members. Thank you for believing in the vision that our sport can be, there have been challenging moments but they stem from people caring about the sport, which we can grow from.
This goes especially for our incredible volunteers and match day officials, the sport simply does not happen without you, thank you for your contributions this year, the success of Powerchair Sports Victoria is in many ways yours also.
With your help, you created an environment where our players could compete in our Premiership and Championship squads, won by Melbourne City Football Club and Westvale Olympic, respectively. Congratulations also go to Melbourne City for winning the Premiership in-season tournament, and South Melbourne the Championship division.
The committee would like to also extend our gratitude to outgoing President Brian Fitzpatrick, and Committee Member George Loulakis, for your leadership and your efforts to help our sport to grow in your time with us.
The committee is already looking ahead to next season, to work hard and make it our best year yet, but in the meantime we are excited to celebrate with our members at our Presentation Night, to be held on Sunday 21 June.
Thank you all again, and we look forward to communicating with you exciting developments in the coming weeks.
