This weekend is the first big event of the year for the Whitsunday Sea Eagles as they host the Airlie Beach Australian Football Senior Carnival this Saturday.
The annual event is an AFL Mackay Pre-Season Carnival held at the recently redeveloped Whitsunday Sports Park.
Teams from Mackay and Townsville will battle it out to see who the champion is for both senior men and senior women, as well as youth teams.
The event will begin at 8:30am and run through to 7:00pm.
After a long preseason, often disrupted by rainy Whitsunday weather, the Sea Eagles are looking to build on the success of their 2021 season.
For a side that only started in 2018, the Sea Eagles have become a formidable force in the junior and senior competition in Mackay, underlined by an exceptional senior performance against Bakers Creek last year to end their season, as well as finals runs with the senior men’s side losing out in a nail biter elimination final against the Swans.
Grudges will be held and the Eagles will be looking to make finals footy again this year, with a strong start this weekend.
The fully volunteer run club are also in need of an even greater number of volunteers than usual to help to run one of their biggest fundraisers of the year.
The event is set to allow them to purchase new equipment and playing gear across all grades, meaning everyone wins, as long as the community is out in force
They encourage all players and parents to get down and support the teams and the great sport of AFL.
If you’d like to be a part of filling the volunteer roster for all teams, please contact the Whitsunday Sea Eagles through Facebook, if you can help with any of the following:
Under 12s Canteen/gate shifts; Under 14s Scoreboard shifts; Under 17s Water Carrier shifts.
They will need all the help they can get with more than 500 people expected to attend the day.
They will also need help with setting up from 7am on Saturday and packing up after the Carnival is finished – so feel free to contact the Whitsunday Sea Eagles to do your part for AFL in the region.
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