Emotions of immense pride and joy came for Sale United Football Club as they clinched the coveted Regional Club of the Year Award at the 2023 Football Victoria Community Awards.
Receiving the Regional Club of the Year Award is a testament to the club’s relentless hard work, passion and unwavering commitment to the world game.
Sale United Football Club secretary Darleen Richardson and junior coordinator Laurel Irvine attended the 2023 Football Victoria Community Awards, hosted at the Melbourne Cricket Ground’s prestigious MCC Dining Room last week.
Football Victoria said the response from the football community was tremendous following the call for 2023 Football Victoria Community Awards nominations in late September and were delighted to announce Sale United as Regional Club of the Year Award recipients.
“The Regional Club of the Year Award is designed to recognise a club from Regional Victoria that has showcased exceptional commitment to its members and local community, and our deserving winner for 2023 is Sale United FC,” a Football Victoria spokesperson said.
“As a club that takes all opportunities to grow with both hands, Sale currently runs an incredible suite of social programs outside of our standard competitions – creating the environment that has also instituted female head coaches for both Senior Men and Women’s teams, grown female participation from 39 players in 2014 to over 250 players in 2023 – conveniently coinciding with a successful Senior Women’s team that won the LVSL League Championship title for the first time in club history.
“As their home ground sits in the Gippsland region roughly 215km from the awards presentation stage, that didn’t stop Sale United FC growing to over 1,000 players in 2023 – truly remarkable overall achievement by any club no matter their location, making Sale United FC a deserving winner.
“FV would also like to thank and acknowledge all the nominees in addition to all of the other volunteers, administrators, Clubs, coaches, referees and people in our community who contribute to making our game so special.”
Sale United’s receiving of Football Victoria’s Regional Club of the Year Award comes off the back of a widely successful season on and off the field across both junior and senior competitions.
