Supporting Child Safety and Positive Communication Under New Social Media Rules
As most of you are aware, new social media restrictions for children come into effect on 10th December and we want to reassure our families and supporters that the health, wellbeing, and safety of our young players remains at the heart of everything we do.

Kinglake Junior Football Club is committed to a communications approach that reflects our values and supports a safe, positive environment for all children.

If you have any questions or need support around Child Safety, please reach out — we’re here to help.

Useful Resources
Social media age restrictions | eSafety Commissioner
Commission for Children and Young People 
Safeguarding Children and Young People | AFL
Child Safety Policy | NFNL

As we head into summer it is great to see players returning to the oval for some pre-season training.  Our U14s and U16s have commenced and it was great to see them bringing the energy, teamwork and lots of laughs.  The U14s have one more session before Christmas on Wednesday 3rd December at the Kinglake main oval from 4.45pm – 6pm and the U16s will be at the Kinglake West oval (next to primary school) at 10am on Sunday 7th and 14th December.  U10s and U12s will commence their pre-season in the new year.  Everyone is welcome to come down to the training sessions, please keep an eye on our socials for further information regarding training dates for 2026.

On 6th October we had our Annual General Meeting and we are happy to announce our head coaches for 2026:  Matt Honey, Mark, Rob Abboushi, Jesse Hawkes, Caroline Ritchie and Silas Croft.  We will be holding some pre-season training from early November so please keep an eye on our socials and website for updates.  If you have a child that would like to be a Laker in 2026, please contact us.

Our Under 11s played on into finals and hosted Mernda in a thrilling elimination final at Hurstbridge.  It was a perfect day for footy as our kids showed heart and determination in spades to come away with a 7-point win.  Standout performances from the game include Jake who led strongly and dominated through the midfield, Ben and Van who both gave solid performances and remained composed under pressure and Lach who showed why he is one of the best forwards in the competition with an unstoppable effort and an incredible 7 goal bag!

We are thrilled to confirm our Under 11s team is finals bound!  They have just continued to dominate in recent games and although they couldn’t quite get the win over division leaders Greensborough, they still brought their usual high level of intensity, effort and work rate.  We would like to congratulate Ben and Jake on their recent 50th games milestone and also extend a big welcome to new teammates Jacob and Nathan W.  It is always difficult to single out players in this group of little legends but we would like to congratulate our recent award winners Jake, Jacko, Levi, Lach G, Van, Nathan W, Jacob, Liam, Nathan S, Jett and Harry.  We look forward to finals and wish them the best of luck! 

July 2025 recap of matches and all that has happened at Kinglake Junior Football Club. We are particularly proud to have partnered with TAC to share a very important message: “Show up for your team, slow down on the roads. Be the difference!”