DOES YOUR CLUB HAVE THE BEST BOOT IN THE SOUTH?

Hosting the South Australia Kick Off at your club is the perfect way to kick-start the season with energy, excitement, and connection. Clubs are encouraged to tie the competition in with registration or sign-up days, with a fun reason for players and families to get involved early in the season. It’s also a great way to reconnect with past players and engage your wider community, all while giving your club the chance to be represented at Qualifying, Preliminary and even State Finals.  

There will be a $40,000 prize pool for the State Finalists – where the State Champion and Community Club will be rewarded.   

The champion for each division (Men, Women, Youth Boys, Youth Girls) will be awarded a prize of $5000 and their nominated community club will also receive $5000* There will also be tickets available for selected Gather Round games to cheer on the finalists.

The South Australia Kick Off  is super flexible. Allowing the ability for clubs to run all four divisions or just a few, host everything in one big event or spread it out over multiple days or evenings whatever works best for your club and community.

The South Australia Kick Off can be facilitated on both an inside 50m of a football oval, or open green space. We recommend that at least 2 people set up the field as all the kicking points need to be measured as per the game guidelines.  

Equipment required:  

• 10x leather footballs  
  • Size 5 for Men.  
  • Size 4 for Youth/Women
• 10x cones for 10 different goal kicking positions.
• Measure wheel 

View the how-to guide here.

Download the score card here.

The competition will kick off at local community clubs with progression through to qualifying, preliminary and state finals, with the state final to be hosted during Gather Round 2026. 

Proposed timelines for each round of competition are below:

• Local Club Competitions- January to March 2026
• Qualifying Finals – March 2026
• Preliminary Finals – Gather Round (11th April)
• State Finals – Gather Round (12th April)

Clubs will be responsible for promoting their local competition via flyers and social media. The AFL has developed a promotion toolkit designed to provide a range of assets to promote the South Australia Kick Off. 

The objective of promotion is to build awareness of the competition and drive registrations for local club events.Below you will find links to flyers, social media tiles, social media stories and digital resources available in both editable andnon-editable formats, as well as print and digital options.

Download the promotional toolkit.

Clubs are invited to express their interest in hosting a competition before the 15th of February. We strongly recommend to express your clubs interest in running a local competition by the 12th of January in order to receive your promotional toolkit by mid-January.