New club tipped for 2018

ARMSTRONG United FC is eyeing off a debut as soon as 2018 as soccer looks to push into Geelong’s major growth corridor.

Geelong’s newest football club has revealed an interim committee and highlighted several key dates over the coming months, as the growing sport pushes for a foothold in the Armstrong Creek area.

Armstrong United FC, a working title, wants to unite the two key housing estates in the corridor — Villawood’s Armstrong/Mt Duneed and the Waralily estates on the eastern side of Surf Coast Highway.

A series of meetings have resulted in a working group being formed to establish the new club, which will look to start in local Geelong region competitions next year.

The taskforce is headed by current Drysdale men’s masters team co-ordinator and local resident Michael Parker, who has agreed to assume the role of interim president.

He is joined by interim secretary Jacky Basset, a soccer mum who is also the manager of the renowned Villawood Properties’ Club Armstrong facility.

Former women’s footballer Tayla John makes up the trio as the interim treasurer.

The club is expected to be based at the Armstrong Oval in Sovereign Drive.

It is a brand new ovalshaped, floodlit facility that has already been turfed.

In order to gather more support from the local community, a public information session has been locked in for Tuesday, July 11, at the Club Armstrong venue in Sovereign Drive.

A Mini-Roos Come and Try Day, which will also double as the official public launch of the new club, will be held in mid-September.

Football Federation Victoria will lock in a MiniRoos Kick-Start program in early October to help attract junior numbers for the fledgling new club.

For more information about the proposed new Armstrong United FC club, email FFV Geelong’s strategic development co-ordinator Tonci Prusac at tprusac@ffv.org.au.