High tea and high hopes for season ahead

The Baulkham Hills Hawks enjoy high tea with high hopes for the season ahead.

Kirilee Stanmore 13, Martha Macnab, 15, and Mary Wol, 12, at the Baulkham Hills Hawks season launch. Pictures: David Swift

• Women’s AFL continues to grow

Talented young footballers gathered for lollies, sandwiches and plenty of laughs on the weekend with high hopes for the season ahead.

The Baulkham Hills Hawks launched their 2017 Youth Girls season with a ladies high tea at the Novotel Sydney Norwest on Saturday, March 18, for players and their families.

Marely Kozac, 10, Marli Williams, 9, and Pia Andreacchio, 14, enjoying some sweet treats at the high tea’s lolly bar.

This year will mark the Hawks’ second youth girls season, following a successful debut in 2016.

Their inaugural season - which was also launched at the Novotel last year - saw the Hawks fielding an U15 team and a joint Baulkham Hills, Kellyville and Pennant Hills U18 team.

This year demand has soared, and the club has an U12 team, two U15 teams and an U18 team.