AFLNT postpones Central Australian Football League's first round amid dispute with Alice Springs council
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- 05 May 2023
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The AFLNT has confirmed it will postpone the first round of the Alice Springs community football season, amid an increasingly bitter stoush with the local council.
In the most recent Central Australian Football League (CAFL) community fixture submitted by AFLNT, two matches were set to be played at the council-owned Traeger Park on Sunday.
This was despite Alice Springs Town Council banning all forms of football from Traeger Park oval, and voting against community football taking place on council-managed grounds.
It came in the wake of the council withdrawing support for the upcoming Central Australian community football competition amid concerns about crime rates and social issues in the town.
After a fortnight of silence, an AFLNT spokesperson confirmed today that matches scheduled for this weekend would be deferred to "later in the season", as the council continues to block access to the park. Read More..
