Walking Football Australia Walkaroos
The Walkaroos have attended 4 overseas major events since 2019. The first one was on June 3 2019 where the first ever WF World Championships was played at Leighton Orient Stadium in London.
With Covid-19, all overseas travel was suspended and we were not able to travel until July 2022, when the Walkaroos traveled to Florence, Italy to take part in the 2nd IWFF World Championships in a 3 day tournament.The Walkaroos were well outplayed in Italy facing some great opposition and former internationals.
Since 2022 in Italy The Walkaroos have since improved and are slowly making a mark on the international stage as being a tough team to conquer.
Walkaroos History So Far
What’s Been Happening.
Our long term goals are to take our best possible teams to each overseas events. Since 2019, we have always called on our willing travellers to prop up the squads and they have been fantastic in doing so. However, 2023, was the time to go the next level and look across Australia to reach out to take the best players we possibly could to have any chance of competing with other countries at this level of the game.
The International Walking Football calendar is likely to be very congested in 2024/25, but we hope to be able to have representative teams at each event held in Europe. There will also be potential for us to host international events here in Australia much sooner than later. Exciting times ahead for Walking Football in Australia.
Wales 2023
We were very well welcomed to Cardiff after departing London, ahd quckly got into our friendly games on the Friday. While we had experienced the cold weather in London, we were in for a shock on Tournament day when it was Minus 4 degrees celcius inside the indoor venue.
A definite culture shock for us all with an unusual cold snap being the main topic of the event. The tournament was very well organised, and the teams made the best of challenging conditions as did our supporters, who were happy to return back to the hotel to ‘thaw’ out and enjoy the evening dinner and drinks. We thank the IWFF and Wales Walking Football for their wonderful hospitality.
Australia 2026.
After being involved with Walking Football Australia-Walkaroos for over 5-6 years now, we are excited, honoured and absolutely delighted to officially announce we will host the IWFF World Championships in Australia in May 2026. This has been our ambition since 2018 to bring the World's best Walking Footballing countries down Down Under. Much more exciting details on that to come.
Sweden 2025
Our next immediate job, is to now seek out potential talented teams and players to bode us well not only for 2026, but for Sweden next year. That process begins today. Please find above (or below) our Trials announcement for SWEDEN 2025-AUSTRALIA 2026.
Our Aims
Australian Walking Football Walkaroos is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and competitive environment. It aims to raise the standards of Walking Football in Australia and ensure that the country is well-represented on the international stage.
Through rigorous training, comprehensive support, and a commitment to excellence, the Walkaroos are set to make a significant impact in the world stage of Walking Football.
London 2023
Who would have thought our journeys to the UK in late November would turn out to be such a wonderful occasion. Our initial visit was to London where we were fortunate to play some very good warm up games against very good teams like Chelsea, Fulham, Carribean then onto Barnet FC where we were welcomed by very tough teams in Peru 50s and the Barnet 50s-60s & 70s Mens squads.
Thank you to Shaun Ashley Sherrick from Barnet for being a tremendous host, and of course our good friend, Mark Blythe from Chelsea for making our time there a fantastic time and great memories during our time in London. A huge thank you from us all here in Australia
Chesterfield 2024.
What an exciting venture Chesterfield turned out to be when Walking Football Australia took seven (7) teams to the IWFF World Championships in the UK on 17-19 May 2024. We weren’t there either to make up the numbers, and quickly showed everyone we were up for a good battle with our 50s Men and Women sides getting a few great results in their first couple of games. Our 50s Women were Runners Up in their division bringing home Silver. A fantastic effort by all 7 seven teams. Our 50s Men’s player Paul Brown, deservedly won Player Of the Tournament. Congraulations, Paul and all (7) seven teams for a great week of showing the Walking Football world, that Australia is a serious player amongst the big nations.
Sweden 2025.
The World Championships will be held in Malmo, Sweden on July 3-6, 2025. As always, we intend to take our squads earlier to adapt to the climate with a few friendly games played against a few local clubs, before the big event.
Trials for 2025.
Trials will be held on the East Coast of Australia likely for players in Brisbane, Coolum, Gold Coast and Ballina, being looked at while we will hopefully hold one in Coffs Harbour on another date in the same month
Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria players are most welcome to attend these trials, BUT NOT expected to travel so far.
The Pan Pacific Masters Games are NOT TRIALS however, players from those states can request to be looked at and considered during the games.