The Fremantle Dockers are delighted to announce Programmed and Woodside as co-major sponsors of the club’s team in the national women’s league.

These new sponsorship agreements will see Programmed and Woodside’s logos appear on the women’s team home and clash guernseys, complementing their long-standing commitment to the club’s AFL side.

Programmed has been a co-major sponsor of the club since 2009 and has aligned this new support with its current major sponsorship, through to the end of 2018.

Woodside has signed up as a women’s team sponsor for three years, aligning with its existing co-major sponsorship, which has been in place since 2010.

 Fremantle CEO Steve Rosich thanked Programmed and Woodside for extending their support to include the women’s team.

“Programmed and Woodside were extremely supportive of our bid for a women’s team licence and we are very proud to be the inaugural WA team in the new national women’s league,” Rosich said.

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“For both of our major sponsors to now support our women’s team illustrates the significance of this new league and the strength of our partnerships.

“This is an exciting period of time for the club and we look forward to continuing to work with Programmed and Woodside in line with our ongoing commitment to promote and grow women’s football and the national women’s league.”

Programmed managing director Chris Sutherland said Programmed was excited to be at the forefront of driving gender equity in Western Australia.

“We’re sponsoring the Fremantle women’s team to help promote a core message that women can undertake many roles performed mainly by men that provide greater flexibility and deliver financial independence,” Sutherland said.

“Just like women can play AFL, we want young girls to know that they too can become an electrician, IT technician or an engineer.”

Woodside CEO Peter Coleman said the company was delighted to extend its partnership with Fremantle,  which includes seven years as a major sponsor and three years as Indigenous program partner, to support the women’s team.

“Our workplace culture at Woodside is focused on embracing diversity and promoting equal opportunity, so this is a great fit for us,” Coleman said.

“As a proud West Australian company, we’re really looking forward to seeing Fremantle’s new team in action.”