THINK! Road Safety SA Country Football Championships

The SA Country Football Championships is an event that showcases, supports, and celebrates country football, providing an opportunity to showcase the state’s best country footballers. It will bring together players and officials from 23 regional leagues across South Australia and provide a major tourism boost for the region.

The Round 12 Hostplus SANFL League regional match will also be a feature of the event, with Central District to host Adelaide in the Barossa on Saturday 8 July at Nuriootpa Centennial Park. Click here to see the team line ups.

The Hostplus SANFL regional match is set to be a crowd winner on and off the field, with a blockbuster SANFL Super Match program presented by The Advertiser including:

• A Family Zone with mini-golf, giant lawn games and inflatable SANFL footy games
• AAMI Chill Out zone with deck chairs and blankets to sit back and watch the action unfold
• Hostplus goal cards for Central District and Adelaide
• McDonald’s giveaways
• Kick and catch on the oval during breaks and the Coles Mini League half-time game.

The Barossa Council Mayor, Bim Lange OAM, said the benefits of hosting the SA Country Football Championships, including the Central v Adelaide Hostplus SANFL League match, were plentiful.

“It means a lot as far as the Council and our community is concerned,” Mayor Lange said.

“Events like this are the result of investment as part of our generational plan to upgrade all of our sport facilities. The SA Country Championships will bring visitors into our region so they can hopefully stay into the school holidays and enjoy our premium wines and our food.

“Along with that, the outcomes of health, well-being and connection associated with sport in the Barossa are very strong, so the community gets right behind these sorts of events.

“We are really excited about the opportunity it brings for our region and we appreciate SANFL and everyone who has been planning this with us because it has been a great partnership.”

The Think! Road Safety Country Championships also will help promote vital road safety messages across the weekend through activations road safety education sessions.

Minister for Police Joe Szakacs said Think! Road Safety’s recent partnership extension with SANFL will continue to spread road safety messaging within community football circles as a proactive method of engaging with players, fans, parents, and friends.

“We know that road trauma reaches deep into local football communities, so I hope this partnership extension and branding opportunities promote a proactive discussion about road awareness and road safety.”

Online tickets for the Think! Road Safety Country Championships and Hostplus SANFL League game are on sale via the SANFL website.

Every match from the carnival this year will be exclusively live streamed for FREE on SANFL Now

The Central District v Adelaide match commences at 2:30pm and will be live streamed for subscribers on SANFL Now.

Saturday 8 July

There will be a free shuttle bus service available for spectators with a valid entry ticket to the grounds, on Saturday 8 July. The 20 seater bus will transport punters between Nuriootpa and Angaston Ovals. This will allow people to park their cars at one ground, then travel back and forth between the two ovals with ease, not missing any of the action whilst looking for a park.

Please arrive to the bus stop 5 minutes early as the bus will depart promptly to ensure it keeps to schedule. The bus stops will be clearly signed at both parks.