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2025 was a challenging yet successful year for our club. We created and adopted new Club branding. We facilitated our annual Suns Tag and Metro leagues, with nearly 100 players collectively participating. We held our annual corn hole tournament with a fun twist. We hosted the first-ever California Cup in June, at which our Suns men's team were victors! We hosted another batch of Rising Suns Youth Footy Clinics, welcoming some new families. Both our Suns Men's and Women's teams brought home Regional Championship Cups from Denver in July! Our men took a trip down to San Diego for the Rob Dollar Cup. We went camping (Camp Sunshine) together, watched the AFL Grand Final together, raised some money for Nationals, and had another successful Nationals campaign, followed by a wonderful Awards Gala.

For the USAFL's 20th Anniversary of Women's Footy in the U.S., our Sacramento Suns Women, led by head coach Vicky Schoennagel and captain Christine Muthasamy-Flok, combined with the Denver Bulldogs, put together one of the best Nationals Campaigns in our club's history--knocking off Golden Gate Iron Maidens and the Austin Crows on their way to the Division 1 Grand Final. Our Suns fell to the Minnesota Freeze by only a kick, but can hold heads high as the D-1 Runners-Up. Our Men brought a full side, and although falling to the New York Magpies and the Austin Crows on Saturday (both Grand Finalists), the Suns soundly defeated the Houston Lonestars on Sunday--making two years in a row that the Sacramento Suns men have won at least 1 game in Division 1 at Nationals. Congratulations to all our players on another great Nationals campaign!

We gathered at the Clunie Community Center (adjacent to McKinley park) for our End-of-season Awards Gala. You can see the entire slide deck of season recap and awards by clicking the link below. See who won the Suns Tag league awards, Suns Metro league awards, Suns Team Awards, and Club Excellence awards, including the inaugural award recipients of the new "Player 19" and "Crummy" awards.

• President: Kendall Hutchings
• Vice President: Luke Castle
• Secretary: Erika Titus-Lay
• Treasurer: Jessica Swart
• Director of Operations: Cameron Colley
• Director of Events: Lauré Kwoka
• Members at Large: Matt Frederickson & Ashley Green

Thank you to our outgoing Board Members: Drew, Carter, and Julian for an excellent year of service!

The SAFC board is currently seeking interest from individuals interested in serving as coaches for the Suns 2026 season. Opportunities are available to serve as a head coach or assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s teams. Questions can be directed to president@sacfooty.com and ops@sacfooty.com . Submissions using the form below are due Jan 31st.

If you are not interested, please consider forwarding the link to someone you think would be a great candidate. Thank you!

Want to get involved? This club is only possible because of volunteers. Please consider joining one of our committees so that we can continue to enjoy our local leagues, youth program, and social events. Committee chairs qualify for free club membership.

• January 24 -Australia Day, 3pm (McKinley Park, Butter Cole Field)
• June 27 -California Cup ( Los Angeles, CA Details TBA)
• July 25 -USAFL Western Regionals (Salem, OR Details TBA)
• October 17 -USAFL Nationals ( Sarasota, FL Details TBA)

All players, former players, fans and supporters can sign up for a Sacramento Australian Football Club Annual Membership! Previously included in league registration dues, it is now available to all and provides the club with a solid foundation to grow and support our local leagues, events, travel, and more. This membership will grant you voting rights at our Annual General Meeting and will be required (only once per year) for all players in either SacFooty Tag or Suns Metro Leagues.

All returning members include anyone who has previously played in any Sacramento Suns USAFL Matches, SacFooty/Tag League or SacAFL/Metro (tackle) League matches.

Rates:

· $15 for New Club Members

· $25 for all Returning Club Members

· Free Trial Membership (for those who only participate in practice sessions or Introductory days)

I want to express gratitude for the 2025 Board members, board advisors, outgoing head coaches Vicky Schoennagel and Andrew Loewen, members of the various committees, and club supporters who made 2025 happen successfully. I am looking forward to another great year with another great group on the SAFC Board. As a well-known club member is often heard to say, "Here we go!"

--Kendall Hutchings, SAFC President