Wulguru United FC
About Us
Wulguru United Football Club is a proud community-based, non-profit soccer club located in Townsville, Queensland, offering teams for ages 5 through to 70.
Founded in 1967, our club has a long and proud history of fostering a love of football and community spirit. Nestled on Edison Street, Wulguru, our grounds provide a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, surrounded by shady trees and refreshed by cool coastal breezes — the perfect setting for players and families alike.
We’re also home to what many consider the best football pitch in Townsville — a beautifully maintained field that has been perfected over more than 50 years of care and dedication.
Join us at Wulguru United, where great football meets great community. Register your interest here to join us today to see what Townsville Football is all about.
Mission Statement
WUFC aims to build long-term community relationships and operate a club that provides a clear, registered structure for anyone wishing to play football, while ensuring a safe, friendly and enjoyable environment for all activities. The club strives to remain financially stable and capable of meeting its obligations in both normal circumstances and times of adversity. It seeks to align with the structures and development principles of Football Queensland, and to be administered, operated and maintained effectively for the benefit of its members. The Club is committed to providing strong pathways and opportunities for players, coaches, managers and all participants.
To uphold this mission, the club and its committee members will always act in the best interests of the organisation, recognising that their roles exist solely to serve the club. They will value the people within the club as its most important assets, declare and appropriately manage any conflicts of interest, and act responsibly in the interests of the wider community and environment. They will also respect and appreciate the experience and knowledge of fellow committee members and all those associated with the club.
Club Philosophy
The committee promotes a philosophy designed to best support the achievement of the club’s mission, recognising that WUFC is made up of many interconnected groups. These include players and parents, coaches and managers who guide player development, sponsors, members, volunteers, committee representatives, supporters, the wider community, suppliers, and the club entity itself. Together, these groups form the foundation of the club’s identity and success.
The club looks after its members by:
-
Providing and maintaining club facilities;
-
Administering and performing tasks and costs associated with running a non-for-profit club;
-
Ensuring that roles within the club are clear and transparent through documentation, position descriptions and agreements where applicable;
-
Taking into account individual personal and family requirements where possible;
-
Maintaining fairness and equality amongst the committee and all club members;
-
Minimising the cost associated with members using and registering with the club by maintaining sponsorships and other income streams to the club;
-
Continuously engaging with sponsors to maintain business relationships;
-
Having a key understanding of what is required to run the club day to day with the ability to easy include those wanting to assist the club on a volunteer basis;
-
Being proactive and on time in performing club tasks such that the administration of the club provides a seamless platform for members to join and use the club;
-
Generally making the club a safe, enjoyable and friendly environment for those associated with the club; and
-
Providing pathways and opportunities for football development and improvement.
Members are therefore more likely to look after the club by:
-
Registering with the club to play football;
-
Creating an environment that is friends and family orientated;
-
Wanting to frequent to club more often which in turn creates the club environment, atmosphere and social aspect of the club;
-
Recommending other people join the club;
-
Staying with the club long term;
-
Supporting the club and volunteering; and
-
Supporting the club’s sponsors.
Goals
The Club currently has the following high level short and long term goals which we are currently working towards achieving sustainably:
-
Continue to operate under a constitution and Committee structure and be not-for-profit;
-
Continue to operate the club in Wulguru Park from the existing club house;
-
Have registrations and teams for all levels and grades of players from juniors (U5) to Seniors (premier league and reserve grades) in both men’s and women’s leagues; and
-
Have adequately qualified coaches across all playing grades so that the right level of mentoring and guidance is being provided where applicable to sustain all player levels across the club (competitive, non-competitive, FQPL and community leagues).
