Monaro Panthers is synonymous with excellence in Football in the Canberra Queanbeyan region. Monaro and football has an origin dating back many decades in the then form of Inter Monaro. Inter Monaro played football at the highest level in their time from winning the NSW State League and having a brief spell in the eighties in the National League before it fell away and disappeared from the football landscape for a almost ten years. 

In 1995 it was revived by a new group, independent from the past as Monaro FC and entered the ACT Premier League which it won in 2001. It continued its transformation to become Monaro Panthers FC and began its journey of re-establishing itself as a club dedicated to the development of junior football. 

Today the club boasts approximately 900 juniors, boy and girls aged 5 to 18 playing for the green and black.  

With its growth have come many obstacles in catering for such a large club. The strain on our volunteers and facilities are the underlying areas of concern as we continue to grow. The club committee over the course of the past eight year has steered the club to a position of financial independence and stability, a name recognised with excellence and development and as a provider of a junior football program catering for both social and elite footballers. 

The clubs achievements in past years have been both at the local and international level. We continually are represented across the state in various tournaments and are major participators in the Kanga Cup, a local football tournament with participants from all over the country as well as overseas. 

Monaro is the only club in the ACT that has a relationship and exchange program with an international team and country. Over the past five years Monaro has successfully hosted Singok PS, a school with an elite football program from South Korea, and Monaro sending an U12’s team in 2008 to participate in the MBC International Youth Tournament.  

The journey still continues. Monaro continually strives for excellence as well a expanding the opportunity to our juniors and later this year the club will endeavour to gain entry back in the ACT Premier League. This will crystallize the vision from 2001 that one united club in Queanbeyan, catering for both senior and junior football for boys and girls, from social to elite will promote and develop this great game into the twenty-first century. 

Recently FFA has announced that Australia is bidding for the 2018 / 2022 World Cup. This will mean that football will be high on the agenda for many businesses as a means of reaching audiences. Why not get involved today at the grassroots level! 

In recent months, the club has been very successful in receiving financial assistance from both Federal and Local government to improve the facilities at our home base in Jerrabomberra. Our goal is to maximise this money to its full extent by inviting local business and individuals to play a role in providing our kids with excellent facilities. 

From assistance in the form of either financial, materials or labour our club has a vision to transform the facilities at David Madew Oval from a local facility to a regional football centre. Our vision includes extra storage rooms, catering facilities, administration office, better lighting, seating and better parking. This will only be possible with the united resolve of government, club and local businesses to get involved. We are endeavouring to fast track improvements that would normally take decades through government only funding.  

We are asking and urging everyone to get involved in what we call a “football revolution”. We have an opportunity to combine as a community, work as friends and work as a football family for our kids of today and those of the future. 

You can and will benefit from joining Monaro Panthers FC on its journey to revolutionize the football landscape of Queanbeyan. We invite you to look at our sponsorship and support packages or contact us to talk further about other ways you can help.