Category: Recruitment

Power sign Jack Eastwood

The Power are pleased to announce the signing of midfielder/forward Jack Eastwood for the 2025 season.

The 24-year-old joins the Power after playing 51 games in South Australia’s Southern Football League over the past seven seasons with the Christies Beach Saints and Morphett Vale Emus, along with stints at UTS Bats (NSW), Meadows Bulldogs (SA) and Waratah Warriors (NT).

The Morphett Vale junior brings further experience and talent into Kiama’s roster for 2025, with Eastwood joining Navy representative teammates Odin Brown, Luke Vallence and Max Whiticker at the South Coast club.

Kiama Power assistant coach Sean Byrne, who is also Jack’s head coach in the Navy football program, was ecstatic to hear that Eastwood had agreed to join Kiama this season.

“Easty certainly fits the bill. With his clean skills and experience he will add plenty of value to our playing list as well as help to mentor our emerging crop of mids and forwards.”

Eastwood played in Kiama’s match simulation against Googong in the pre-season, and will be available for selection in May.

Maddison Aitkin joins from UTS Bats

The Kiama Power are thrilled to announce the signing of Maddison Aitkin from the UTS Bats, further adding to what could potentially be one of the best midfield groups in the AFL South Coast women’s competition this season.

Aitkin recently represented the Royal Australian Navy at the Australian Defence Force games in Melbourne, having also been twice selected in the ADF All Star team.

Maddison joins us after playing a full season of AFL Sydney Premier Division with the UTS Bats in 2024, continuing her form from the previous season in Victoria which saw her named as Cerberus’ Best & Fairest player in a premiership-winning team and was also named in the South Eastern Women’s League’s team of the year.

Aitkin played a starring role in the Power’s huge pre-season win last Saturday in Queanbeyan, noting how comfortable she felt pulling on the Power guernsey for the first time.

“The team was extremely welcoming and the vibe around the club is incredible,” Maddison said after the game.

Kirk coming home

The club can confirm 24-year-old former captain and 2018 premiership player, Lachlan Kirk, has committed to a return that will see him pull on the Power guernsey for the first time since 2022.

The 2020 first grade club Best & Fairest player has spent the past two seasons in Adelaide, winning a premiership with the Henley Sharks last year.

Kiama Power President Dirk Ovenden said, “It’s exciting for the club – both the seniors and juniors – to see the return of a player who started Auskick here at only four-years-old.

“For Lachlan to then go on to winning a first grade premiership, play rep footy and become club captain – it’s a great example and pathway that we are trying to highlight at the moment.”

Kiama Power Head Coach Sam Hodges said, “We’re thrilled to have Kirky back home where he belongs.

“To have a proven player of his calibre, who has also been an admirable leader amongst our playing group in the past, is massive for the club.”

Aussie hockey star Fowles joins Power

We are thrilled to welcome Australian hockey rep, Imogen Fowles, to the Kiama Power for season 2025.

Imogen is an elite athlete with an extensive background in indoor and outdoor hockey – including six international caps for Australia and recently returning from playing in Vienna with Post SV in the professional Austrian premier league.

Fowles has opted to take a break from the outdoor hockey season in 2025 and try her hand at AFL with the Power, before she returns to her indoor hockey duties with the Australian squad at the end of the year.

A two-time winner of the Illawarra Academy of Sport’s Hockey Athlete of the Year, Fowles has proven that she is a dedicated and hardworking athlete that continually seeks to improve her skills – which we have already witnessed at our pre-season training sessions as Imogen quickly picks up the skills of our game and displays a natural flair.

We are confident that Imogen’s work ethic will be beneficial on the AFL field, as she arrives with a natural sense to read play and an ability to contest the ball with repeated tough efforts.