Tanunda Football Club held a White Ribbon “Our Club Swears” day on Saturday with support from the Willaston Football Club and the Barossa Domestic Violence Action Group (DVAG).
All senior players from both A-Grade and Reserves teams along with the umpires recited the White Ribbon oath while standing in front of a banner showing the oath at the end of the Reserves game just after 2 p.m.
Spectators at the ground were invited to join in swearing the oath, “I swear never to commit, excuse or remain silent about violence against women this is my oath.”
In short, the players swore an oath that they will not commit violence against women themselves, that they will not excuse it if they see it occurring among their friends and relatives and that they will speak up whenever they s...
