Football Wagga will to celebrate Female Football Week with back-to-back women's games at Rawlings Park on Saturday.
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The big day kicks off with under 12 to 14s games at 1.40pm before a Madden Trophy clash between Lake Albert and Henwood Park at 5pm.
The Leonard Cup clash between Wagga United and Young completes the celebration at 7pm.
Members of the Madden and Leonard families, after whom the competitions are named, will present the match ball.
Similar games are being held across the competition on Sunday.
As part of the celebration, all senior female games on the weekend in will be played with pink balls with the best and fairest of the matches being presented with the match ball.
Referees will also wear pink shirts.
Football Wagga President Tony Dobbin believes it is important to celebration women's contribution to the sport.
"Females not only play our game, but they undertake the roles of coaches, managers and referees," he said.
"They are also strong club committee members with two of our 12 clubs now headed by female presidents and around half having female treasurers and secretaries.
"Our referee branch has females in senior executive roles and large numbers of female referees who officiate at all levels right through to first grade men and women matches."
