APIA Leichhardt Football Club are honoured to officially unveil Turner Freeman Lawyers as the newest key supporters of the Club’s women’s football program, signing on as a major partner for the next two seasons. The partnership sees Turner Freeman become the front-of-shirt sponsor for the 2025 and 2026 NPL Women’s NSW First Grade side, as well as the club’s Girls Youth League and its thirteen community football Elite Development Program teams.

Founded by Mr Roy Turner in 1952, Turner Freeman have been providing quality legal advice and assisting people to resolve their legal disputes quickly and efficiently. Tradition and long term loyalty are key elements to the success of Turner Freeman, embodied in Mr Turner’s tenure with the firm which saw him remain a consultant to the firm until 2002.

From Turner’s beginnings operating from a sole practice with just one office, over seventy years on Turner Freeman is now a medium sized firm with 21 office locations across 4 states across Australia. Having partnered with the NRL’s Penrith Panthers, the AFL’s Port Adelaide, and the A-League’s Western Sydney Wanderers, APIA Leichhardt and National Premier Leagues representation joins an esteemed group and becomes Turner Freeman’s first venture into both female football and specifically women’s sport.

“It’s a monumental moment in the history of our women’s program” stated APIA General Manager Matteo Maiorana.

“On the field, success has been coming for a while now and on the back of back-to-back Club Championships, the club continues to rise.”

“I’m really, really excited and very proud I’ve been able to have such a massive brand join us, and I think [the partnership] is going to work really well for both parties.”

“We’ve got a drive to continue to be one of the best women’s clubs in New South Wales, and Turner Freeman is one of the leading law companies, so it’s a really really good joint partnership.”

Turner Freeman Managing Partner Armando Gardiman AM added that the securing of the partnership with APIA was “a fantastic moment for [him] and for the firm.”

“To be truly honest, it’s one of the proudest moments of my life to be involved with this club in the womens’ and girls’ space. It’s something I have really wanted to do for a long time, and I’m really really proud to be doing it.”

“We’re huge supporters of women’s football and I think you’ve only got to see the fact that next season we are going to support all of the APIA community teams as well – there’s fourteen to fifteen teams of girls that play in that community space, and we are going to sponsor all of them!”