We will release our challenges and datasets. If you are already in a team, you can start work tonight. If not, don't stress - we will get you into a team tomorrow.
OnlineHack AFL & Government Data
Solve challenges provided by the Western Bulldogs and Ballarat Council under 48 hours
The Bulldogs in Ballarat
The Western Bulldogs will play the first AFL game for Premiership points in Ballarat on August 19th, versus Port Adelaide. The redevelopment of Eureka Stadium will include 5,000 undercover seats and a total stadium capacity of 11,000 spectators. The project includes upgrading match-day facilities to AFL standard, new stadium seating, public shelters, toilets for all-abilities access, providing access for food and beverage facilities, and ticketing infrastructure, and improving lighting around the main oval and providing an electronic video scoreboard.
The Western Bulldogs in partnership with City of Ballarat look forward to welcoming participants of the inaugural Western Bulldogs Ballarat Hackathon. The event, which will run from the 24th to the 26th of February at the Ballarat Library, represents one of a number of initiatives implemented by the Bulldogs in ensuring they remain at the forefront of innovation in the quest for sustained success following the club’s 2016 AFL Premiership triumph. Teams at the event will have the opportunity to work on three challenges; one of these will focus on football performance & sport science whilst another will relate to the Bulldogs’ first ever match to be played for premiership points in Ballarat, which will take place on August 19th against Port Adelaide.
‘The club sees this as a great opportunity to invite some of the best and brightest sports analysts around the country to address a few of the current key challenges faced by high performance sporting organisations. I am confident that the challenges presented at the Hackathon will produce some fantastic solutions from participating teams as well as provide a useful platform for individuals to showcase their work in front of a professional sporting club.’ - WB Head of Research and Innovation, Dr Sam Robertson.
Implementing our Digital Strategy
The City of Ballarat Digital Strategy was commissioned to help create a better future city. This hackathon will help the City of Ballarat meet the following key actions:
- 1) Progressively make key data sets residing in Council open and available to the public
- 2) We will host, encourage and facilitate events, competitions and processes that stimulate the development and release of new apps and digital services based on publically provided open data.
