Horsham Saints Football Club will run out in different jumpers this weekend to take their stand against violence.
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The club have had specific jumpers made to honour the round, with the white ribbon the prominent piece on the front of the jumper.
The jumper is majority black and white as Saints have purposely removed the red.
Club president Alan Parry said the red was symbolic of animosity.
“We have removed all the red from our jumpers,” Parry said.
“The red is a sign of hatred so other than our club logo there is no red on the jumper.”
Saints have been big with their White Ribbon campaign for the last four years.
Last year at an away game in Stawell, Simone O’Brien was a guess speaker at a members luncheon.
As she told her life story, the view on domestic violence in the room began to change.
It was the first time O’Brien had spoken out about her ordeal.
She has since come a long way and continues to spread the message.
Along with the footballers showing their support the committee have also got T shirts made up as have the netballers.
Stawell Warriors will also get involved in the occasion.
While they have no jumpers to mark the occasion they will wear white arm bands.
Warriors agreed to wear their black shorts so Saints could wear their white shorts to stick to the theme of no red.
The game will be well contested with both teams wanting to make their mark on the competition prior to the finals.
The Saints will hold a dinner on Saturday night following the game.
It was the presidents who came together four years ago to get the game up and running.
In conjunction with the up coming match players from both clubs took the white ribbon pledge.
The bounce of the ball will take place from Coughlin Park from 2.20pm.
