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Farrer Football League
The Farrer Football Netball League (FFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing nine clubs based in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The league features three grades in the Australian rules football competition, with these being First-Grade, Reserve-Grade and Under 17s. In the netball competition there are four grades, with these being A-Grade, A-Reserve Grade, B-Grade and C-Grade. Currently a home and away season consisting of eighteen rounds is played. The best five teams then play off according to the McIntyre System, culminating in the FFNL Grand Final, which is traditionally held at Maher Oval in Wagga Wagga. History Breakaway The Farrer Football League first formed in 1957 as a breakaway from the Albury & District Football League. Culcairn, Henty, Holbrook and Mangoplah-Cookardinia United competed in the first season. In 1958 all remaining clubs from the Albury & District Football League moved across to the new league. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval ball between the central goal posts (worth six points), or between a central and outer post (worth one point, otherwise known as a "behind"). During general play, players may position themselves anywhere on the field and use any part of their bodies to move the ball. The primary methods are kicking, handballing and running with the ball. There are rules on how the ball can be handled; for example, players running with the ball must intermittently bounce or touch it on the ground. Throwing the ball is not allowed, and players must not get caught holding the ball. A distinctive feature of the game is the mark, where players anywhere on the field who catch the ball from a kick (with specific conditions) are awarded unimpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coolamon, New South Wales
Coolamon ()is a town in the Riverina region of south-west New South Wales, Australia. Coolamon is north-west of Wagga Wagga and south-west of Sydney via the Hume and Sturt Highways. The town is situated on the railway line between Junee and Narrandera. Coolamon had a population of 2,275 at the 2021 census and is above sea level. It is the administrative and service centre for the local government area which bears its name—Coolamon Shire. History The name of Coolamon comes from the Aboriginal word for a basin-shaped wooden dish made and used by Australian Aboriginal people. In the area around the town are thousands of naturally occurring indentations in the ground called Coolamon Holes which fill with water. The original land where Coolamon now stands, prior to European settlement, was occupied by the Wiradjuri Aboriginal peoples. A property "Coleman" was first settled there by a Mr J. Atkinson in 1848. The town was surveyed prior to the coming of the railway in 1881. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matong, New South Wales
Matong is a town in the central east part of the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is east of Narrandera and west of Coolamon. At the 2016 census, Matong had a population of 164 people. Sport The most popular sport in Matong is Australian rules football, as it lies in the narrow 'canola belt', a geographical triangle stretching from the Grong Grong and Marrar at either end of the Canola Way, to Ungarie, in which Australian football retains a strong following, despite New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ... being a largely rugby league supporting state. Gallery File:Matong Main Street.jpg File:Matong Mechanics Institute Building.jpg, Mechanics Institute File:MatongAntiqueShop.JPG, Shop File:MatongChurch.JPG, Church Building Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grong Grong, New South Wales
Grong Grong is a small town that is located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is situated on the Newell Highway, east of Narrandera in the Shire of Narrandera. The name ''Grong Grong'' is an Aboriginal term meaning "bad camping ground" or "very bad camping ground". Bypass Grong Grong was bypassed in February 2018, to straighten the Newell Highway or A39 by about 2 kilometres and also to eliminate a notorious 25 km/h bend that had caused many accidents, especially trucks overturning. Demography Like many rural localities in the area, the population has progressively declined over a number of years, evidenced as follows: Facilities The Grong Grong post office was opened on 1 November 1881. The town has a railway station on the Hay branch off the Main Southern Line. However, the line has closed so with it has the station. Only part of the line is used by a weekly passenger train to which does not stop at the station. Grong Grong ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel McPherson
Daniel McPherson (born 5 July 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League. Originally from Matong, a small town in New South Wales, McPherson played for the Swans between 1994 and 2003. He has served as the forward coach of the Melbourne Football Club since October 2013. After retiring from playing, he turned to coaching, leading North Shore Australian Football Club in the Sydney AFL AFL Sydney is an Australian rules football League, based in metropolitan Sydney, Australia. The AFL Sydney competition comprises 126 teams from 22 clubs which play across seven senior men's divisions, five women's divisions, a Master's Division ... in 2005. He then joined the Sydney coaching staff and coached the Sydney reserves in the AFL Canberra league in 2010. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:McPherson, Daniel 1975 births Living people Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Sydney Swans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Gumbleton
Frank Gumbleton (born 6 March 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League during the 1970s. Gumbleton was recruited from the country NSW football club of Ganmain. He was a premiership player for Ganmain in 1969.Wilks, M. (2011) ''Australian football clubs in NSW'' Bas Publishing. p. 54 Gumbleton usually played in the back pocket. A brilliant defender not known for his flair, yet was instrumental in solidifying the tight defensive North Melbourne team of the 1970s. Gumbleton played for the Wangaratta Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray ar ... in 1984. In later years Gumbleton was a runner for the North Melbourne team. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Carroll (Australian Footballer)
Tom Carroll (born 14 October 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Nicknamed 'Turkey Tom' because of his family's turkey farm near Ganmain in the Riverina region and was playing full forward for Ganmain in 1956 and kicked over 100 goals in 1960 for Ganmain and initially played with Carlton on six day permits in 1961. Carroll was the first Carlton player since Harry Vallence to lead the VFL's goalkicking at the end of a home-and-away season, scoring 54 goals in 1961 and later being awarded the Coleman Medal after it was decided that the medal should be retrospectively given to the VFL leading goalkickers in the home-and-away season dating back to 1955. Carroll led Carlton's goalkicking again in 1962, and played a key part in a dramatic finals campaign which involved a Preliminary final draw and an infamously narrow escape in the replay against to qualify for the 1962 VFL Grand Final again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganmain, New South Wales
Ganmain is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Ganmain is located around north west of Wagga Wagga, and east of Narrandera. Ganmain is in the Coolamon Shire local government area and had a population at the 2016 census of 779. History The town name is said to be an Aboriginal word meaning "Crown scenes on the Moon for tribal reasons" or "native decorated with scars". Ganmain takes its name from Ganmain Run, a cattle station established in 1838, by settler James Devlin. Boggy Creek Post Office opened on 10 December 1888, was renamed Derry in 1894 and Ganmain later the same year. In 1973, the Ganmain Historical Society was opened by six local families. Today Ganmain is the self-proclaimed "Sheaf Hay centre of Australia" Ganmain and has produced [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Carroll
Dennis Carroll (born 7 November 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the last South Melbourne player to retire for Sydney. From Ganmain, a small town outside Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Carroll came from a football family. Carroll's father Laurie ( St Kilda Football Club) and uncle Tom (Carlton Football Club) also played in the VFL. Carroll was recruited by the Swans in the VFL via a zoning rule, which enabled the Swans to recruit players from New South Wales. His first season was playing out of the Lake Oval in Melbourne in 1981, before moving with the Swans permanently to Sydney. Carroll, a back flanker, became known as one of the finest kicks in the VFL, with the ability to dispose of the ball equally well on either foot. As an experienced campaigner and local product, Carroll was selected to captain the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League, an honour which he held fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Wagga Wagga
East Wagga Wagga is a suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. East Wagga Wagga is mostly an industrial area located approximately east south-east of the central business district on the Sturt Highway. Home Base Wagga Wagga, WIN Television, Country Energy depot, Riverina Water County Council headquarters, Australia Post Mail Sorting Centre, Busabout Wagga Wagga Busabout Wagga Wagga is an Australian private bus company formed in 1916 as Fearnes Coaches, with depots in Wagga Wagga and Harden, New South Wales. History Fearnes Coaches Fearnes Coaches was founded by William Fearne and William Borlase in 1 ... depot, Australian Clay Target Association (ACTA) National Office and ACTA shooting range are located within East Wagga Wagga. References External links Suburbs of Wagga Wagga {{Riverina-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Smith (Australian Footballer)
Greg Smith (born 25 March 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the South Melbourne/Sydney and Collingwood Football Clubs in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s. Smith played all his junior and senior football with Ardlethan Football Club in the South West Football League (New South Wales), before playing with East Wagga Wagga in 1978 and 1979. Smith won the Farrer Football League best and fairest award, the Baz Medal in 1978, with East Wagga. Rarely troubled by injury, Smith played at least 18 games in each of his five seasons at South Melbourne, earning him the nickname 'The Bionic Man'. He had come to the club from East Wagga and played his football mostly as a centreman or ruck-rover. Smith kicked 22 goals in 1982, five of them in a win over St Kilda at the SCG. He also polled well in the Brownlow Medal count that year with 11 votes, the second most for his club that season behind Barry Round. Smith finished his career in the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashmont, New South Wales
Ashmont, known originally as "J.J. Salmon's Estate" is a south-western suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is named after the Salmon family's original homestead that was located where the suburb now stands. Ashmont was first urbanised in the late 1950s, and during the 1970s large areas were developed by the then State Housing Commission (now known as Housing NSW). As of 2019, 21% of dwellings in Ashmont are owned by a federal or state housing authority. The suburb has a high rate of social disadvantage and crime, with crime rates significantly higher compared to state-wide averages. A small shopping centre, the New South Wales State Emergency Service Murrumbidgee Region and New South Wales Rural Fire Service The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) is a volunteer-based firefighting agency and statutory body of the Government of New South Wales. The NSW RFS is responsible for fire protection to approximately 95% of the land area of New South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
