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Bellarine Football League
The Bellarine Football Netball League (BFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula region of Victoria, Australia. Established in 1971 as the Bellarine & District Football League, the competition was formed out of the ashes of the Polwarth Football League, which had six of its former teams join. The competition was renamed the Bellarine Football League in 1986, and finally the Bellarine Football Netball League in 2011 when the local netball competition was administratively aligned with the football competition for the first time. Prior to 2011, netball clubs competed in a competition overseen by the Bellarine District Netball Association. The BFNL forms the second tier of football in the Geelong area, along with the Geelong Football Netball League (GFNL) and the Geelong & District Football League. In March 2024, following extensive consultation AFL Barwon detailed a plan for expanding the BFNL to 12 teams from 2025 with a path ... [...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 Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the Football (ball)#Australian rules football, 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 kick (football), kicking, handball (Australian rules football), 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 running bounce, bounce or touch it on the ground. Throwing the ball is not allowed, and players must not get caught holding the ball. A distinctiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barwon Heads Football Club Colours , coastal township, Australia
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Barwon may refer to: * Barwon, a horse which won the 1862 Victoria Derby * Electoral district of Barwon, in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Australia * HM Prison Barwon, a maximum security prison in Lara, Victoria, Australia * HMAS ''Barwon'' (K406), a Royal Australian Navy River class frigate See also * Barwon River (other) * Barwon Heads, Victoria Barwon Heads (previously known as Point Flinders) is a town on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the west bank of the mouth of the Barwon River below Lake Connewarre, and is bounded to the west by fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocean Grove Football Club
The Ocean Grove Football and Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Grubbers'', is an 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 Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ... and netball club that plays in the Bellarine Football League (BFL) and situated in the town of Ocean Grove, Victoria. History The club started off in the 1960s as a joint club between Barwon Heads, Victoria, Barwon Heads and Ocean Grove. The Barwon Heads/Ocean Grove Football Club wore purple jumpers with gold trim and were, and still are known as the "Grubbers". Ray Menzies was a founding member of the club and also the Bellarine Football League; the nearby Ray Menzies Memorial Reserve was named in his honour. Years later, the club broke into the Barwon Heads Football Club and the Ocean Grove Football and Netball Club. The newl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moolap, Victoria
Moolap () is a residential and industrial suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The name Moolap is derived from an Aboriginal word for nearby Point Henry, moo-laa, thought to mean 'men gathering to go fishing'. Moolap is located in the City of Greater Geelong. At the 2016 census Moolap had a population of 1,373. History Among the first settlers in the area, in the early 1850s, was politician Horatio Wills and his family, including son Tom Wills, star cricketer and founder of Australian rules football. The first Moolap Post Office opened on 1 May 1864 and closed in 1890. A Point Henry Post Office opened on 1 January 1867 which was replaced by Moolap Railway Station in 1887 and by Moolap in 1893. This latter office closed in 1962. A Geelong East office open since 1871 was renamed Moolap West in 1921 and closed in 1951. In 1888, Richard Cheetham established his saltworks at Moolap - an industry which survived more than 100 years. The Cheetham Saltworks site, located on Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcomb Power Football Club Colours
Newcomb may refer to: People *Newcomb (surname), includes a list of people with the name Places Antarctica * Newcomb Bay Australia * Newcomb, Victoria, a residential suburb United States * Newcomb Township, Champaign County, Illinois * Newcomb, Maryland, an unincorporated community * Newcomb, New Mexico, a census-designated place * Newcomb, New York, a town * Newcomb, Tennessee, an unincorporated community Outer space * Newcomb (lunar crater), named after Simon Newcomb * Newcomb (Martian crater) Institutions * Newcomb–Tulane College, located in New Orleans, Louisiana * H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, the coordinate women's college of Tulane University * Newcomb Art Museum, located at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana * Newcomb High School, New Mexico Ships * USS ''Newcomb'' (DD-586), a U.S. Navy World War II destroyer, named for Frank Newcomb * USS ''Simon Newcomb'' (AGSC-14), a U.S. Navy World War II minesweeper Other uses * Newcomb Pottery, a brand of America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcomb Power Football Club
The Newcomb Power Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the suburb of Moolap, Victoria. The teams currently play in the Bellarine Football League. Newcomb Power's home ground is Grinter Reserve, Moolap. History The club was established in 1975 as "Newcomb Football Club" until 2000 when a name change it became the "Newcomb Power Football Club". Originally nicknamed the ''Dinosaurs'', the club is now known as the ''Power''. Originally the club wore a maroon guernsey with light blue yolk and distinctive light blue shorts with maroon stripes. A dinosaur badge with yellow 'stegasauraus' was worn left of the jumper, the badge also adorned the caps of the Newcomb and District Cricket Club. The football club officially came under the banner of Newcomb and District Sports Club however as the club lost its lacrosse, baseball and tennis clubs to name a few and today the ''Power'' are known as Newcomb Football Club. Newcomb have won (1) Rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Moriac, Victoria
Mount Moriac is a locality in the Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia. It is named after the 270-metre-high extinct volcano which is a prominent feature of the area. The name is believed to derive from the local Aboriginal word for hill. In the 2016 census, Mount Moriac had a population of 240 people. A farming community developed at Mount Moriac as early as the 1840s, with a hotel opening in 1844. A Catholic school was opened by 1853, and a Catholic church (St Patrick's) built in 1863. It became the administrative centre of the district, with a police station, court, and the offices of the Barrabool Hills Road Board. By 1865, it also had a flour mill, several shops, the offices for the Shire of Barrabool, a hotel, and Presbyterian and Bible Christian churches. Mount Moriac State School opened in 1875. The railway line was extended from Geelong to Colac in 1877, and a station was opened at nearby Moriac. A new township developed around the railway station, and over time t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modewarre Football Club Colours
Modewarre is a locality in the Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia. The town adjoins Lake Modewarre. In the 2016 census, Modewarre had a population of 276 people. Modewarre Primary School began as a local Anglican school in the 1850s, became a vested National School in 1859, and closed in 1971. A post office at Modewarre opened in 1859 and closed in 1967. The Modewarre Memorial Hall was erected in 1923 in memory of World War I. The Modewarre Avenue of Honour on Cape Otway Road was planted in 1918, and is the last surviving Avenue of Honour in the Surf Coast Shire. Tree number #33 was planted to honour Albert Jacka, Australia's first winner of the Victoria Cross and a Modewarre local. The town has a football club, Modewarre Football Club, which has existed since 1878. It currently plays in the Bellarine Football League, but formerly played in the Geelong & District Football League The Geelong & District Football Netball League (GDFNL) is an Australian rules football an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modewarre Football Club
The Modewarre Football and Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Warriors'', is an Australian rules football and netball club situated near the rural town of Moriac, Victoria. Modewarre teams currently compete in the Bellarine Football League. The club, established in 1878, plays its home games at the Mount Moriac Recreation Reserve, Mount Moriac. Premierships * Geelong & District Football League (11): 1931, 1938, 1952, 1954, 1960, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1989, 1994 * Bellarine Football League (1): 2018 * AFL Barwon Female Football (1): 2023 (Division 3) Notable VFL/AFL players * Gary Ablett, Jr. with Geelong and Gold Coast * Nathan Ablett with Geelong and Gold Coast * Ed Curnow with Carlton *Ced Hovey with Geelong * Jim Hovey with Geelong * Ron Hovey with Geelong * John Meesen with Adelaide and Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geelong Amateur Football Club Colours
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, about southwest of Melbourne. With an estimated population of 282,809 in 2023, Geelong is the second-largest city in the state of Victoria. It is the administrative centre for the City of Greater Geelong municipality, which is Port Phillip's only regional metropolitan area, and covers all the urban, rural and coastal reserves around the city including the entire Bellarine Peninsula and running from the plains of Lara in the north to the rolling hills of Waurn Ponds to the south, with Corio Bay to the east and the Barrabool Hills to the west. The traditional owners of the land on which Geelong sits are the Wadawurrung (also known as Wathaurong) Aboriginal people of the Kulin nation. The modern name of Geelong, first recorded in 1827, was derived from the local Wadaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geelong Amateur Football Club
The Geelong Amateur Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Ammos'', is an Australian rules football and netball club situated in the regional city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. GAFNC teams currently play in the Bellarine Football League. History The Geelong Amateur Football Club was formed in 1926 as a result of teachers and students from The Geelong College and Geelong Grammar forming a football team to play in the Victorian Amateur Football Association. As such, it uses the green (College) and light blue (Grammar) colours, plus the Pegasus logo of The Geelong College. They moved to their current home at Queens Park, Highton, in 1957. They started in the VAFA, participating as high as A Grade before in 1983 the club decided to base itself in Geelong and joined the Geelong and District Football League. Playing in the VAFA meant travelling to Melbourne every fortnight, whereas joining the Geelong & District Football League meant that all games were played locally. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drysdale, Victoria
Drysdale is a rural township near Geelong, Victoria, Australia, located on the Bellarine Peninsula. The town has an approximate population of over 3,700. Drysdale forms part of an urban area, along with nearby Clifton Springs, that had an estimated population of 13,494 Estimated resident population, 30 June 2016. at June 2016. A popular youth music and performing arts venue, affectionately labelled 'The Potato Shed' is located in the back of Drysdale. The industrial size venue is the site of 'Battle of The Bands', a yearly music festival which has seen a number of local bands make a name for themselves in a popular setting. Drysdale has several primary and high schools, including Saint Ignatius College, the senior campus of Bellarine Secondary College, and a campus of Christian College. The local football club is the Drysdale Hawks, who play Australian Rules Football and compete in the Bellarine Football League. The Hawks were formed in 1879 and have won 15 premiership title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
