The Katandra Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Kats'', is an

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and

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club based in the small

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town of

Katandra West Katandra West is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the City of Greater Shepparton. At the , Katandra West had a population of 476. Sport and Recreation The town is the home base of the Katandra Football Club. Katandra has fielded ...

. The club teams currently compete in the

Picola & District Football League The Picola & District Football Netball League (PDFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball league. The league covers a large area of northern Victoria (state), Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Jerild ...

History

After much talk in the district for many years the Katandra Football club was founded in 1911 and the initial club colours were blue and white. Their first opponents were Rockville and Pine Grove. Reforming after

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in May 1922, the club played on an oval next to the Memorial Hall and played in the Dookie & District Football Association from 1922 to 1925. Katandra FC reformed in late 1934 and applied to join the Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association for the 1935 season, but were rejected. In 1935 the club reformed to play in the Chaney Cup, prior to joining the Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association in 1936. The new Katandra West Sports Ground was officially opened by Sir John Gladstone Black McDonald in March 1937. In July, 1946, former Richmond player and Katandra captain, Eddie Ford collided with an Ardmona player, but played out the game and went home, but later became ill. Ford was taken to the Mooroopna Hospital, where he later died. In 2005, the senior football team were undefeated minor premiers, but then lost Qualifying Final, won First Semi Final, then lost the Preliminary Final. Despite the blemish of 2012, the club has experienced success over the past decade. Winning premierships in all grades of football and many grades of netball. The most recent Senior premiership was in 2004. The A Grade netball team won their first premiership in 2009 and were able to follow this by being Runners Up in 2011 and winning the 2012 pennant. The Senior team recently completed a remarkable feat of completing 8 seasons with no worse finish than being Preliminary Finalists. This 8 season streak included 2 Premierships, 3 Runners Up and 3 Preliminary Finals losses. Unfortunately, the proud club has not competed in finals since 2010 and received its first wooden spoon in 2012 after finishing last in the eight team PDFL-South East competition. The club changed leagues following an administration disagreement between the AFL Goulburn-Valley and the

. The club wanted to remain under the AFL umbrella for player development and insurance so they joined the

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. They rejoined the

in 2020. Past players to play AFL include Footscray ruckman Les Bartlett, Melbourne back pocket Rod Grinter and Carlton best and fairest winner and former Carlton coach, David Teague.

Football competitions timeline

Katandra Football Netball Club Clubrooms

Katandra FC have played in the following football competitions. *1911 - Katandra FC first established. Played some friendly matches against other local teams. *1912 - 1915: Katandra Football Association. competition abandoned mid way through 1915 due to

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. *1916 - 1918: Club in recess due to

*1919 - 1921: Club still in recess. *1922 - 1925: Club reformed in May 1922 and joined the Dookie & District Football Association. *1926: Dookie & DFA folds and the club goes into recess. *1927 - Dookie & District Football Association. *1928 - 1932: Katandra & District Football Association *1933 - 1934: The Katandra & DFA folds and Katandra FC goes into recess. *1935 - Chaney Cup *1936: Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association *1937 - 1941:

Goulburn Valley Football Association The Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA) is an Australian rules football competition that was first established in 1888 in the Goulburn Valley of Victoria, Australia, with the foundation clubs being Cobram, Muckatah, Nathalia, Numurkah ...

*1942 - 1944: Club in recess due to

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*1945 -

*1946 - 1951:

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*1952 - 1966: Benalla Tungamah Football League *1967 - 1995: Tungamah Football League *1996 - 2017:

Picola & District Football Netball League The Picola & District Football Netball League (PDFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball league. The league covers a large area of northern Victoria (state), Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Jerild ...

*2018 - 2019:

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*2020: Club in recess due to

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*2021 - 2025:

Football Premierships

;Seniors *

(3): ** 1998, 2003, 2004 * Tungamah Football League (8): ** 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1992 * Benalla Tungamah Football League (5): ** 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1966 *

(2): ** 1950, 1951 *Katandra Football Association **1914 - Katandra: **1913 - Katandra: ;Under 17's *

**2024

Football – Runners up

;Seniors The club was runner-up in the –

* 2006, 2007, 2008 Tungamah Football League * 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1989, 1991 Benalla Tungamah Football League * 1960

* 1952 Katandra Football Association *1929 - Drumanure: 1.0 - 6 d Katandra: 0.0 - 0. Katandra did not show up for the grand final. *1912 - Dookie: 2.8 - 20 d Katandra: 2.3 - 15

Football Statistics

;Seniors *Wooden Spoon **

(1): ***2012: 8th - (4 wins, 14 losses) ***2013: 8th - (0 wins, 18 losses) ***2017: 8th - (1 win, 17 losses) *Most consecutive losses ** 24: From round 15, 2012 to round 3, 2014.

Football League: Best & Fairest winners

;Seniors *

**1940 – Sandy McIntosh * Benalla Tungamah Football League – Lawless Medal **1956 & 1963: Harry Brittain *

**2014 - Luke Minogue

AFL players

The following footballers played with Katandra, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL, and / or drafted, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut. * 1938 -

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* 1942 – Eddie Ford,

* 1945 –

Stan Le Lievre Stan Le Lievre (31 July 1920 – 18 March 2003) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Career Le Lievre came from Katandra and had a stint with the St Kilda seconds in 1940, before ...

, St Kilda * 1951 - Joe Hickey - Fitzroy * 1951 -

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- Fitzroy * 1968 – Les Bartlett, Footscray * 1972 – Lloyd Burgmann,

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* 1985 – Rod Grinter,

* 2001 –

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& Carlton * 2020 - Lachie Ash,

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The following footballers played senior VFL / AFL football prior to playing and / or coaching with Katandra with the year indicating their first season at Katandra. * 1990 - Ian Sartori - St Kilda &

* 2008 – Derek Hall, West Coast and

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Club Honourboard

;Senior Football * - 1950 & 1958: Undefeated Premiers

Netball

As of 2025 the club fields the following netball sides in the Picola & DFNL competitions - A, B, C, C Reserve, Under 17's, 15's and 13's. ;Premierships *

**A. Grade ***2009, 2013, 2014, *B. Grade **2000, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 *C. Grade **2002, 2009, 2013, *C. Reserve **1998, 2001, 2016, 2024, Under 17's **2003 *Under 13's **2001, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022,

References

External links

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Gameday website

1945 - Goulburn Valley FA 1st Semi Final loss: Katandra FC team photo
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