The Modewarre Football and Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Warriors'', is an
Australian rules football
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and
netball
Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a ...
club situated near the rural town of
Moriac,
Victoria
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* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
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* Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...
. Modewarre teams currently compete in the
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 ...
.
The club, established in 1878, plays its home games at the Mount Moriac Recreation Reserve,
Mount Moriac.
Premierships
*
Geelong & District Football League
The Geelong & District Football Netball League (GDFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball league in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, being the oldest surviving competition in the region. It is one of three leagues in the Geelong area, t ...
(11): 1931, 1938, 1952, 1954, 1960, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1989, 1994
*
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 ...
(1): 2018
*
AFL Barwon Female Football (1): 2023 (Division 3)
Notable VFL/AFL players
*
Gary Ablett, Jr. with
Geelong
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and
Gold Coast
*
Nathan Ablett with
Geelong
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, 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 (Victo ...
and
Gold Coast
*
Ed Curnow with
Carlton
*
Ced Hovey
Cedric John Hovey (12 July 1918 – 19 February 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong Football Club, Geelong in the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL).
Career
Hovey, who came from ...
with
Geelong
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, 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 (Victo ...
*
Jim Hovey with
Geelong
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, 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 (Victo ...
*
Ron Hovey with
Geelong
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, 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 (Victo ...
*
John Meesen with
Adelaide
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and
Melbourne
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* Wayne Carroll
Bibliography
* ''Cat Country: History of Football in the Geelong Region'' by John Stoward – Aussie Footy Books, 2008 –
References
External links
*
Bellarine Football Netball League
Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (state)
Sports clubs and teams established in 1879
Australian rules football clubs established in 1879
1879 establishments in Australia
Netball teams in Victoria (state)
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