The Springwood Pumas Australian Football Club 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 ...
club located in
Underwood Underwood may refer to:
People
*Underwood (surname), people with the surname
Places
Australia
*Underwood, Queensland, a suburb of Logan City, Australia
*Underwood, Tasmania, a locality
United Kingdom
*Underwood, Devon, a List of United Kingdom ...
, a suburb of
Logan, Queensland
The City of Logan is a local government area (LGA) located in the south of Greater Brisbane in South East Queensland (SEQ), Australia. Situated between the City of Brisbane to the north and the City of Gold Coast to the south, the City of Logan ...
. The club emblem is the
puma and the team plays in the Premier Division of the
QFA, Division 1.
History
The Club was originally named Springwood Districts Australian Football Club.
[Springwood Pumas: History of the Club]
''Fox Sports Pulse''. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
Underwood businessman Geoff Thow ran a self-service store and was concerned about local children who congregated outside his shop with little to do. He decided to place an advertisement in the local newspaper to seek support for the formation of a Junior Football Club. The response was sufficient to enable the creation of the club and Thow became its first president.
The club initially fielded three underage sides and eventually attracted more juniors and was thus able to field more teams in all the underage competitions.
By 1979 the club had progressed and fielded a senior team. The club played in the SQAFA 3rd Division. On 13 October 1979 the clubhouse was officially opened.
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In 1981 with the addition of a reserve grade side the club was promoted into Division Two.
A reshuffling of clubs in 1986 saw the Springwood Pumas in Division One. After two seasons the club was back in Division Two but not for long, promoted again in 1991.
After the 2000 season an AFLQ reorganization saw Springwood placed in Division Two for 2001. It was in this grade that the club defeated Caboolture 12.13.85 to 9.12.66 to win the 2002 Division two premiership.
2003 and Springwood was back in the Pineapple Hotel Cup competition. After making the Preliminary Final in the 2006 Pineapple Hotel Cup season the club has since slipped down the ladder, suffering a winless 2008 season. The club is in a team rebuilding stage and will compete in the 2012 SEQAFL Division one PHC.
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Premierships
2023
2021
2015
2014
2002.[
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Notable players
*Darren Lockyer
Darren James Lockyer (born 24 March 1977) is an Australian television commentator and former professional rugby league footballer. Lockyer was an Australian international and Queensland State representative captain, who played his entire profe ...
*Alex Sexton
Alex Sexton (born 3 December 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Early life
Sexton was born in Melbourne attending St Monica's College, Epping. S ...
*Derek Wirth
Derek Wirth (born 29 November 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).
A Springwood junior, Wirth was a key position player, originally drafted to the Brisbane Bea ...
References
External links
Facebook page
Queensland State Football League clubs
1972 establishments in Australia
Australian rules football clubs established in 1972
Australian rules football clubs in Brisbane
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