Barwon Heads Football Club
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The Barwon Heads Football Club is an Australian rules football
club that plays in the Bellarine Football League
and situated in the township of Barwon Heads
, near the City Of Geelong Victoria
, Australia
. The club plays its home games at Howard Harmer Oval, Barwon Heads wears a light blue and royal blue
jumper with a Seagull motif.
The Bellarine Football League is an Australian rules football
competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula
region of Victoria, Australia
, formed in 1971.
Eventually in 1964 a new entity the Ocean Grove Football Club
was formed and competed in the GDFL Jarman Cup. The Ocean Grove Football Club and The Barwon Heads/Ocean Grove Football Club played in the GDFL Woolworths Cup as opponents from 1965 to 1969.
The Barwon Heads/Ocean Grove FC dropped Ocean Grove from its name in 1970. The Barwon Heads FC was a founding member of the Bellarine Football League
. The Club held meetings from 1968 with neighbouring towns and the Victorian Country Football League
to initiate a Competition.
The club has a winning rate of 41 % as at end of 2011.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club that plays in the Bellarine Football League
Bellarine Football League
The Bellarine Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula region of Victoria, Australia, formed in 1971.Six of the eight founding clubs played in the Polwarth Football league the year before....
and situated in the township of Barwon Heads
Barwon Heads, Victoria
Barwon Heads is a coastal township 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, while it is bounded to the west by farmland, golf courses and the ephemeral saline wetland Murtnaghurt...
, near the City Of Geelong Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The club plays its home games at Howard Harmer Oval, Barwon Heads wears a light blue and royal blue
jumper with a Seagull motif.
The Bellarine Football League is an Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula
Bellarine Peninsula
The Bellarine Peninsula is a peninsula located south-west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Corio Bay and Bass Strait. The peninsula, together with the Mornington Peninsula separates Port Phillip from Bass Strait...
region of Victoria, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, formed in 1971.
History
A Barwon Heads FC existed circa 1922 which wore Royal Blue Jumpers with white collar and cuffs and were also known as the Seagulls. At some time in the early 1940s a brand new set of jumpers were purchased at great expense to the club. After their first game the jumpers were washed and the blue die ran and stained the white trim pale blue. Since the club could not afford the cost of a new set, the colours were changed to Royal and Pale Blue. The club between 1947-1969 was known as The Barwon Heads/Ocean Grove Football Club which represented the greater Barwon Heads/Ocean Grove area this entity wore a purple jumper with a gold trim.Eventually in 1964 a new entity the Ocean Grove Football Club
Ocean Grove Football Club
The Ocean Grove Football Club is an Australian rules football club that plays in the Bellarine Football League and situated in the town of Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia.- History :...
was formed and competed in the GDFL Jarman Cup. The Ocean Grove Football Club and The Barwon Heads/Ocean Grove Football Club played in the GDFL Woolworths Cup as opponents from 1965 to 1969.
The Barwon Heads/Ocean Grove FC dropped Ocean Grove from its name in 1970. The Barwon Heads FC was a founding member of the Bellarine Football League
Bellarine Football League
The Bellarine Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula region of Victoria, Australia, formed in 1971.Six of the eight founding clubs played in the Polwarth Football league the year before....
. The Club held meetings from 1968 with neighbouring towns and the Victorian Country Football League
Victorian Country Football League
The Victorian Country Football League is the governing body for Australian rules football in Victoria outside of metropolitan Melbourne on behalf of AFL Victoria...
to initiate a Competition.
The club has a winning rate of 41 % as at end of 2011.
Notable VFL/AFL players
- Geoff Ainsworth with GeelongGeelong Football ClubThe Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
- Les O’Halloran with GeelongGeelong Football ClubThe Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
- Matt Maguire with BrisbaneBrisbane LionsThe Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
- Tim Callan with Western Bulldogs
- Jaxon Barham with CollingwoodCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
External links
- http://Barwon Heads.vcfl.com.au/ (official site)