Kapunda Football Club
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Kapunda Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers is an Australian rules football
club based in Kapunda, South Australia
that competes in the Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association
.
The club is currently coached by Rodney 'Rocket' Brown replacing now South Gawler Football Club
coach, Andrew Milligan and is captained by Bradley Taylor. The current president is Grant Smith and the secretary is Paul McCarthy. The club is based at Dutton Park in Kapunda. The club song is "A Bomber For You". The club fields teams in the A Grade, Reserves, Senior Colts, Junior Colts, Under 13's, under 11's and under 9's grades. The club's Bomber Blasts newspaper column features weekly during the season written by 'Bomber Stud' featuring a quick review of the clubs games, news and upcoming events.
A true pioneer of Australian Rules Football, it seems that the Club played a role in the introduction of goal umpires, goal flags and the push-in-the-back rule.
The Club has had many legendary players in its history such as Jack Dermody who won the Association Best & Fairest Medal in 1930, Dermody transferred to Port Adelaide
in the SANFL where he captained Port to Premierships in 1936 and 1937 and also captained the State Team at the 1937 Australian Carnival in Perth
. Dermody was extremely involved in the introduction of Colts football to the Barossa, Light & Gawler.
Football great John "Jack" Maguire kicked more than 100 goals in a season on three occasions. In 1939 Maguire kicked the Association record of 135 goals and in 1935 kicked 30 goals in a match against Nuriootpa, including 14 goals in one quarter.
Jack Oatey Medallist and Central District Bulldogs
premiership vice-captain and ruckman Jason McKenzie and former Port Adelaide Power and now Greater Western Sydney Football Club listed ruckman Jonathan Giles are also products of the Kapunda Football Club.
A Sunday Family Day follows consisting of a full club light training run, barbecue, player registration and payment of subs.
Both the home and away matches against the Freeling Football Club are played for the 'Mickan-Shanahan' Cup', named after prominent families from Kapunda and Freeling respectively. The cup is currently held by Kapunda.
The club's premier social event is the Annual Red & Rump night. This event is always booked out and well looked forward to by those in and around the club.
The club encourages all supporters to the Dutton Park clubrooms after games for best player presentations, entertainment and teas.
Kapunda's reserves have also won 11 Premierships since the reserves competition began in 1922, with the last in 2006.
The senior colts have won a total of five premierships, the most recent in 1996, while the junior colts have won three the last of which also in 1996. Both competitions began in 1970, previous to then a combined competition known as the colts was held. Kapunda won three premierships in the colts competition.
A Grade Association Leading Goalkickers
(After minor round)
A Grade Rookie Of The Year
Reserves Association Medallists
Reserves Association Leading Goalkickers
(After minor round)
Senior Colts Association Medallists
Senior Colts Association Leading Goalkickers
(After minor round)
Junior Colts Association Medallists
Junior Colts Association Leading Goalkickers
(After minor round)
BL&G Champion Club
(Awarded to the club that is most successful over all four grades. Began in 2002)
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 based in Kapunda, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
that competes in the Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association
Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association
The Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association is an Australian rules football competition based chiefly in the Barossa Valley region of South Australia, Australia. Only 42 kilometres north of the state capital of Adelaide, the BL&GFA is an affiliated member of the South Australian National...
.
The club is currently coached by Rodney 'Rocket' Brown replacing now South Gawler Football Club
South Gawler Football Club
The South Gawler Football Club is a country Australian rules football club, founded by James Fitzgerald in the Gawler South area of the Barossa Valley town of Gawler, South Australia, in 1889. The Lions, who wear royal blue and white hoops, currently compete in the Barossa Light & Gawler Football...
coach, Andrew Milligan and is captained by Bradley Taylor. The current president is Grant Smith and the secretary is Paul McCarthy. The club is based at Dutton Park in Kapunda. The club song is "A Bomber For You". The club fields teams in the A Grade, Reserves, Senior Colts, Junior Colts, Under 13's, under 11's and under 9's grades. The club's Bomber Blasts newspaper column features weekly during the season written by 'Bomber Stud' featuring a quick review of the clubs games, news and upcoming events.
Club history
The Kapunda Football Club is one of the oldest football clubs in the world to enjoy an uninterrupted identity. It was first formed by copper miners on 18 April 1866 in the North Kapunda Hotel where it was unanimous that the formed club be called 'The Kapunda Football Club'.A true pioneer of Australian Rules Football, it seems that the Club played a role in the introduction of goal umpires, goal flags and the push-in-the-back rule.
The Club has had many legendary players in its history such as Jack Dermody who won the Association Best & Fairest Medal in 1930, Dermody transferred to Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide Magpies
The Port Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the South Australian National Football League...
in the SANFL where he captained Port to Premierships in 1936 and 1937 and also captained the State Team at the 1937 Australian Carnival in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
. Dermody was extremely involved in the introduction of Colts football to the Barossa, Light & Gawler.
Football great John "Jack" Maguire kicked more than 100 goals in a season on three occasions. In 1939 Maguire kicked the Association record of 135 goals and in 1935 kicked 30 goals in a match against Nuriootpa, including 14 goals in one quarter.
Jack Oatey Medallist and Central District Bulldogs
Central District Bulldogs
Central District Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the city of Elizabeth about 25 km to the north of Adelaide, South Australia.-Origins and Background:...
premiership vice-captain and ruckman Jason McKenzie and former Port Adelaide Power and now Greater Western Sydney Football Club listed ruckman Jonathan Giles are also products of the Kapunda Football Club.
Club Events
The club normally begins the season with the Annual Club Player Auction on a Saturday night, which is a large fundraiser for the club.A Sunday Family Day follows consisting of a full club light training run, barbecue, player registration and payment of subs.
Both the home and away matches against the Freeling Football Club are played for the 'Mickan-Shanahan' Cup', named after prominent families from Kapunda and Freeling respectively. The cup is currently held by Kapunda.
The club's premier social event is the Annual Red & Rump night. This event is always booked out and well looked forward to by those in and around the club.
The club encourages all supporters to the Dutton Park clubrooms after games for best player presentations, entertainment and teas.
Club Guernseys
The Kapunda Football Club guernsey is a predominantly black with a red sash. It has the club logo on the left chest and a club sponsor on the right. The club is also one of the first clubs in the Barossa, Light & Gawler competition to implement an away guernsey. This guernsey is mainly red, with a black V and black Kapunda logo. The Bombers initially had a blue and white coloured guernsey, however in 1891 the club's colours became red and white. In 1908 the colours the blue returned to the guernsey and was shortly taken out along with the white in 1910 and the colours were now the famous black and red.Premierships
The club has been very successful on the field since their inauguration in 1866 with the A Grade winning 15 Premierships including two runs of three in a row from 1921–1923 and 1927-1929. The club celebrated its first Premiership in thirty years in 2004 and went back to back in 2005 with Mark Pitman at the helm. Kapunda has played in a further 16 Grand Finals including a draw with Angaston in 1977 and the subsequent replay where they were defeated.| Year | Coach | Captain | Runner-Up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | |M W Pitman | | S Ryan | | Freeling | | Kapunda 17-14-116 Freeling 9-6-60 |
| 2004 | M W Pitman | S Ryan | Angaston | Kapunda 21-16-142 Angaston 11-9-75 |
| 1974 | K E Tucker | K E Tucker | Nuriootpa | Kapunda 17-13-115 Nuriootpa 10-12-72 |
| 1965 | A Baraglia | A Baraglia | Nuriootpa | Kapunda 15-11-101 Nuriootpa 12-13-85 |
| 1964 | A Baraglia | A Baraglia | Nuriootpa | Kapunda 13-12-90 Nuriootpa 8-11-59 |
| 1953 | H C Heffernan | V Serotzki | Nuriootpa | Kapunda 11-9-75 Nuriootpa 10-12-72 |
| 1952 | H C Heffernan | V Serotzki | Tanunda | Kapunda 12-12-84 Tanunda 9-9-63 |
| 1939 | S Jaffer | S Jaffer | Tanunda | Kapunda 14-13-97 Tanunda 5-14-44 |
| 1935 | C Palmer | T Burgess | Angaston | Kapunda 7-7-49 Angaston 6-8-44 |
| 1929 | Not Listed | R Burgess | Angaston | Kapunda 9-10-64 Angaston 8-14-62 |
| 1928 | Dr A Gunning | R Burgess | Angaston | Kapunda 13-12-90 Angaston 10-8-68 |
| 1927 | Not Listed | H N Burgess | Angaston | Kapunda 7-17-59 Angaston 8-7-55 |
| 1923 | Not Listed | P E Williams | Nuriootpa | Kapunda 8-10-58 Nuriootpa 6-13-49 |
| 1922 | Not Listed | H N Burgess | Nuriootpa | Kapunda 5-4-34 Nuriootpa 3-6-24 |
| 1921 | Not Listed | P E Williams | Angaston | Kapunda 5-14-44 Angaston 4-12-36 |
Kapunda's reserves have also won 11 Premierships since the reserves competition began in 1922, with the last in 2006.
The senior colts have won a total of five premierships, the most recent in 1996, while the junior colts have won three the last of which also in 1996. Both competitions began in 1970, previous to then a combined competition known as the colts was held. Kapunda won three premierships in the colts competition.
Association Best & Fairests and other awards
A Grade Association Medallists- Mick McCarthy - 2004
- Jason McKenzie - 2001
- Phil Schell - 1984 and 1985
- John Baruzzi - 1974
- Jim Hayward - 1969 ( Tied with Dale John of Tanunda)
- Peter Vandeleur - 1966
- Norm O'Brien - 1959
- Vic Serotzki - 1952
- Eric Kotz - 1934
- Jack Dermody - 1930
- Bert Hawke - 1925
A Grade Association Leading Goalkickers
(After minor round)
- Danny Deptula - 80 goals in 2000
- Danny Deptula - 64 goals in 1999
- Geoff Schell - 70 goals in 1987 (Tied with Anthony Mueller of Eudunda)
- Geoff Schell - 73 goals in 1986
- R.Ruediger - 60 goals in 1953
- George Goodfellow - 24 goals in 1940
- John Maguire - 123 goals in 1939
- John Maguire - 106 goals in 1937
- John Maguire - 117 goals in 1935
- Eric Kotz - 45 goals in 1932
- Eric Kotz - 67 goals in 1931
- Eric Kotz - 65 goals in 1930
- Eric Kotz - 62 goals in 1929
- Phelan - 75 goals in 1928
- Phelan - 67 goals in 1927
A Grade Rookie Of The Year
- David Leslie - 2002
- Mick McCarthy - 1996
Reserves Association Medallists
- Rodney Brown - 2003
- Ben Randall - 2001
- Mark Mickan - 1999
- Bruce Pearce - 1996 and 1995
- Peter Moyle - 1988
- Terry Ryan - 1987
- Dennis Johnson - 1977 and 1976
- Oscar Abdulla - 1967
- Ray Giersch - 1957
- Bill Truscott - 1927
Reserves Association Leading Goalkickers
(After minor round)
- Jarrat Farley - 39 goals in 2001
- Paul Schultz - 41 goals in 1985
Senior Colts Association Medallists
- Jay Johnson - 2003
- Corey Ryan - 2000
- John Hansen - 1986
- Jeff Bowden - 1985
- Scott Ware - 1984
- David Jarman - 1973
- Trevor Leslie - 1970
Senior Colts Association Leading Goalkickers
(After minor round)
- Scott Mickan - 58 goals in 2000
- Scott Mickan - 46 goals in 1999
- Jeff Bowden - 29 goals in 1985
Junior Colts Association Medallists
- Sam Ryan - 1994
- Paul Davidson - 1981
- Russell McGregor - 1978
Junior Colts Association Leading Goalkickers
(After minor round)
- Greg Mennie - 36 goals in 1984
BL&G Champion Club
(Awarded to the club that is most successful over all four grades. Began in 2002)
- Kapunda - 2090 points in 2005
- Kapunda - 2325 points in 2004