Redan Football Club
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The Redan Football Netball Club competes in the Ballarat Football League
. The club, nicknamed the Lions has a history of 58 Premierships including 10 Senior Football Premierships and was named the Victorian Country Football League
Most Disciplined Club in 2004 & 2005.
Redan players have also won the Henderson Medal (Ballarat Football League's best player award) on 14 occasions with two players, Michael Smith (1994, 1994) and Jarrod Edwards (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009) winning the award in consecutive years.
Edwards is the first player in BFL history to win four consecutive Henderson Medals.
The club also has four winners of the Tony Lockett Medal, for the leading goalscorer in the Ballarat Football League.
Redan currently play their home matches at City Oval in Ballarat and play in a predominately maroon strip with a yellow top band and a lion logo on the chest
The first Ballarat Football game was played at the Copenhagen Grounds on April 27, 1860 - the current Western Oval stands on part of the original site. The first Redan game was reported in The Ballarat Star Saturday September 2, 1871 against the Ballarat Football Club
. The Redan team was made up from miners from the Band of Hope mine and their average weight was 14 Stone (90kg). The Star reported that the Redan team were everywhere, kicking and tripping regardless of the consequences.
, 2007 v Sunbury, 2009 v East Point
, 2011 v Sunbury
, 1955 - Graham Willey
, 1957 - Bill McKenzie, 1976 - David Jenkins, 1981 - Greg Packham
, 1992 - Michael Phyland
, 1993 - Michael Smith, 1994 - Michael Smith, 2006 - Jarrod Edwards, 2007 - Jarrod Edwards, 2008 - Jarrod Edwards, 2009 - Jarrod Edwards
Ballarat Football League
The Ballarat Football League is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia.The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football League in 1908 and was briefly known as the Ballarat-Wimmera...
. The club, nicknamed the Lions has a history of 58 Premierships including 10 Senior Football Premierships and was named 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...
Most Disciplined Club in 2004 & 2005.
Redan players have also won the Henderson Medal (Ballarat Football League's best player award) on 14 occasions with two players, Michael Smith (1994, 1994) and Jarrod Edwards (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009) winning the award in consecutive years.
Edwards is the first player in BFL history to win four consecutive Henderson Medals.
The club also has four winners of the Tony Lockett Medal, for the leading goalscorer in the Ballarat Football League.
Redan currently play their home matches at City Oval in Ballarat and play in a predominately maroon strip with a yellow top band and a lion logo on the chest
The first Ballarat Football game was played at the Copenhagen Grounds on April 27, 1860 - the current Western Oval stands on part of the original site. The first Redan game was reported in The Ballarat Star Saturday September 2, 1871 against the Ballarat Football Club
Ballarat Football Club
The Ballarat Football Club competes in the Ballarat Football League in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia. The club, nicknamed the Swans, has a history dating back to 1860. Ballarat once competed in the Victorian Football Association....
. The Redan team was made up from miners from the Band of Hope mine and their average weight was 14 Stone (90kg). The Star reported that the Redan team were everywhere, kicking and tripping regardless of the consequences.
Ballarat Football League Premierships
1946, 1952, 1975, 1976, 1977, 2002 v Sunbury, 2003 v Subury, 2006 v East PointEast Point Football Club
The East Point Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ballarat Football League.East Point was formed by a merger between East Ballarat and Golden Point....
, 2007 v Sunbury, 2009 v East Point
East Point Football Club
The East Point Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ballarat Football League.East Point was formed by a merger between East Ballarat and Golden Point....
, 2011 v Sunbury
Henderson Medal Winners
1946 - Stan Webb, 1949 - W.Ebery, 1951 - Keith RawleKeith Rawle
Keith Trevillian Rawle was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the VFL during the 1940s. He was the son of former North Melbourne and Essendon footballer George Rawle....
, 1955 - Graham Willey
Graham Willey
Graham Willey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League .Willey, who was a student at Scotch College, made his debut for Essendon in 1955, while on a permit from Redan. That year he won the Best and Fairest award in the Ballarat Football League...
, 1957 - Bill McKenzie, 1976 - David Jenkins, 1981 - Greg Packham
Greg Packham
Greg Packham is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s....
, 1992 - Michael Phyland
Michael Phyland
Michael Phyland is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Victorian Football League .Phyland represented New South Wales at Under 18 Championships in 1982 and won the Larke Medal....
, 1993 - Michael Smith, 1994 - Michael Smith, 2006 - Jarrod Edwards, 2007 - Jarrod Edwards, 2008 - Jarrod Edwards, 2009 - Jarrod Edwards