Beachside FC

Beachside FC
Full name Beachside Football Club
Nickname(s) 'Blowflies', 'Beavers'
Founded 1975[1]
Ground Sandown Park, Sandy Bay[2]
Capacity 500
Chairman Linda Higginson[3]
League Southern Championship
2014 4th

Beachside Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sandy Bay in Hobart, Tasmania. The clubs colours are green and black. The club plays its home games at Sandown Park, known to fans as the Tropicana Cauldron or simply The Tropicana.[4]

The clubs nickname for the male teams is the Blowflies and the female teams are known as the Beavers.

History

Beachside FC was originally known as Howrah Soccer Club because it played in the Hobart suburb of Howrah.[5] The club then adopted the name Beachside HSC when it moved to its current home near Long Beach, in Sandy Bay keeping the HSC from Howrah Soccer Club despite no longer playing in that suburb. In 2011 the name was changed subtly to the current Beachside FC.

Honours

Seasons

A summary of the seasons of the Beachside Senior Men's Team:

Season League Final Position Coach Notes
2014 Southern Premier League 4th Farrell Shaw [6]
2013 Southern Premier League 1st Nathan Robinson [7] An FFT league restructure led to Beachside joining the SPL.
2012 Southern League One 2nd Brett Pullen
2011 Southern Premier League 8th(Last) Brett PullenRelegated to SL1 at end of season.
2010 Southern League One 1st Nathan RobinsonPromoted to SPL next season.
2009 Southern League One Tony Kavanagh

Club traditions

The first senior home game of the season is known as Suit and Little Black Dress Day and all players and spectators must turn up to the game dressed appropriately or pay a small fine to the club. The first social team home game of the season is known as Hawaiian Shirt Day and a similar rule applies.

Teams

In 2014 the club has male teams playing in the Tasmanian Southern Premier League, Premier League Reserves, Under 20's & Social Division Three. The club also has a female teams playing in Division One and youth teams. All Beachside teams play in competitions run by Football Federation Tasmania.

Current competitions

Beachside has teams involved in the following competitions:

Individual honours

The club's best and fairest medal is named after club great Alistair Hales while a yearly award is presented for the best contributor to the clubs off-field success. This is named after James Dunsby, a club Life Member who died in an SAS selection test in Wales.[8]

Year Alistair Hales Best and Fairest James Dunsby Clubman
2014 Jayden Welch James Andrews
2011 [9] Nathan Robinson, Jack Turner and Luke Atkin Anthony Grznic

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Beachside Football Club Official Site".
  2. ↑ "Zebras out to atone for last week's loss to Olympia". walterpless.com.au. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  3. ↑ Walter Pless. "Higginson replaces Brierley as Beachside president". Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  4. ↑ "Beachside's surprise point". Hobart Mercury. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  5. ↑ "Former club Howrah to have reunion". Walter Pless on Association Football. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  6. ↑ "Beachside FC Coaches Blog".
  7. ↑ ALEX LUTTRELL. "Grand finalists get the boot". The Mercury. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  8. ↑ http://www.australiantimes.co.uk/third-ta-solider-to-die-after-sas-heatwave-test-was-ex-australian-army-reservist.htm
  9. ↑ "Beachside's top award is a three-way tie". Walter Pless on Association Football. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

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