Claremont Football Club (Tasmania)

The Claremont Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Southern Football League in Tasmania, Australia. The club wears a Collingwood-style jumper and has the mascot the Magpies.

Claremont Junior Football Club wears a Bulldogs strip to prevent a clash with neighbouring club Glenorchy Magpies who also wear black and white.

Home grounds, club achievements and records

• Claremont Soccer Ground – 1924–1948
• Cadbury's Oval – 1949–1970
• Abbotsfield Park – 1971–2010

• Founded – 1924

• Colours – Black and white (originally green and yellow)

• Emblem – Magpies

• Tasmanian Amateur Football League- Southern Division premierships
  • 1965, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

• Tasmanian Amateur Football League State Championship- Conder Shield winners
  • 1968, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993

• Tasmanian Amateur Football League- Southern Division District premierships
  • 1981, 1984, 1986

• Walter Howard Medallists – (Best and fairest player – TAFL Southern Division)
  • 1948 – K. Brassington
  • 1959 – J. Leask (tied)
  • 1959 – E. Mitchell (tied)
  • 1960 – E. Mitchell
  • 1966 – N. Hanley
  • 1980 – M. Mason
  • 1984 – J. Moles
  • 1985 – M. Mason
  • 1992 – J. Salter

• Peter Hodgman Medallists: – (Best and fairest player – STFL)
  • 1996 – J. Gulliver

• Club record games holder:
  • R. Blackwell – 334 games

• Southern Football League premierships
  • Nil

• Southern Football League runners-up
  • 1997

• SFL leading goalkickers

2010: Clinton Curtain, 87

• Record finals attendance – Southern Football League
  • Unknown

• Club record score
  • Unknown

• Club record quarter
  • Unknown

External links

• Southern Football League official website