Sebastopol Football Netball Club
| Names | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sebastopol Football Netball Club[1] |
| Nickname(s) | The Burras |
| Club details | |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Colours | Blue Gold |
| Competition | Ballarat Football League since 1978 |
| Premierships | 1939, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1975 |
| Ground(s) | Dick Fleming Oval Sebastopol. |
The Sebastopol Football Netball Club competes in the Ballarat Football League. The club, known as The Burras competed in the for the first time in 1978. The club was runners up in 2000.
Home Ground
The Burras play their home matches at Dick Fleming Oval, Marty Busch Reserve, Burnett St, off Albert St, Sebastopol
History
The Sebastopol Football Club has spent its history roaming around the local leagues near Ballarat, Victoria.
- In 1921 it played in the Ballarat District Football Association. It lost six Grand finals in seventeen years.
- In 1938 a new look Ballarat FL, Sebastopol was runners up in its only season.
- In 1939 the team won the Clunes Football League premiership defeating Creswick 12.18 90 to 12.8. 80
- In 1940 it merged with South Ballarat because of the war.
- In 1947 the club moved to the Ballarat B Grade competition. It won four in a row from 1950 to 1953.
- In 1959 the competition was renamed the Ballarat FL District section.
- In 1973 it was part of the merger between the Ballarat district FL and the Bacchus Marsh FL to form the Ballarat Bacchus Marsh FL.
- In 1978 it moved to the Ballarat Football League on the recommendation of the Victorian Country Football League.
VFL/AFL players
References
Official Ballarat Football League records
Book
History of Football in the Ballarat District by John Stoward - ISBN 978-0-9805929-0-0
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