South Barwon Football Club

South Barwon Football Club
Names
Full name South Barwon Football and Netball Club
Nickname(s) Swans
2012 season
Leading goalkicker Clinton Wells
Best and fairest Mitchell Herbison
Club details
Founded 1990 out of the merger of Belmont and Barwon Football Clubs
Colours      Blue,      Red and      White
President Richard Holz
Coach James Garvey & Casey Tutungi
Captain(s) Anthony Biemans
Ground(s) McDonalds Reserve, Belmont, Victoria
Other information
Official website

South Barwon Football and Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club based at McDonald Reserve in Belmont, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria.

History

The club was formed from the Belmont Football Club and Barwon Football Club. These two clubs merged in 1990 to create the South Barwon Swans, and are now one of the largest clubs in country Victoria.[1] The club play in the Geelong Football League (GFL), the premier league in Geelong.[2]

Premierships

The club has won 5 senior premierships, their first in 2001 defeating North Shore in the final. The club then won three premierships in a row from 2005-07 defeating Newtown-Chilwell, St. Josephs and Bell Park respectively. The club won its fifth premiership in 2009 defeating St. Joseph's in the Grand Final played at Skilled Stadium. In 2008 South Barwon won under 18 premierships in both the GFL under 18's competition and the GFL under 18 B's competition and in 2009 won the premiership in the under 18 B's competition.[3] In 2011 they won the inaugural Best of the Best pre-season tournament, defeating the Maribyrnong Park Football Club from the Essendon District Football League in the final.[4]

Notable players

and Dale Amos, coach of the Geelong Football Club's seconds team in the Victorian Football League.[5]

Book

Cat Country - History of Football In The Geelong Region - John Stoward - ISBN 978-0-9577515-8-3

References

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