Bellarine Football Netball League Explained

Bellarine Football Netball League
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Formerly:	Bellarine & District Football League (1971–1985) Bellarine Football League (1986–2010)
Sport:	Australian rules football Netball
Teams:	10
Confed:	AFL Barwon
Country:	Australia
Headquarters:	Highton, Victoria, Australia
Website:	aflbarwon.com.au/bfnl
Sponsor:	Dow Chemical Company
Related Comps:	Geelong FNL Geelong & District FNL Polwarth FL

The Bellarine Football Netball League (BFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula region of Victoria, Australia. Established in 1971 as the Bellarine & District Football League, the competition was formed out of the ashes of the Polwarth Football League, which had six of its former teams join.

The competition was renamed the Bellarine Football League in 1986, and finally the Bellarine Football Netball League in 2011 when the local netball competition was administratively aligned with the football competition for the first time. Prior to 2011, netball clubs competed in a competition overseen by the Bellarine District Netball Association.

The BFNL forms the second tier of football in the Geelong area, along with the Geelong Football Netball League (GFNL) and the Geelong & District Football League.

In March 2024, following extensive consultation^[1] AFL Barwon detailed a plan for expanding the BFNL to 12 teams from 2025 with a path for a team to accept an invitation for promotion to the GFNL, replacing a club that would then be relegated from the GNFL.^[2]

Clubs

Current clubs

Club	Colours	Moniker			Former league	BFNL seasons		BFNL premierships
						First	data-sort-type="number"	Total	data-sort-type="number"	Total	Most recent	data-sort-type="number"	Total	Most recent
Anglesea		Roos	Ellimatta Reserve, Anglesea	1963	GDFL	1973	50	3	1999	1	2012
Barwon Heads		Seagulls	Howard Harmer Reserve, Barwon Heads	1922	GDFL	1971^+	52	6	2022	—	—
Drysdale		Hawks	Drysdale Recreational Reserve, Drysdale	1879	GDFL	1971^+	52	5	2010	—	—
Geelong Amateur		Ammos, Pegasus	Queens Park, Highton	1926	GDFL	1995	28	5	2016	3	2022
Modewarre		Warriors	Mt Moriac Recreation Reserve, Mount Moriac	1879	GDFL	1996	27	1	2018	3	2018
Newcomb		Power	Grinter Reserve, Moolap	1975	—	1976	47	6	2007	—	—
Ocean Grove		Grubbers	Shell Road Reserve, Ocean Grove	1964	PFL	1971^+	52	8	2003	1	2023
Portarlington		Demons	Portarlington Recreation Reserve, Portarlington	1874	PFL	1971^+	52	2	1992	—	—
Queenscliff		Coutas	Queenscliff Recreation Reserve, Queenscliff	1884	PFL	1971^+	52	4	2013	—	—
Torquay		Tigers	Spring Creek Reserve,Torquay	1952	PFL	1971^+	52	9	2023	3	2019
^+ denotes that the club was a founding member of the BDFL

Former clubs

Club	Colours	Moniker			Former league	Current league	BFNL seasons
							First	data-sort-type="number"	Total	data-sort-type="number"	Total	Most recent
Leopold		Lions	Leopold Memorial Park, Leopold	1955	PFL	GFNL	1971^+	21	2	1990
St Leonards		Saints	St Leonards Lake Reserve, St Leonards	1985	—	—	1985	6	—	—
Winchelsea		Blues	Eastern Reserve, Winchelsea	1876	PFL	GDFNL	1971^+	12	—	—
^+ denotes that the club was a founding member of the BDFL

Premiers

Senior football

^+	Team also won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the ladder
^^	Player also won the Les Ash Medal as the best and fairest in the league

Season	Premiers	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Best on ground
1971			18.5 (113) d. 6.15 (51)	Ocean Grove Memorial Reserve	Graham Muncey (Torquay)	^[3] ^[4]
1972	Barwon Heads^+		18.20 (128) d. 15.9 (99)	Leopold Memorial Park	Garry Hamer (Barwon Heads)
1973	Barwon Heads^+ (2)		19.11 (125) d. 11.9 (75)	Spring Creek Reserve	Brian Marshman (Barwon Heads)
1974	Barwon Heads^+ (3)	Ocean Grove	13.14 (92) d. 11.13 (79)	Spring Creek Reserve	Geoff Fry^^ (Barwon Heads)
1975	Queenscliff^+		14.16 (100) d. 11.10 (76)	Leopold Memorial Park	Peter Growney (Queenscliff)
1976	Drysdale	Torquay	23.10 (148) d. 19.13 (127)	Leopold Memorial Park	Greg Scott (Drysdale)
1977	Drysdale (2)	Queenscliff	12.10 (82) d. 11.12 (78)	Portarlington Recreation Reserve	David Hall (Drysdale)
1978		Drysdale	12.19 (91) d. 5.14 (44)	Howard Harmer Reserve	Vincent Guiffe (Portarlington)
1979			18.12 (120) d. 17.9 (111)	Spring Creek Reserve	Peter Lewis (Leopold)
1980	Newcomb	Portarlington	13.17 (95) d. 9.12 (66)	Leopold Memorial Park	Greg Herbet (Newcomb)
1981	Newcomb^+ (2)	Torquay	17.10 (112) d. 12.9 (81)	Howard Harmer Reserve	John Fagan^^ (Newcomb)
1982	Newcomb (3)	Torquay	19.15 (129) d. 8.9 (57)	Leopold Memorial Park	John Fagan (2) (Newcomb)
1983		Torquay	14.14 (98) d. 13.6 (84)	Portarlington Recreation Reserve	Brian O’Keefe (Anglesea)
1984	Torquay (2)	Drysdale	19.11 (125) d. 19.10 (124)	Leopold Memorial Park	Alan Lynch (Drysdale)
1985	Drysdale (3)	Leopold	20.26 (146) d. 11.6 (72)	Portarlington Recreation Reserve	Darren Wilson (Drysdale)
Bellarine Football League name adopted
1986	Torquay^+ (3)	Newcomb	21.21 (147) d. 4.12 (36)	Howard Harmer Reserve	Shane Jacobsen (Torquay)
1987	Torquay^+ (4)	Leopold	13.16 (94) d. 10.14 (74)	Leopold Memorial Park	Dale Lewis (Torquay)
1988	Newcomb (4)	Drysdale	14.7 (91) d. 11.12 (78)	Leopold Memorial Park	Ross Gibson (Newcomb)
1989	Torquay^+ (5)	Drysdale	11.15 (81) d. 9.18 (72)	Portarlington Recreation Reserve	John McMahon (Torquay)
1990	Leopold^+ (2)	Anglesea	17.5 (107) d. 11.13 (79)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Peter Lange (Leopold)
1991	Anglesea^+ (2)	Leopold	10.15 (75) d. 5.7 (37)	Portarlington Recreation Reserve	Darren Fraser (Anglesea)
1992	Portarlington^+ (2)	Drysdale	10.6 (66) d. 4.11 (35)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Brian Canny (Portarlington)
1993	Barwon Heads^+ (4)	Ocean Grove	19.17 (131) d. 10.16 (76)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Antony Callan (Barwon Heads)
1994	Ocean Grove^+	Portarlington	16.6 (102) d. 5.12 (42)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Dean Gills (Ocean Grove)
1995	Ocean Grove^+ (2)	Anglesea	17.12 (114) d. 11.11 (77)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Matthew McTaggart (Ocean Grove)
1996	Ocean Grove^+ (3)	Anglesea	12.12 (84) d. 7.12 (54)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Steven Sherwell (Ocean Grove)
1997	Ocean Grove^+ (4)	Anglesea	11.10 (76) d. 4.2 (26)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Will McTaggart (Ocean Grove)
1998	Torquay^+ (6)	Ocean Grove	9.8 (62) d. 6.7 (43)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	George Arnold^^ (Torquay)
1999	Anglesea^+ (3)	Ocean Grove	13.16 (94) d. 12.12 (84)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Ian Benny (Anglesea)
2000	Ocean Grove^+ (5)	Anglesea	16.13 (109) d. 7.12 (54)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Mathew Payne^^ (Ocean Grove)
2001	Ocean Grove^+ (6)	Drysdale	23.16 (154) d. 12.8 (80)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Kane Montgomery (Ocean Grove)
2002	Ocean Grove (7)	Drysdale	12.23 (95) d. 6.7 (43)	Spring Creek Reserve	James Dalton (Ocean Grove)
2003	Ocean Grove (8)	Geelong Amateur	12.9 (81) d. 10.12 (72)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Liam Rock (Ocean Grove)
2004	Geelong Amateur^+	Ocean Grove	18.9 (117) d. 11.5 (71)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Haami Williams (Geelong Amateur)
2005	Newcomb^+ (5)	Torquay	15.18 (108) d. 11.9 (75)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Luke McLean (Newcomb)
2006	Torquay (7)	Newcomb	15.9 (99) d. 13.11 (89)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Andrew Wesley (Torquay)
2007	Newcomb (6)	Ocean Grove	25.15 (165) d. 17.9 (111)	Spring Creek Reserve	Mark Stewart (Newcomb)
2008	Geelong Amateur^+ (2)	Torquay	28.11 (179) d. 14.19 (103)	Spring Creek Reserve	Nathan Reid (Geelong Amateur)
2009	Drysdale (4)	Geelong Amateur	15.18 (108) d. 13.12 (90)	Spring Creek Reserve	Brett Dowie (Drysdale)
2010	Drysdale^+ (5)	Geelong Amateur	13.13 (91) d. 11.17 (83)	Spring Creek Reserve	Mitch Scott (Drysdale)
Bellarine Football Netball League name adopted
2011	Queenscliff (2)	Geelong Amateur	17.22 (124) d. 13.7 (85)	Spring Creek Reserve	Daniel Gibbs (Queenscliff)	^[5]
2012	Queenscliff^+ (3)	Torquay	16.14 (110) d. 12.8 (80)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Daniel Gibbs (2) (Queenscliff)
2013	Queenscliff^+ (4)	Drysdale	14.16 (100) d. 6.11 (47)	Spring Creek Reserve	Brad Ridings (Queenscliff)
2014	Geelong Amateur^+ (3)	Ocean Grove	22.16 (148) d. 8.9 (57)	Spring Creek Reserve	Kane Smith (Geelong Amateur)
2015	Geelong Amateur (4)	Torquay	16.16 (112) d. 11.14 (80)	Spring Creek Reserve	Peter Street (Geelong Amateur)
2016	Geelong Amateur^+ (5)	Modewarre	18.16 (124) d. 11.11 (77)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Brad King (Geelong Amateur)
2017	Torquay^+ (8)	Geelong Amateur	17.9 (111) d. 7.18 (60)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Billy Henderson (Torquay)
2018			14.9 (93) d. 5.16 (46)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	John Meesen (Modewarre)
2019	Barwon Heads (5)		13.7 (85) d. 10.11 (71)	Spring Creek Reserve	Zach Walter (Barwon Heads)	^[6]
2020	Season cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic					^[7]
2021	Season curtailed due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria					^[8]
2022	Barwon Heads (6)	Torquay	12.12 (84) d. 3.11 (29)	Grinter Reserve	Sammy Baker (Barwon Heads)	^[9]
2023	Torquay (9)	Drysdale	16.14 (110) d. 12.6 (78)	Grinter Reserve	Nathan Mifsud (Torquay)	^[10]

A Grade netball

^+	Team also won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the ladder
^^	Player also won the league best and fairest award

Season	Premiers	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Best on court
2011	Modewarre	Anglesea	41–37	Kardinia Park	Christine Graham (Modewarre)	^[11] ^[12]
2012	Anglesea^+	Modewarre	62–39	Banyul-Warri Fields	Elle Rice (Anglesea)	^[13]
2013	Torquay	Modewarre	49–37	Kardinia Park	Courtney Cuolahan (Torquay)	^[14]
2014	Geelong Amateur^+	Torquay	33–30	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Jenni Gardner (Geelong Amateur)	^[15]
2015		Torquay	36–29	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Keisha Guilmartin (Geelong Amateur)	^[16]
2016		Geelong Amateur	31–30	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Jessica Standfield (Torquay)	^[17]
		Geelong Amateur	43–27	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Kim Martin (Modewarre)	^[18]
2018	Modewarre^+	Geelong Amateur	34–30	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Jessica Kelly (Modewarre)	^[19]
2019		Geelong Amateur	38–25	Spring Creek Reserve	Courtney Cuolahan (2) (Torquay)	^[20]
2020	Season cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Season curtailed due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
2022		Ocean Grove	60–48	Grinter Reserve	Keisha Guilmartin (2) (Geelong Amateur)	^[21] ^[22]
2023	Ocean Grove	Geelong Amateur	53–45	Grinter Reserve	Ashton O'Brien (Ocean Grove)	^[23] ^[24]

Individual awards

Senior football

Les Ash Medal

The Les Ash Medal, named after the late longtime Bellarine football administrator, is presented to the league's best and fairest player at the conclusion of the home-and-away season. It was first named after Ash in 1989; previously it was known simply as the best and fairest medal. Two players have won the award on four occasions – Modewarre's Josh Finch, whose honours spanned seven seasons throughout the 2010s, and Torquay's James Darke, whose period of success overlapped with Finch to claim the award across nine seasons. Both Finch and Darke are also members of a group of five players who have won the award in consecutive seasons.

^^

Player also won the Leading Goalkicker Award

Table of recipients

Season	Player	Club	Votes
1971	Stewart Mathieson	Winchelsea		^[25]
1972	Gary Renfrey	Portarlington
1973	Dennis Johnson	Barwon Heads
1974	Geoff Fry	Barwon Heads
1975	Dennis Johnson (2)	Barwon Heads
1976	Robert Warren	Queenscliff
1977	Mike Birrell	Queenscliff
1978	Mike Birrell (2)	Queenscliff
1979	David Roe	Portarlington
1980	Phil Stringer	Ocean Grove
1981	John Fagan	Newcomb
1982	David Roe (2)	Portarlington
1983	Greg Scott	Drysdale
1984	Greg Young	Anglesea
1985	Phil Dennis	Portarlington
1986	Mark Browne^^	Torquay
1987	Brian O'Keefe	Anglesea
1988	Dean McNeil	Queenscliff
Award renamed to Les Ash Medal
1989	Chris Taylor	Drysdale
1990	Chris Haddock	Torquay
1991	Chris Haddock (2)	Torquay
1992	Matt Walter	Barwon Heads
1993	Jamie Dalton	Queenscliff
	Paul Hudson	Newcomb
1994	Geoff Taylor	Barwon Heads
1995	Trevor Tucker	Ocean Grove
1996	Paul Hudson (2)	Newcomb
1997	Paul Hudson (3)	Newcomb
1998	George Arnold	Torquay
1999	Damian Clark	Ocean Grove
2000	Mathew Payne	Ocean Grove
2001	Mark Trevaskis	Geelong Amateur
2002	Mark Hildebrandt	Barwon Heads
2003	Matthew Primmer	Queenscliff
2004	Simon Nelis	Drysdale
2005	Russell Whiteford	Anglesea
2006	James Dalton	Ocean Grove
2007	Ricky O'Toole	Newcomb
2008	Christian Robertson	Anglesea
2009	Lindsay Smith	Geelong Amateur
2010	Josh Finch	Modewarre	18	^[26]
2011	Dylan Chaplin-Burch	Queenscliff	21	^[27]
2012	Josh Finch (2)	Modewarre	24	^[28]
2013	Josh Finch (3)	Modewarre	30	^[29]
2014	James Darke	Torquay	23	^[30]
2015	Mitch Day^^	Geelong Amateur	24	^[31]
2016	Josh Finch (4)	Modewarre	22	^[32]
2017	James Darke (2)	Torquay	31	^[33]
2018	Jackson Bews	Anglesea	17	^[34]
	Mat Dyer	Barwon Heads	17
2019	Dom Gleeson	Torquay	22	^[35]
	John Meesen	Modewarre	22
2020	Not awarded
2021	James Darke (3)	Torquay	20	^[36]
2022	James Darke (4)	Torquay	27	^[37]
2023	Luke Davis	Barwon Heads	20	^[38]

Leading Goalkicker Award

The Leading Goalkicker Award is presented to the player who has kicked the most goals at the conclusion of the home-and-away season. Barwon Heads' Stephen "Chooka" Piec, described as "a poster boy for the Bellarine in its formative years", holds the record for the most titles (four). The magical century-mark of goals has been reached 14 times throughout the regular season. Dominant Torquay forward Wayne Tyquin's three-year run of 349 cumulative goals from 1997 to 1999 capped off a five-year consecutive period where the league had at least one centurion. Overlap between the Leading Goalkicker Award and the Les Ash Medal is rare; only two players (Torquay's Mark Browne in 1986 and Geelong Amateur's Mitch Day in 2015) have collected both honours in the same season.

^^

Player also won the Les Ash Medal as the best and fairest in the league

Table of recipients

Season	Player	Club
1971	Peter Harrison	Portarlington	51	^[39]
1972	Stephen "Chooka" Piec	Barwon Heads	90
1973	Stephen "Chooka" Piec (2)	Barwon Heads	77
1974	Stephen "Chooka" Piec (3)	Barwon Heads	57
1975	Ray King	Portarlington	83
1976	Stephen "Chooka" Piec (4)	Barwon Heads	68
1977	Randell Whitten	Drysdale	114
1978	Randell Whitten (2)	Drysdale	110
1979	Tony Sudale	Newcomb	85
1980	Gary Harriott	Anglesea	93
1981	Tony Sudale (2)	Newcomb	77
1982	Darrell Bissett	Portarlington	111
1983	Gary Harriott (2)	Anglesea	91
1984	Kevin Madden	Torquay	82
1985	Mike Birrell	Queenscliff	114
1986	Mark Browne^^	Torquay	83
1987	Jim Kelly	Anglesea	100
1988	Darrell Bissett (2)	Portarlington	59
1989	Sean Kennedy	Drysdale	81
1990	Phil Tagliabue	Leopold	66
1991	Russell Mitchell	Drysdale	62
1992	Greg Mighall	Portarlington	73
1993	Darren Evans	Queenscliff	63
1994	Stephen Smith	Anglesea	67
1995	Adam Richardson	Ocean Grove	121
1996	David Masek	Drysdale	108
1997	Wayne Tyquin	Torquay	111
1998	Wayne Tyquin (2)	Torquay	120
1999	Wayne Tyquin (3)	Torquay	118
2000	Luke Winter	Anglesea	75
2001	Jamie Gladman	Queenscliff	78
2002	Stuart Craven	Drysdale	63
2003	Adam Richardson	Drysdale	110
2004	Jamie Gladman	Queenscliff	78
2005	Adam Skrobalak	Torquay	68
2006	Adam Skrobalak (2)	Torquay	95
2007	Sam Clark	Geelong Amateur	58
2008	Lucas Murphy	Barwon Heads	102
2009	Lucas Murphy (2)	Barwon Heads	92
2010	Jason Tom	Geelong Amateur	67
2011	Jason Tom (2)	Geelong Amateur	108
2012	Scott Hughes	Torquay	91
2013	Scott Hughes (2)	Torquay	97
2014	Daniel DeGois	Queenscliff	95
2015	Mitch Day^^	Geelong Amateur	106
2016	Mitch Day (2)	Geelong Amateur	82
2017	Mitch Day (3)	Geelong Amateur	70
2018	Jordan Erskine	Anglesea	83
2019	Jordan Erskine (2)	Anglesea	94
2020	Not awarded
2021	Lucas Anderson	Torquay	56
2022	Mat Hebbard	Drysdale	87	^[40]
2023	Lucas Anderson (2)	Torquay	74	^[41]

A Grade netball

Best & Fairest Award

Table of recipients!Season!Player!Club!Votes!

2011	Nikki Cooke	Drysdale	24	^[42] ^[43]
2012	Sarah O'Connor	Modewarre	27	^[44]
2013	Rochelle Godfrey	Queenscliff	28	^[45]
2014	Ashlea Salter	Geelong Amateur	27	^[46] ^[47]
2015	Sarah Gunning	Modewarre	23	^[48] ^[49]
2016	Hannah Kennedy	Drysdale	28	^[50] ^[51]
	Olivia Wilson	Barwon Heads	29	^[52] ^[53]
2018	Kelsey Ollis	Ocean Grove	27	^[54] ^[55]
2019	Ashlea Salter (2)	Geelong Amateur	36	^[56] ^[57]
2020	Not awarded
2021	Jessica Standfield	Torquay	12	^[58]
2022	Kaitlin Gladman	Queenscliff	32	^[59]
2023	Kaitlin Gladman (2)	Queenscliff	35	^[60]

Hot Shot Award

Table of recipients!Season!Player!Club!Goals!

2011	Errin Schaeffer	Newcomb	621	^[61]
2012	Elle Rice	Anglesea	660	^[62]
2013	Candice Bull	Portarlington	651
2014	Candice Bull (2)	Portarlington
2015	Amy Vogels	Torquay	589
2016	Monique Adams	Barwon Heads	452
	Kim Martin	Modewarre	629
2018	Monique Adams (2)	Barwon Heads	594	^[63]
2019	Rebecca Scott	Ocean Grove	697	^[64]
2020	Not awarded
2021	Ruby Watson	Geelong Amateur	531	^[65]
2022	Rebecca O'Neill	Ocean Grove	831
2023	Ruby Watson (2)	Geelong Amateur	1,064	^[66]

Bibliography

• Cat Country – History of Football In The Geelong Region – John Stoward –

External links

• • Bellarine Football League at AustralianFootball.com
• Leopold Lions (information about former teams)
• Football Geelong (information on home grounds and colours)
• Geelong & District Football League (information on Winchelsea FC)

Notes and References

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2. Web site: King . Tom . Non-mandatory promotion adopted by AFL Barwon . Krock Football . Geelong Broadcasters Pty Limited . 4 April 2024 . 28 March 2024.
3. Web site: 2019 . Bellarine Football League - Premiers . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220911083652/https://www.aflbarwon.com.au/images/documents/league%20history/bellarine/BFL-Premiers.pdf . 2022-09-11 . 2022-09-11 . AFL Barwon . BFLPremiers.
4. Web site: 2019 . Bellarine Football League - Best in Grand Final . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220911083440/https://www.aflbarwon.com.au/images/documents/league%20history/bellarine/BFL-Best-in-Grand-Finals.pdf . 2022-09-11 . 2022-09-11 . AFL Barwon . BFLBestInGF.
5. News: 2011-09-19 . Queenscliff ends premiership drought . . dead . 2012-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110925021828/http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2011/09/19/279971_bfl.html . 2011-09-25.
6. Web site: Barwon Heads defeat Torquay to win Bellarine Football League grand final . 20 May 2021 . Bellarine Times. 14 September 2019 .
7. Web site: Voogt . Luke . 2020-06-09 . Geelong footy season cancelled . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220911084228/https://geelongindy.com.au/sport/09-06-2020/geelong-footy-season-cancelled/ . 2022-09-11 . 2022-09-11 . . en-US.
8. Web site: van Oorschot . Vinnie . 2021-09-19 . AFL Barwon sounds the final siren on 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220911084537/https://timesnewsgroup.com.au/geelongtimes/sport/afl-barwon-sounds-the-final-siren-on-2021/ . 2022-09-11 . 2022-09-11 . Geelong Times.
9. Web site: BFL Scoreboard . 5 September 2022 . Krock Football.
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15. News: Ryan . Jemma . 2014-09-08 . Perfect finale as Ammos take title . 28 . Geelong Advertiser.
16. News: 2015-09-14 . Double reward for Keisha . 27 . Geelong Advertiser.
17. News: Reynolds . Ryan . 2016-08-29 . Jess the best, and she almost missed season . 34 . Geelong Advertiser.
18. News: Ryan . Jemma . 2017-09-14 . Warriors take the flag in commanding style . 35 . The Echo.
19. Web site: 2018-09-11 . AFL Barwon - Modewarre A Grade Premiers . https://i.imgur.com/E1eC7W9.png . 2022-09-11 . 2022-09-11 . . en.
20. Web site: 2019-09-14 . AFL Barwon - BFNL A Grade Premiers Torquay 38 Def Geelong Amateur 25 Best on Court - Courtney Cuolahan - Torquay . https://i.imgur.com/IJHT83S.png . 2022-09-11 . 2022-09-11 . . en.
21. Web site: 2022 Dow Bellarine FNL A Grade . 9 September 2022 . playhq.com.
22. Web site: Nash . Ollie . 2022-09-03 . Geelong Amateur is the BFNL's 2022 A Grade premiers . subscription . 2022-09-10 . Geelong Advertiser.
23. Web site: van Oorschot . Vinnie . 2023-09-09 . Grubbers battle on without star defender to claim A Grade flag . 2023-09-11 . Geelong Times . en-AU.
24. Web site: 2023-09-11 . Ocean Grove prevails in tough contest . 2023-09-11 . . en-US.
25. Web site: 2019 . BFL Best & Fairest - Senior Best & Fairest (Les Ash Medal) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220911090755/https://www.aflbarwon.com.au/images/documents/league%20history/bellarine/BFL-Best-and-Fairest.pdf . 2022-09-11 . 2022-09-11 . AFL Barwon . BFLLesAsh.
26. News: Auciello . Michael . 2010-09-02 . Modewarre star wins thrilling BFL vote count . 36 . .
27. News: Wade . Nick . 2011-09-08 . Chaplin-Burch eyes premiership medal . 51 . .
28. Book: Football & Netball Geelong 2012 Annual Report . 2012-12-03 . Adcell Group . 43.
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