North Gambier Football Club Explained

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Clubname:North Gambier
Fullname:North Gambier Football Club
Nicknames:Tigers
Colours: black gold
League:Limestone Coast Football League
Chairman:Tony Kelly[1]
Premierships:17
Coach:Justin McConnell
Ground:Vansittart Park, Mt Gambier
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The North Gambier Football and Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club currently competing in the Limestone Coast Football League. Since the creation of this league, North Gambier have won eight senior premierships.

History

The North Gambier Football Club was first created (and shortly known as the 'North Mount Gambier Football Club') in 1926 with the establishment of the South Eastern Football Association which included Narracoorte, Penola, and South Mount Gambier.[2] During North Gambier's twelve seasons in this league it played in four grand finals, winning those of 1928 and 1929. In 1934, the club threatened to withdraw from the league unless all the finals matches for the year were played at North Gambier.[3] This followed none of the finals matches being played at Mount Gambier during the 1933 finals. Between 1938 and 1945 the club went into recess, partly due to the outbreak of WWII.

In 1946, North Gambier were a founding club of the Mount Gambier & District Football League. The club won three back-to-back premierships in 1946-7-8 before the league was renamed the South-East & Border Football League in 1950.[4] North Gambier went on to win a further the back-to-back premierships in this league (1960-1-2).

In 1964, after almost a decade of discussions, the Western District Football League in Victoria and the South-East & Border Football League in South Australia merged to form the Western Border Football League, now known as the Limestone Coast Football League. North Gambier were one of the twelve establishing teams. The club has remained in this league, winning a total of seven premierships across six decades. This included the very first season of the league, beating Heywood by 19 points in 1964. [5] The Western District Football League would be renamed to the Limestone Coast Football League in 2023.[6]

Premierships

League Total flags Premiership years
South Eastern Football Association
Mount Gambier & District Football League
South-East & Border Football League
Western Border Football League
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Notable sportspeople

WBFL/LCFL Medalists

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AFL players

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Club Contacts. North Gambier Football Club - SportsTG. 26 November 2016.
  2. Web site: The Weekly Times. South Australian Border Clubs. Trove. 26 November 2016. 89. 8 May 1926.
  3. Web site: The South Eastern Times. North Gambier Threatens Withdrawal. Trove. 26 November 2016. 4. 13 March 1934.
  4. Web site: South-East And Border Football League / Mount Gambier And Districts Football League (SA). www.footypedia.com. 26 November 2016.
  5. Web site: North Gambier Football Club (Vic). www.footypedia.com. 26 November 2016.
  6. Web site: South East Football Restructure Update . SANFL . 28 June 2024 . 25 October 2023.
  7. Web site: Devaney. John. Australian Football - North Gambier Football Club - Stats. australianfootball.com. 26 November 2016.
  8. Web site: WBFL Medalists. www.wbfl.com.au. 26 November 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130423100157/http://www.wbfl.com.au/page.php?p=24. 23 April 2013. dmy-all.
  9. Web site: Geelong Cats debutant Brad Close joins first kick first goal club against Fremantle Dockers. McMurtry. Andrew. News.com.au. 27 July 2020. 21 August 2020.