Congupna Football Club
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Names | ||
Full name | Congupna Football & Netball Club | |
Nickname(s) | The Road | |
Club details | ||
Founded | 1956 | |
Colours | ||
Competition | Murray Football League | |
President | Jack Hicks [1] | |
Premierships | 7 | |
Ground(s) | Congupna Recreation Reserve | |
Uniforms | ||
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The Congupna Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the Road, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Congupna located just north of Shepparton, Victoria that currently compete in the Murray FNL.
History
Congupna Football Club formed in 1956 and won the premiership of the Kyabram & District Football League in its first season. Congupna then transferred across to the Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1962.
The club then joined the Murray Football League in 1997.[2]
A "Congupna" football club (with no ties with the current club) played in the Goulburn Valley Football Association from 1891 to 1906, being runners up fives times,[3] only to go into recess for fifty years.
Football Premierships
- Seniors
League | Total flags | Premiership year(s) |
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Kyabram District Football Association | 1 |
1956
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Benalla Tungamah Football League | 2 |
1963, 1964
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Tungamah Football League | 4 |
1971, 1978, 1991, 1993
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- Reserves
Football League Best & Fairest Winners
- Seniors
Kyabram & District Football League: 1956 to 1961
- 1957 – W Roe
Benalla Tungamah Football League: 1962 to 1996
- 1963 – Harry Brittain
- 1980 – Damian Drum
- 1983 – Chris Drum
- 1995 – C Joyce
Murray Football League: 1997 to present day
- 1998 – Shaun Gordon
References
- ^ "2021 Congupna Club Contacts". Congupna Football Club – SportsTG. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ Devaney, John. "Australian Football – Congupna Football Club – Stats". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "1906 - GVFA - Final Ladders". Numurkah Leader. 7 September 1906. p. 3 – via Trove Newspapers.