North Wangaratta Football Club
Appearance
Full name | North Wangaratta Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | Hawks |
Founded | 27 March 1914[1] |
Ground | North Wangaratta Sporting Complex |
League | Ovens & King Football League |
Website | Club website |
The North Wangaratta Football / Netball Club is an Australian rules football club located 6 km north of Wangaratta in north east Victoria, Australia. The club currently competes in the Ovens & King Football League, which has three levels of football ranging from Under 18s, to Reserves, and Seniors. The League also caters for Netball which currently has five grades – 15 & Under, C Grade (U/17's), B Reserve, B Grade, and A Grade.
The football club is currently known for its above par irrigation system, which has been implemented within the last few years.
Football Competition History
- 1914 & 1915: Ovens & King Football League
- 1916 to 1918: Club in recess. World War I
- 1919 & 1920: Ovens & King Football League
- 1921: Club in recess
- 1922 to 1924: Wangaratta District Football Association
- 1925 to 1928: Club in recess
- 1929 to 1933: Ovens & King Football League
- 1934 to 1950: Club in recess
- 1951 & 1952: Benalla Tungamah Football League
- 1953 to 1960: Benalla & District Football League[2]
- 1961 to present day: Ovens & King Football League
Football Premierships
- Seniors
- Benalla & District Football League
- 1958 – North Wangaratta: 18.14 – 122 defeated Goorambat: 9.10 – 64
- Ovens & King Football League
- 1973 – North Wangaratta: 16.17 – 113 defeated Chiltern: 13.8 – 86
- 1976 – North Wangaratta: 22.16 – 148 defeated Beechworth: 7.11 – 53
- 1997 – North Wangaratta: 22.14 – 146 defeated Greta: 8.14 – 62
- 2012 – North Wangaratta: 20.10 – 130 defeated Whorouly: 12.11 – 83
- Reserves
- Ovens & King Football League
- 1962, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2012
- Thirds
Netball Premierships
- A. Grade
- 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
- C. Grade
- 2008
- 15 & Under
- 2019
References
- ^ "1914 - Formation Meeting". Wangaratta Chronicle. 1 April 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 23 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1953 - Three new teams". Benalla Ensign. Benalla Ensign (Vic). 26 March 1953. p. 12. Retrieved 13 December 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
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