Barooga Football Club
| Barooga | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Barooga Football Netball Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Hawks | |
| Club song | "We are Maroon & Gold" | |
| 2018 season | ||
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1894 | |
| Colours | ||
| Competition | Murray FNL | |
| President | Nick Demaio & Marcus Fry | |
| Coach | James Hazelman | |
| Premierships | 14 (senior football) | |
| Ground(s) | Barooga Recreation Reserve | |
| Uniforms | ||
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| Other information | ||
| Official website | http://www.baroogafc.sportingpulse.net | |
The Barooga Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Barooga located in the Riverina district of New South Wales.[1]
The club was formed in 1894[2] and initially played in the Murray Border Football Association in 1894[3].
When the club won the Federal District Football Association premiership against Cobram Football Club in 1897, they were known as "The Boomerangs" and wore an red and white uniform![4]
When Barooga FC re-formed in 1907 they wore an all-blue uniform in the Goulburn Valley Football Association in 1907 and 1908.
In 1911, the Boomanoomana Rovers Junior Football Club was established and played in the official Goulburn Valley Junior Football Association (GVJFA) and played their matches in Barooga and in the maroon and gold colours[5].
The Boomanoomana Rovers won the GVJFA premiership in 1913 [6] and then entered a team in the Goulburn Valley Football Association senior football competition in 1914, then from 1919[7] to 1921.
Barooga FC were in recess in five separate periods in its early days, until 1929 when it joined the Southern Riverina Football Association for a two-year stint.
Barooga FC then became founding member of the new Murray Football League in 1931. In 1936 Cobram and Barooga football clubs merged and played as the Cobram Barooga United FC for a single season, before the club was officially disbanded in April 1937.[8] The two clubs then reformed as independent bodies, with Cobram re-joining the Murray FL and Barooga joining the Southern Riverina FL.
The club moved across to the Picola & District league in 1959.
The club re-joined the Murray Football League in 1989 where it currently fields four football and eight netball teams each week.
Barooga Football Competitions Timeline
Murray Border Football Association
- 1894
- 1895 and 1896 - club in recess
Federal District Football Association
- 1897
- 1898[9] and 1899 - club in recess
Federal District Football Association
- 1900
- 1901[10] - club in recess
Federal District Football Association
- 1902
- 1903 to 1906 - club in recess
Goulburn Valley Football Association
- 1907 to 1908
- Barooga Football Club
- 1909 to 1928 - club in recess
Southern Riverina Football Association
- 1929 to 1930
- 1931 to 1935
- 1936 (Barooga & Cobram merge for 1936 & finish on the bottom)
Southern Riverina Football Association
- 1937 to 1938
- Barooga Football Club
- 1939 to 1943 - Club in recess
Picola & District Football League
- 1959 to 1988
- 1989 to present day
Football Premierships
- Seniors
- Federal District Football Association (1)
- 1897[11]
- Picola & District Football League (9):
- 1960, 1961, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987
- Murray Football League (4):
- 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997
- Reserves
- Murray Valley Football Second Eighteen Football Association
- 1936[12] - Cobram / Barooga United FC
- 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956 - Barooga FC
VFL / AFL Players
The following footballers played with Barooga prior to playing senior VFL / AFL football, with the year indicating their debut.
- 1926 - Stuart Russell - Essendon & Hawthorn
- 1936 - Sam Snell - St. Kilda
- 1981 - Bernard Toohey - Geelong, Sydney Swans & Footscray
- 1985 - Gerard Toohey - Geelong
- 1988 - John Brinkkotter - Sydney Swans
- 1990 - Chris O'Dwyer - Sydney Swans
- 2002 - Chris Hyde - Richmond
References
- ^ Full Points Footy, Barooga, archived from the original on 5 January 2009, retrieved 22 October 2008
- ^ "1894 - Barooga FC - AGM". Trove Newspapers. Cobram Courier. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "1894 - Murray Border FA Draw". Trove Newspapers. Cobram Courier. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "1897 - Federal District Football Association". Trove Newspapers. Cobram Courier. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "1911 - GVJFA Ladder". Trove Newspapers. Cobram Courier. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "1913 - GVJFA - Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. Cobram Courier. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "1919 - Goulburn Valley FA Draw". Trove Newspapers. Cobram Courier. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "1937 - Cobram Barooga United disband". Trove Newspapers. Cobram Courier. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "1898 - Federal District FA - Meeting". Trove Newspapers. Cobram Courier. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "1901 - Federal Football Association Draw". Trove Newspapers. Cobram Courier. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "1897 - Federal District Football Association". Trove Newspapers. Cobram Courier. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "1936 - Murray FL - Reserves Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. Cobram Courier. Retrieved 26 April 2020.