Killarney Vale Australian Football Club

Killarney Vale
Names
Full name Killarney Vale Bombers Australian Football Club
Motto Flectamus Non Frangemur
2018 season
After finals 7th
Home-and-away season 6th
Best and fairest Tim Oosterhoff
Club details
Founded 1978 (40 years ago)
Colours      Red      Black
Competition Black Diamond Australian Football League
President Paul Forster
Coach Scott Reed
Captain(s) Brendan Lewis
Premierships 7
Ground(s) Adelaide Street Oval
Uniforms
Home
Away

The Killarney Vale Australian Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that competes in the Black Diamond Australian Football League. The club is based in the Central Coast suburb of Killarney Vale and plays its home games at Adelaide Street Oval, Tumbi Umbi.

History

The club was founded in 1978[1] with a meeting in the Tumbi Umbi Preschool and played in the Central Coast Australian Football League. They were known as the 'Bunyips' and wore a red, gold and black striped jumper until 1981 when they adopted the 'Bombers' nickname and changed their guernsey to the current red sash. The club won six Premierships in the former Central Coast Australian Football League before the CCAFL amalgamated with the Newcastle Australian Football League to form the Black Diamond Australian Football League after the 1999 season. The club has produced one Australian Football League player, Daniel Lloyd (Greater Western Sydney).[2]

Premierships[3]

Since the club's inception into the former Central Coast Australian Football League in 1978, the Bombers have won six Premierships from 1981 to 1998. The club has also won one Black Diamond Australian Football League premiership, in 2007, and were runners up in 1980, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2005 and 2014. The Reserves grade side has won two premierships in 1979 and 1993.

Club Symbols

Guernsey

The Killarney Vale Bombers Australian Football Club guernsey is the same as the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.

The Killarney Vale Bombers club song is always sung after a win by all junior and senior grades and is sung to the tune of 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home.'

Killarney Vale currently fields teams in Black Diamond Cup (1st Grade), Black Diamond Plate (Reserves Grade) and fielded a Women's team in 2016 that competes in the Black Diamond Australian Football League Women's competition. The Bombers also field junior teams in Auskick, U9s, U11s, U12s, U14s, U15s and U17s, as well as junior female football in Youth Girls U12s, U14s and U17s.

A-Grade Premierships

References

  1. ↑ "Killarney Vale Bombers website".
  2. ↑ "Daniel Lloyd AFL debut".
  3. ↑ "1998 Premiership" (PDF).

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