Belconnen Football Club

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Belconnen Magpies
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Names
Full nameBelconnen Magpies Football Club
Club song"We're a Happy Team Belconnen" (to the tune of "Yankee Doodle Boy")
Club details
Founded1987;36 years ago (1987)
Colours   
Competition AFL Canberra
PresidentScott Reid
CoachJames Bennett
Captain(s)Jack Baker
Ground(s)The Adero Law Nest (Kippax Oval)
Uniforms
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Official website belconnenfc.com.au

The Belconnen Magpies Football Club is an Australian rules football club which competes in the AFL Canberra. [1] [2] They previously played in the now defunct North East Australian Football League competition. [3]

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History

Originally known as the Turner Football Club, the club became known as Belconnen in 1970 and was admitted to the Canberra Australian National Football League in 1971. [4] Wearing a navy blue guernsey with a white monogram, the club was known as the "Bees" from 1971 until 1979, then as the "Blues" following the ANU Blues' withdrawal from the league during 1979. [5]

Before the 1986 season, the Belconnen club merged with the West Canberra Football Club to become the "Belconnen Magpies". [6] The team began to wear the traditional magpie black and white stripes and in 1991 the club moved its headquarters to Kippax. [7] In 1998 the colour teal was added to the existing black and white jumper. [8]

The newly formed team did not taste premiership success until 2002 when they won three consecutive premierships. [7] The club also clinched the 2009 premiership, with a six-point grand final win over Ainslie. [9] The Magpies then went on to win their fifth premiership in 2023, defeating Ainslie by 39 points. [10]

AFL players

The following Belconnen players have played in the AFL:

Honours

Club

AFL Canberra (5): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2023

Premierships

YearOpponentScoreVenue
2002 Queanbeyan Tigers 24.19 (163) – 14.6 (90) Manuka Oval
2003 Queanbeyan Tigers 11.14 (80) – 11.8 (74) Manuka Oval
2004 Queanbeyan Tigers 14.20 (104) – 8.9 (57) Manuka Oval
2009 Ainslie Tri-Colours 11.13 (79) – 10.13 (73) Manuka Oval
2023 Ainslie Tri-Colours 10.11 (71) – 4.8 (32)EPC Solar Park

Individual

Mulrooney Medalists

  • 2023 – Thomas Simpson
  • 2022 – Luke Wharton
  • 2019 – Beau Walker
  • 2017 – Beau Walker
  • 2016 – James Bennett
  • 2015 – Isaac Taylor
  • 2013 – James Bennett
  • 2012 – Shane Harris
  • 2005 – Jared Ilett
  • 2003 – Steve Hazelman
  • 2001 – Steve Mahar
  • 1999 – Shane Clarke
  • 1991 – Brent Smith
  • 1984 – Geoff Hocking (Belconnen)
  • 1978 – Greg Eaves (West Canberra)
  • 1976 – Mike Demaine (West Canberra)
  • 1975 – Robert White (Belconnen)

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References

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  2. ↑ "Soaring Magpies closer to dream season". Sydney Morning Herald . NSW. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Main, Jim (2008). Aussie Rules for Dummies (2nd ed.). ISBN   0-7314-0595-1.
  4. ↑ "Three-club monopoly in rules contest". The Canberra Times . ACT. 10 April 1971. p. 24. Retrieved 28 March 2014– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Barry Rollings (1 July 1979). "Grim struggle for Bees". The Canberra Times. Canberra, ACT. p. 20.
  6. ↑ "Belconnen needs a captain-coach". The Canberra Times . 8 October 1986. p. 40. Retrieved 28 March 2014– via National Library of Australia.
  7. 1 2 Devaney, John (2009). The Full Points Footy Encyclopedia Of Australian Football Clubs. Full Points Publications. ISBN   978-0-9556897-3-4.
  8. ↑ "Club History". Fox Sports Pulse.
  9. ↑ "Ainslie Falls Short in Tense Grand Final". Ainslie Football Club.
  10. ↑ "Flagpies: Belconnen's 14-year wait finally over". The Canberra Times. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
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