Bell Park Football Club

Bell Park
Names
Full name	Bell Park Sport & Recreation Club
Nickname(s)	Dragons
Club details
Founded	1958;67 years ago (1958)
Colours
Premierships	(6) 1969, 1970, 1984, 1991, 2003, 2011
Ground(s)	Bell Park Recreation Reserve
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official website	bellparkdragons.com.au

Bell Park Sport & Recreation Club, nicknamed the Dragons, is a sports club based in Bell Park, Victoria. The club's Australian rules football and netball teams currently play in the Geelong League. Bell Park home venue is the Bell Park Recreation Reserve. ^[1]

Apart from football and netball, Bell Park has a cricket team. ^[2]

History

In 1958 they were founded as an under 15 team, then in 1959 they also entered an under 18 side. The first senior side was fielded in 1960 in the Geelong & DFL, Jarman Cup division.

When the Geelong Football League was formed in 1979, Bell Park was one of the 10 clubs that broke away from the Geelong & District Football League. ^[3] The city and country clubs of the old GDFL were divided into the major league competition of the GFL and the minor league GDFL.

In 2002, Ken Hinkley took up the role of senior coach and oversaw a premiership in 2003.

Premierships

• 1969, 1970, 1984, 1991, 2003, 2011

List of VFL / AFL listed players

• Nathan Saunders  – Western Bulldogs
• Jimmy Bartel  – Geelong
• Fraser Murphy  – Carlton
• Ray Sarcevic - Geelong
• Rhys Mathieson- Brisbane Lions
• James Worpel-Hawthorn
• Jackson Sheringham-Geelong

Bibliography

• Cat Country: History of Football In The Geelong Region – John Stoward – ISBN   978-0-9577515-8-3

References

1. "About Bell Park Dragons | Bell Park Sport & Recreation Club". Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
2. Cricket season
3. Fanning, Noel (9 April 2008). "Geelong and District Football League boasts a long list of superstars". The Geelong Advertiser. www.geelongadvertiser.com.au. Retrieved 10 November 2008.

External links

• Official website