Belmont Lions Sports Club Football Club

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Belmont Lions Sports Club
Names
Full nameBelmont Lions Sports Club Football Club
Nickname(s)Lions
Club details
Colours     Maroon      blue      Yellow
Competition Geelong DFL since 1965
Premierships1970, 2007.
Ground(s)Winters Reserve, Belmont.

The Belmont Lions Sports Club Football Club is an Australian rules football club which has competed in the Geelong DFL since 1965. [1] They are based in the Geelong suburb of Belmont, Victoria.

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The Geelong & District Football League is the oldest surviving football competition in Victoria. It is one of three Australian rules football leagues in the Geelong area, the others being the Geelong Football League and the Bellarine Football League. There are 12 teams, and the league has produced over 600 VFL/AFL players.

Belmont, Victoria Suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Belmont is a southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The name means "beautiful hill". Belmont is geographically separated from the Geelong central business district by the Barwon River. The suburb is primarily residential, with some light industry along Barwon Heads Road. The suburb is part of the City of Greater Geelong local government area. At the 2011 census, Belmont had a population of 13,616.

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History

In 1965, a club located in Belmont was founded, under the name St Bernard's Football Club. It was admitted to the Geelong DFL Woolworth's Cup the same year. With a series of average performances in 1970, both the St Bernard's and Anglesea clubs were demoted to the reserve grade competition. St Bernard's won the premiership that year and both clubs advanced back into the senior grade in 1971.

After losing 41 games in a row from 1971 to the end of 1973, the club changed its name to East Belmont Football Club in 1974. East Belmont continued to struggle, so in 1984 it found itself in second division. In the lower division it regularly made the finals but was unable to triumph, often losing the preliminary finals.

After another 58-game losing streak, the club merged with a local junior club and became known the Belmont Lions Sports Club.

In 2000, the Geelong & District Football League added Netball to the league, which was embraced by the league.

They won the flag in 2007.

Premierships

The only premierships were in 1970 and 2007.

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References

  1. "BLSC History - Belmont Lions Sports Club Football Club - FOX SPORTS PULSE". Sportingpulse.com. Retrieved 2013-11-11.