Geelong West Giants

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Geelong West Giants
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Full nameGeelong West Giants Inc. [1]
Nickname(s)Giants
Club details
FoundedNovember 23, 2016;7 years ago (2016-11-23) [1]
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Competition Geelong FL
Geelong & District FL
Ground(s)West Oval
Bakers Oval [2]
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Official website geelongwestgiants.com.au

The Geelong West Giants are an Australian rules football and netball club based in the suburb of North Geelong, Victoria. The club fields teams in both the Geelong Football League and Geelong & District Football League.

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History

The Geelong area's first new club since 1990 was born out of the merger of the town's two oldest teams, Geelong West St Peters Football Club (the Roosters, also known as "Red West") and Geelong West Sporting Club (the Cheetahs, also known as "Blue West"). With both Geelong West clubs having sustained periods of minimal success in recent years, it was decided by both sets of members to pursue a merged entity. The Giants now field senior football teams in the GFL and GDFL, both respective competitions of their predecessors, while also operating junior football, senior netball and junior netball teams.while also having a mixed all abilities netball team And football team to support people with disabilities.

Initially, the Giants name was to be used as part of a rebrand by the Roosters to align with AFL club Greater Western Sydney Giants, given the similarities between the Roosters' oft-used abbreviation, GWSP, and the AFL Giants' abbreviation, GWS. Roosters officials met with officials from the GWS Giants in July 2016 to facilitate the move, with the potential to incorporate the Cheetahs into the new club should it be agreed upon by all parties. [3] Later that month, members of the Roosters voted unanimously to rebrand the club under the new moniker and to continue fielding teams in their current respective leagues, the GFL and GDFL. [4] A fortnight later, the merger became a formality as an "overwhelming majority" of Cheetahs members voted to join forces with the Roosters, to create what then Cheetahs executive chairman Paul Westcott described as a "super-club". [2]

Results

In their first year as a merged entity the Giants in the GFL won 6 games and finished 10 out of twelve clubs. In the GDFL they won 8 games and a draw to finish 6th out of twelve clubs.

YearLeagueWinsLossesDrawsFinishedClubsFinals?Premiers?LeagueWinsLossesDrawsFinishedClubsFinalsPremiers?
2017 Geelong Football League 612010th12NoNo Geelong & District Football League 8916th12NoNo
2018 Geelong Football League 315010th12NoNo Geelong & District Football League 12604th12YesNo
2019 Geelong Football League 51309th12NoNo Geelong & District Football League 71018th12NoNo
2021* Geelong Football League 7416th12NoNo Geelong & District Football League 7405th12NoNo
2022 Geelong Football League 12605th12YesNo Geelong & District Football League 9907th12NoNo

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References

  1. 1 2 "Current details for ABN 48 455 438 799". Australian Business Register . 23 November 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 Geelong West Cheetahs back joint bid to become Geelong West Giants
  3. Geelong West St Peters could become GW Giants under new deal
  4. Geelong West Giants? [ permanent dead link ]