Geelong West Giants

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Geelong West Giants
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Names
Full nameGeelong West Giants Inc. [1]
Nickname(s)Giants
Club details
Founded23 November 2016 [1]
Colours   
Competition GFNL and GDFNL
Coach GFNL : Greg Mellor
GDFNL : Scott Frangos
Ground(s)West Oval
Bakers Oval [2]
Uniforms
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Official website geelongwestgiants.com.au

The Geelong West Giants are an Australian rules football and netball club based in the Victorian suburb of North Geelong. The club fields teams in both the Geelong Football Netball League (GFNL) and Geelong & District Football Netball League (GDFNL).

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History

The Geelong West Giants were born out of a merger of the 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") in 2016. At the time, both clubs were struggling with periods of minimal on-field success. [3]

Initially, the "Giants" name was to be used as part of a rebrand by the Roosters to align with Australian Football League (AFL) club Greater Western Sydney Giants, given the similarities between the Roosters' abbreviation, "GWSP", and the AFL Giants' abbreviation, GWS. Officials from the Roosters met with officials from GWS 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. [4]

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 GFNL and GDFNL. Two weeks, the merger became a formality as an "overwhelming majority" of Cheetahs members voted to join forces with the Roosters. [2]

Seasons

PremiersGrand FinalistMinor premiersFinals appearanceWooden spoon

GFNL

YearLeagueFinishWLDCoachCaptainBest and fairestLeading goalkickerGoalsRef
2017 GFNL 10th6120
2018 GFNL 10th3150
2019 GFNL 9th5130
2020 GFNL (No season due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 GFNL 6th741
2022 GFNL 5th1260Josh Viney [5]
2023 GFNL 7th1080Greg Mellor
2024 GFNL TBCGreg Mellor

GDFNL

YearLeagueFinishWLDCoachCaptainBest and fairestLeading goalkickerGoalsRef
2017 GDFNL 6th891Scott Jervies [6]
2018 GDFNL 4th1260
2019 GDFNL 8th71010
2020 GDFNL (No season due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 GDFNL 5th740
2022 GDFNL 7th990
2023 GDFNL 8th6120Mitch Wight [7] Justin Carey [8]
2024 GDFNL TBCScott Frangos [9]

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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 GIANTS FOUNDATION". Australian Sports Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  4. ↑ Shields, Jason (10 July 2016). "Geelong West-St Peter's could become GW Giants under new deal". The Weekly Times. Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Nash, Ollie (20 May 2022). "Geelong West faces a tough month ahead in the GDFL". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024. Geelong West co-captain Josh Viney says the club is excited by its 6-0 start to the GDFL season but admits the next three rounds will show the side where it's at.
  6. ↑ Tigani, Alex (23 February 2018). "TOP 50 MOMENTS OF THE GDFL H&A SEASON (FULL LIST)". Geelong & District Football Netball League. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2024. Geelong West captain Scott Jervies was also an omission due to a flu (he passed on the captaincy to interleague defender Paddy Dwyer).
  7. ↑ "COACHING PANEL". Geelong West Giants. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  8. ↑ van Oorschot, Vinnie (3 June 2023). "Giants personnel on brink of return". Times News Group. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024. Despite being a natural backman, Giants captain Justin Carey has taken on the scoring load for Geelong West the past few weeks.
  9. ↑ "COACHING PANEL". Geelong West Giants. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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