Katunga Football Club

Katunga
Names
Full name	Katunga Football Netball Club
Club details
Founded	1892;133 years ago (1892)
Colours	red   white
Competition	Picola & District
President	Stacey Weeks
Coach	Damien “Gypsy” Kennedy
Captain(s)	Scott Sutton
Ground(s)	Katunga Recreation Reserve (capacity: 1,500)
Uniforms
Home

The Katunga Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football and netball club playing in the Picola & District Football League. Katunga Football Club joined the Picola & District Football League in 1951 and has called the league its home ever since.

The club is based in the small Victorian town of Katunga. The league split into two divisions in 2009 which placed Katunga in the South East Division.

They still compete against close rivals Waaia, however now do not have the traditional rival match against Strathmerton, as they are in the North West Division.

Football competitions

Gedye's Victoria Hotel Cup

• 1892 (Runners Up to Cobram FC) ^[1]

Goulburn Valley Football Association

• 1893 - 1907, 1911 - 1915, 1919

Federal District Football Association

• 1899 to ?

Premierships

• Goulburn Valley Football Association
  • 1893, 1894, 1895, ^[2] 1899 ^{[3] [4]}
• Picola & District Football League

  • Seniors (1sts)

    • 1968, 1977, 1983, 1984

    Reserves (2nds)

    • 1960, 1962, 1966, 1971, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2001

    Thirds (3rds)

    • 1968, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2007, 2019

    Fourths (4ths)

    • 1971, 1978, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2005

The club's shorts varies for home and away games. Red shorts are worn at home games and white shorts are worn at away games.

References

1. "1892 - Gedye's Victoria Hotel - Grand Final preview". Cobram Courier. 11 August 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
2. "1895 - Goulburn Valley FA Premiership". Numurkah Leader. 19 September 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 22 April 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
3. "1899 - Goulburn Valley FA Premiership". Numurkah Leader. 22 September 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 22 April 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
4. "1899 - Footballer's Ball". Numurkah Leader. 29 September 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 22 April 2020– via Trove Newspapers.

External links

• Gameday site
• Katunga FNC profile on Footypedia