Mount Barker Football Club Last updated September 19, 2025 Australian rules football club
Australian rules football club
Mount Barker Bulls Full name Mount Barker Football Club Nickname(s) Bulls Founded 1994 (men's), 2020 (women's) Colours Competition Great Southern Football League (GSFL) President Jarrad Beech Coach Gary Pope (Men's League) ; Sheridan Kowald (Women's) Captain(s) David Stone (M), Sarah Eisenberg (W) Premierships Men's- One (1996) ; Women's - Two (2024-2025) Ground(s) Sounness Park , Mount Barker (capacity: 1,000) Former ground(s) Frost Oval Official website (Unofficial facebook page)
The Mount Barker Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Mount Barker , Western Australia . Nicknamed the Bulls , the club plays in the Great Southern Football League , [ 1] with home games originally being hosted at Frost Oval (aka Frost Park) in Mount Barker but changed to Sounness Park in 2015.
Club history During the early 1990s both the North and South Mount Barker Football Clubs were not performing well. Two teams in a small town stretched the limited number of players. Members of the North Mount Barker Football Club (the Demons ) approached the South Mount Barker Hawks with the proposal that both teams amalgamate to make a stronger team for the town. Talks broke down and in 1993 the Demons were wound up and the Mount Barker Football Club was formed. The Hawks stayed on as a team but their coach and a number of players joined the newly founded Bulls. [ 2]
As of 2015, home games will be played at Sounness Park, Mount Barker.
The Great Southern Football League included women's teams from 2018. The Mount Barker Bulls Women's team was founded in 2019, with the first season played in 2020.
Honourboard League Year Coach Captain Best & Fairest(Russell Jones Memorial Trophy) Place 1994 Russell Cooper Alec Williams Russell Jones 1995 Merv Neagle Alec Williams Alec Williams 1996 Merv Neagle Alec Williams Alec Williams Premiers 1997 Alec Williams Murray Anning Steven Mead 1998 Alec Williams James Wynne 1999 Merv Neagle Murray Anning Kim Lange 2000 Rob Laidler Shane Kirkwood Kim Lange 2001 John Wright Matt Taylor Justin Parsons 2002 Mark Greene Matt Taylor Rhett Parsons 2003 Mick Mustey Matt Taylor Sam Lehmann 2004 Garry Coffey Tom Pollard Brett Colbung 2005 Garry Coffey Tom Pollard Justin Parsons 2006 Garry Coffey Tom Pollard Sam Lehmann 2007 Greg Bunker Craig Pieper Adam Pitt 2008 Greg Bunker Tristan King Luke McPartland 2009 Merv Neagle [ 3] Peter Taylor Sam Lehmann 2010 Gavin Morgan Sam Lehmann Peter Taylor 2011 Matt Taylor [ 4] Sam Lehmann Sam Lehmann 5th 2012 Matt Taylor Sam Lehmann Sam Lehmann 3rd 2013 Phil Gilbert [ 5] Sam Lehmann Sam Lehmann 4th 2014 Ryan Ballard Sam Lehmann Nathan Skinner 5th 2015 Ryan Ballard Sam Lehmann Peter Taylor 5th 2016 Shane Thompson [ 6] Sam Lehmann [ 6] Peter Taylor 2nd 2017 Shane Thompson [ 7] Sam Lehmann Corey Byrne 3rd 2018 Brad Hook [ 8] Peter Taylor [ 9] Joel Gray 3rd 2019 Brad Hook Peter Taylor Sam Lehmann 3rd 2020 Brad Hook Peter Taylor Lee Pavlovich 5th 2021 David Johnson David Stone Scott Price 5th
Reserves Year Coach Captain Best & Fairest 1994 Winston Williams Winston Williams Greg Gray 1995 Paul Garbellini Brad Kleemann Daryl Williams 1996 Paul Wegner 1997 Billy Krakouer Kelvin Anning 1998 John Wright Craig Dayman 1999 John Wright/Murray Anning Various each week John Wright 2000 John Wright Greg Melia & Danny Richmond Pete Horsington 2001 Shane Kirkwood Various each week Cameron Williamson 2002 Shane Kirkwood Various each week Cameron Williamson 2003 Shane Kirkwood Kim Skinner Daniel Martin 2004 Tom Pollard Various each week Daniel Martin 2005 Tom Pollard Daniel Martin Jeremy Godden 2006 Syd Anning Josh Toovey Shane Kirkwood 2007 John Wright/Michael Baker Various each week Paul Anning 2008 Syd Anning Various each week Josh Toovey 2009 Cecil Wynne Sr. Brad McLean Sam Hobley 2010 Cecil Wynne Sr. Shane Ugle Jarrad Beech 2011 Brett Greeney Pete Horsington Shane Van Reeken 2012 Brett Greeney Damon Brennan Michael Baker 2013 Pete Horsington Tristan King Tristan King 2014 Jay Rowles Tristan King Dylan Pieper 2015 Danny Richmond Jarrad Beech Henry Graham 2016 Antony Sewell Clinton Gilbert Tristan King 2017 Tristan King Clinton Gilbert Ryan Ballard 2018 Tristan King Justin Parsons Justin Parsons 2019 Tristan King Justin Parsons Justin Parsons 2020 Tristan King Matt Gilbert Mick Hick 2021 Tristan King Clinton Gilbert & Bradyn Bennett Ryan Ballard
Colts Year Coach Captain Best & Fairest 1994 Alec Williams Darryn Ashton Gavin Wilkes 1995 Alec Williams Matthew Taylor Matthew Taylor 1996 Garry Coffey Brad Hook 1997 Garry Coffey Dylan Henderson 1998 Garry Coffey Kris Waddington 1999 Charlie Staite David Melia David Melia 2000 Wayne Donohoe Tristan King Laurence Hurst 2001 Paul Garbellini Mathew Stamopolous Dylan Trent 2002 Paul Garbellini Various each week Peter Taylor 2003 Gary Coffey Ben Oldfield Andy Evans 2004 Troy Hornby Peter Taylor/Jamie Pickles Johnno Standish 2005 Jarrad Gardner Craig Anning Ben Ireland 2006 No team - - 2007 Dylan Judd Steven Scott Steven Scott 2008 Stuart Duggin Angus Meredith Angus Meredith 2009 Stuart Duggin Liam Gardner Luke St Jack 2010 Brett Greeney Luke St Jack Jack Bowden 2011 No Team - - 2012 No Team - - 2013 Jay Rowles Daniel Richardson Beau Thomason 2014 No Team - - 2015 No Team - - 2016 Jay Rowles Joel Gray Joel Gray 2017 David Stone Jacob Skinner Aidin Williss 2018 Terry Williams Rhys Hogg Nitan Benavides 2019 Terry Williams Jamie Lawn & Bryton Dorain Jye Williss 2020 Ryan Ballard Tristan Ballard Locke Rowland 2021 Clinton Smart Josh Davenport Ben Kirkwood
Under 17s Year Coach Captain Best & Fairest 2011 Brad Hook Jack Bowden Jack Bowden 2012 Brad Hook Dean Couper Russell Wynne 2013 Dean Braithwaite Zettlin Weedon Zettlin Weedon 2014 Gordon Reid Joel Gray Joel Gray 2015 Jay Rowles Jordon Reid Jordon Reid & Aidin Williss
Under 16s Year Coach Captain Best & Fairest 2018 Clint Williss Jye Williss Heath Brown 2019 Ryan Ballard Tristan Ballard Tristan Ballard 2020 Luis Benavides Sebastian Ballard Ben Kirkwood 2021 Cain Askevold Alex Skinner & Will Watkin Jarrod Pearce
Year Coach Captain Best & Fairest 2020 Brad Hook Kate Harriss Georgia Kowald 2021 Cain Askevold Kate Harriss Georgia Kowald 2022 Cameron Bergsma 2023 Cain Askevold Simone Pantall & Joanne Porteous Kaitlin Eades 2024 Sheridan Kowald Sarah Eisenberg Sophie Richards 2025 Sheridan Kowald Sarah Eisenberg
Records and achievements Records Highest Score: 34.22 (226) v. Albany (Round 3, 2012)
Lowest Score: 0.3 (3) v. Railways (Round 8, 2007)
Highest winning margin: 193 points - 32.13 (205) v. 1.6 (12) against Denmark/Walpole (Round 2, 2002)
Premierships League: 1: 1996
Women's: 2: 2024, 2025
Reserves: 2: 1999, 2011, [ 10] 2020
Colts: 1: 1997
Under 17's: 1: 2015
Other GSFL Awards 1997 - Steven Mead
League Leading Goalkicker 2004 - Brett Greeney (48)
2019 - Dionne Woods (42)
Women's league leading goalkicker
2024 - Mikayla Balloch
2007 - Tynan Coffey
2017 - Ryan Ballard
2015 - Kenneth Farmer
2019 - Arthur Jones
Reserves Leading Goalkicker 2008 - Paul Anning (24)
1997 - Shane Thompson
Colts Leading Goalkicker 2008 - Ben Saunders (68)
2006 - Luke McPartland
WAFL Players Five former Bulls players currently are listed as players in the WAFL in 2018 and one is an assistant coach.
Ben Saunders [ 17] [ 18] played league and reserves for South Fremantle in 2018. Russell Wynne [ 19] played league and reserves for East Fremantle in 2018. Cameron Quenby [ 20] and Jordon Reid [ 21] played reserves for Claremont in 2018. Aidin Williss [ 22] is listed in Claremont's playing roster but has yet to play a game for league or reserves. Shane Thompson [ 23] (former player and coach) is an assistant coach at East Fremantle. Former MBFC players Dale Ballantyne and Justin Parsons have played for Claremont Football Club. [ 24]
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