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Point Cook Football Club | |
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Names | |
Full name | Point Cook Football Club |
Nickname(s) | Bulldogs |
2024 season | |
After finals | 9th |
Home-and-away season | 9th |
Leading goalkicker | Michael Cilmi (20) |
Best and fairest | Austin Hodge |
Club details | |
Founded | 2003 | (entered juniors 2004, seniors 2010)
Colours | Red White Blue |
Competition | Western Football Netball League Seniors Div. 1 |
President | David Rouvray |
Coach | Saade Ghazi |
Captain(s) | Nicholas Buykx |
Premierships | 22 Senior (1)
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Ground(s) | Saltwater Reserve |
Former ground(s) | Carranballac College (2004) |
Altona Green Primary School (2005 - 2010) | |
Dunnings Road Oval (2007 - 2012) | |
Alamanda Reserve (2011 - 2012)) | |
Training ground(s) | Saltwater Reserve |
Other information | |
Official website | pointcookfc.com.au |
Guernsey: | |
The Point Cook Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Amateur Australian rules football club, based in the Melbourne suburb of Point Cook, playing in the Western Region Football League (WRFL). The club was founded in 2003 as a junior club and expanded to senior teams in 2010. [1] Point Cook's home ground is Saltwater Reserve.
The Point Cook Football Club was established in October 2003 as an Australian Rules Junior Football Club, catering for the needs of Junior footballers in the Point Cook and surrounding areas. 2004 was the first year of football competing in the Western Region Football League (WRFL).
Due to the growth of the members and the need for Senior football in the area, the Point Cook Football Club entered Senior and Reserve teams in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) in season 2010.
In 2014 the Point Cook Football Club fielded their very first 'Youth Girls' team with players aged between 13 – 18 competing against other girls the same age. In 2015 the Point Cook Football Club fielded their first 'Superules' team with players aged over 35 competing against other teams in the AFL Masters, Victorian Metropolitan League
Following a Special Meeting of the members and a vote the club moved its Senior & Reserve Sides from the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) Division 3 to enter the Western Region Football League (WRFL) in Division 2 for the 2018 Season.
In 2018 the Club entered 2 teams (Point Cook Blue & Point Cook Red) into the Western Region Football League (WRFL) Inaugural netball Competition, where Point Cook Blue won the Inaugural Victoria University Western Region Football League (WRFL) Netball Premiership Defeating Braybrook Red by 34 goals. [2]
Also in 2018 in its first year in the Western Region Football League (WRFL) Division 2 competition the Seniors took out the Premiership Defeating Yarraville Seddon Eagles by 7 points at Avalon Airport Oval, Werribee. [3] Gaining promotion into Division 1 in Season 2019. [4]
Due to the growth of Female Football, the Club entered a Senior Women's team into the Western Region Football League (WRFL) Competition for the 2019 Season.
In June 2022, Point Cook Junior Massimo D'Ambrosio, was selected at Pick 3 in the 2022 AFL Mid Season Draft, by Essendon. [5] Massimo became the first Point Cook Junior to be drafted by an AFL Club. And in Round 14 2022 Massimo made his AFL debut against St Kilda. 2 weeks later Massimo was the Round 16 NAB AFL Rising Star Nominee for his match against Sydney. [6]
Season | President | Vice President | Administrator | Treasurer |
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2004 | Steve Ward | Wayne Tandy | Les Mayne | |
2005 | Steve Ward | Wayne Tandy | Carol Mills | Les Mayne |
2006 | Steve Ward | Wayne Tandy | Carol Mills | Les Mayne |
2007 | Steve Ward | Wayne Tandy | Wayne Gough | |
2008 | Steve Ward | Wayne Tandy | Jeff Curmi | Wayne Gough |
2009 | Steve Ward | Wayne Tandy | Jeff Curmi | Wayne Gough |
2010 | Steve Ward | Jeff Curmi | Samantha Pruscino | Wayne Gough |
2011 | Steve Ward | Anthony MacGibbon | Samantha Pruscino | Wayne Gough |
2012 | Steve Ward | Anthony MacGibbon | Samantha Pruscino | Wayne Gough |
2013 | Steve Ward | Anthony MacGibbon | Samantha Pruscino | Wayne Gough |
2014 | Steve Ward | Anthony MacGibbon (Snr) Mark King (Jnr) | Ivo Havard | Wayne Gough |
2015 | Anthony MacGibbon | Ivo Havard | Jason Ware | Wayne Gough |
2016 | Anthony MacGibbon | Donna Morgan | Jason Ware | Wendy Morrison |
2017 | Ivo Havard | Anthony MacGibbon (Snr) Jason Ware (Jnr) | Alicia Colley | David Rouvray |
2018 | Ivo Havard | Anthony MacGibbon (Snr) Peter Gardner (Jnr) | Alicia Colley (Snr) Nick Ladbrooke (Jnr) | David Rouvray |
2019 | Ivo Havard | Brett Archer (Snr) Dean Lawlor (Jnr) | Alicia Colley (Snr) Rachael Trembath (Jnr) | Ashley May |
2020 | Cameron McKenzie | Brett Archer (Snr) Ivo Havard (Jnr) | Alicia Colley (Snr) Peta Kortum (Jnr) | Ashley May |
2021 | Cameron McKenzie | Brett Archer (Snr) Vicky Adorno (Jnr) | Alicia Colley (Snr) Peta Kortum (Jnr) | Ashley May |
2022 | Cameron McKenzie Ivo Havard | Brett Archer (Snr) Kirk Heberle (Jnr) | Andrew Gough (Snr) Alison Gray (Jnr) | Ashley May |
2023 | Ivo Havard | David Rouvray (Snr) Samuel Fragapane (Jnr) | Jason Ware (Snr) Vicky Adorno (Jnr) | Andrew Gough |
2024 | Ivo Havard | Dean Longmuir (Snr) Samuel Fragapane (Jnr) | Jason Ware (Snr) Vicky Adorno (Jnr) | Andrew Gough |
Season | Coach | Captain(s) | Best & Fairest | Leading Goalkicker | League/Division | Finishing Position | Note: |
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2025 | Saade Ghazi | TBC | WRFL - Div. 1 | ||||
2024 | Clay Smith | Nicholas Buykx | Austin Hodge | Michael Cilmi - 20 | WRFL - Div. 1 | 9/9 | |
2023 | Clay Smith | Nicholas Buykx | Daniel Burton | Max Rouvray - 47 | WRFL - Div. 1 | 2/8 | Qualified 2nd after H&A. Lost Grand Final to Werribee Districts. |
2022 | Brett Jacobs | Nicholas Buykx | Nicholas Buykx | Luke Denny - 20 | WRFL - Div. 1 | 9/10 | |
2021 | Brett Jacobs | Elliott Wood | Nicholas Poland | Joshua Kuppen - 8 | WRFL - Div. 1 | 10/10 | |
2020 | Brett Jacobs Michael Boothey | (No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic) | |||||
2019 | Ian Denny | Mason Kip | Matthew Poland | Lochlan Allen - 21 | WRFL - Div. 1 | 9/10 | |
2018 | Ian Denny | Mason Kip | Jessi Lampi | Kirk Heberle - 33 | WRFL - Div. 2 | 1/8 | Qualified 2nd after H&A. Won Club's Inaugural Senior Premiership against Yarraville Seddon Eagles. Promoted to Division 1 in 2019. |
2017 | Ian Denny | Mason Kip | Robbie Milne | Tristan Furr - 23 | VAFA - D3 | 8/10 | |
2016 | Ian Denny | Mason Kip | Mason Kip | William Dawson - 87 | VAFA - D4 | 2/9 | Qualified 2nd after H&A. Lost Grand Final to Westbourne Grammarians. Promoted to Division 3 in 2017. |
2015 | Ian Denny | Mason Kip Paul Hegarty | Mason Kip | William Dawson - 50 | VAFA - D4 | 6/11 | Qualified 3rd after H&A. Lost Qualifying Final to Box Hill North. |
2014 | Ian Denny | Barry Langley Paul Hegarty | Mason Kip Robbie Milne | Haydn Wilkinson - 26 | VAFA - D4 | 7/10 | |
2013 | Daniel Fraser | Travis Cassidy | Andrew Auciello | Rick Munn - 39 | VAFA - D4 | 5/11 | Qualified 4th after H&A. Lost Qualifying Final to West Brunswick. |
2012 | Daniel Fraser | Aaron Marsh Travis Cassidy | Tristan Furr | Aaron Marsh - 45 | VAFA - D4 | 4/10 | First Finals appearance. Lost to Eley Park. Jordan Lampi won League B&F |
2011 | Daniel Fraser | Mark Pozzuto | Aaron Marsh - 74 | VAFA - D4 | 7/10 | ||
2010 | Daniel Fraser | Glen McGaw | Aaron Marsh - 67 | VAFA - D4 | 10/11 | ||
Season | Coach | Captain(s) | Best & Fairest | Leading Goalkicker | League/Division | Finishing Position | Note: |
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2025 | TBA | TBA | WRFL - Div. 1 Reserve | ||||
2024 | Nathan Bratby | Jordan Roache | Jordan Roache | Matthew Harmer - 13 | WRFL - Div. 1 Reserve | 7/9 | |
2023 | Nathan Bratby | Jack Craig | Matthew Harmer | Matthew Harmer - 10 | WRFL - Div. 1 Reserve | 7/8 | |
2022 | Nathan Bratby | TBA | Tyson Roache | Matthew Harmer - 10 | WRFL - Div. 1 Reserve | 10/10 | |
2021 | Todd Caulfield | Nicolas Blade James Borg | Dominik Morrison | Mitchell Waugh - 9 | WRFL - Div. 1 Reserve | 8/10 | |
2020 | Todd Caulfield | (No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic) | |||||
2019 | Cameron McKenzie | Luke Mulquiney | Nicolas Blade | Cameron D'Altera - 13 | WRFL - Div. 1 Reserve | 8/10 | |
2018 | Cameron McKenzie | Luke Mulquiney | Jordan Roache | Ricky Munn - 27 | WRFL - Div. 2 Reserve | 2/8 | Qualified 2nd after H&A. Lost Grand Final to Yarraville Seddon Eagles. |
2017 | Cameron McKenzie | Jared Smith | Mitchell Chandler | Thomas Smith - 18 | VAFA - D3 Reserve | 8/10 | |
2016 | David Da Silva | William Cameron | Tristan Furr | Matthew Harmer - 26 | VAFA - D4 Reserve | 2/9 | Qualified 4th after H&A. Lost Grand Final to Westbourne Grammarians. |
2015 | Dean Chambers | Chris Matcham | Domenic Favata - 27 | VAFA - D4 Reserve | 3/11 | Qualified 3rd after H&A. Lost preliminary final to Westbourne Grammarians. | |
2014 | Chris Jones | Luke Rappazzo | Peter Donoghue - 21 | VAFA - D4 Reserve | 9/10 | ||
2013 | Bradley Ward | Cameron Cox | Michael James | Brett Hunter - 38 | VAFA - D4 Reserve | 5/11 | Qualified 5th after H&A. Lost Qualifying Final to West Brunswick. |
2012 | John Panjari / Bradley Ward | Ryan Barker | Neil Burton - 32 | VAFA - D4 Reserve | 5/10 | ||
2011 | Khalid Haddara - 29 | VAFA - D4 Reserve | 8/10 | ||||
2010 | VAFA - D4 Reserve | ||||||
Club | P | W | L | D | Win% | P | W | L | Win% | P | W | L | Win% |
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Overall (includes Finals) | Finals (includes Grand Finals) | Grand Finals | |||||||||||
Albert Park | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Box Hill North | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 57.14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - |
Canterbury | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Chadstone | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dragons | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Eley Park | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - |
Hawthorn Amateurs | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
La Trobe University | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Manningham | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Masala | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Monash Gryphons | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mt Lilydale OC | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - |
North Brunswick | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Northern Blues | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Parkside | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Power House | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Richmond Central | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
South Melbourne Districts | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
South Mornington | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
St Francis Xavier | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Swinburne University | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
UHS-VU | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
West Brunswick | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - |
Westbourne Grammarians | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Totals | 142 | 74 | 67 | 1 | 52.11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16.67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Club | P | W | L | D | Win% | P | W | L | Win% | P | W | L | Win% |
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Overall (includes Finals) | Finals (includes Grand Finals) | Grand Finals | |||||||||||
Albanvale | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Albion | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Altona | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - |
Caroline Springs | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Deer Park | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hoppers Crossing | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Manor Lakes | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Newport Power | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
North Footscray | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Parkside | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - |
Point Cook Centrals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Spotswood | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
St Albans | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sunshine | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Werribee Districts | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
West Footscray | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Yarraville Seddon Eagles | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 36.36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
Totals | 90 | 36 | 53 | 1 | 40.00 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 |
Club | P | W | L | D | Win% | P | W | L | Win% | P | W | L | Win% |
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Overall (includes Finals) | Finals (includes Grand Finals) | Grand Finals | |||||||||||
VAFA (2010 - 2017) | 142 | 74 | 67 | 1 | 52.11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16.67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
WRFL (2018 - ) | 90 | 36 | 53 | 1 | 40.00 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 |
Totals | 232 | 110 | 120 | 2 | 47.41 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33.33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.33 |
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