Queenscliff Football Netball Club

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Queenscliff
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Names
Full nameQueenscliff Football and Netball Club Inc. [1]
Nickname(s)Coutas, Barracoutas
Former nickname(s)'Cliff
Club details
Founded1884;140 years ago (1884)
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Competition Bellarine Football Netball League
PresidentAli Waight [2]
CoachHeath Jamieson [3]
Captain(s)Caleb Whitley [4]
PremiershipsBFL (4)
  • 1975
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
PFL (7)
  • 1961
  • 1962
  • 1963
  • 1964
  • 1965
  • 1967
  • 1968
GFA (2)
  • 1929
  • 1937
QBFA (7)
  • 1904
  • 1905
  • 1907
  • 1908
  • 1910
  • 1913
  • 1920
QFA (4)
  • 1899
  • 1900
  • 1901
  • 1902
Ground(s)Queenscliff Recreation Reserve
Uniforms
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Home
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Other information
Official website qfnc.com.au

The Queenscliff Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Coutas, is an Australian rules football and netball club situated in the township of Queenscliff, Victoria, on the Bellarine Peninsula.

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Queenscliff's teams currently play in the Bellarine Football Netball League, of which the club is a founding member. [5] The club's unique nickname is short for barracouta, a type of fish. [6] The Coutas play their home games at the Queenscliff Recreation Reserve, which is enclosed inside a local caravan park. [7] The football oval is colloquially referred to as the 'Couta Bowl', lending to its uneven, sloped and bowl-like playing surface. [8]

History

Evidence of a Queenscliff club playing football dates back to as early as 1882, where the Geelong Advertiser reported that they had lost a 'return match' against Drysdale. [9] The club lists its official establishment date as 1884. [10] The Coutas played in an early version of the Bellarine Football League that ran from 1895 to 1914. Reformed after World War I, the club continued to play locally until 1923 when it joined the Geelong Football Association where it enjoyed some success.[ citation needed ]

Queenscliff played the 1957 season in the Polwarth Football League and continued in this league until the Bellarine & District Football League was formed in 1971. During its years in the Polwarth league, Queenscliff dominated with Kevin Coltish at full-forward, winning seven premierships in eight seasons.

After the formation of the Bellarine league in 1971, Queenscliff remained a power club for some time, winning a premiership in 1975. But after that achievement, a 36-year premiership drought followed. Queenscliff's return to greatness came in 2011 when the club won its second BFL premiership, repeating the feat in 2012 and 2013 to mark a rare three-peat. [11]

Premierships

League best and fairests

Notable VFL/AFL players

Queenscliff provided a pathway for many footballers to join the top league in the early decades of the VFL. Notably, one-fifth of Geelong's 1925 premiership team was recruited from the club.

Players to have been recruited from Queenscliff to the VFL/AFL include:

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References

  1. ↑ "Search for an incorporated association – Queenscliff Football and Netball Club Inc". Consumer Affairs Victoria . 17 August 2023. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Barnes, Josh (8 March 2023). "Football and netball clubs continue steps forward as female presidents lead the way". Geelong Advertiser . Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  3. ↑ King, Tom (31 July 2023). "Jamo returns to Coutas". K Rock Football . Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  4. ↑ King, Tom (31 March 2021). "Hedley's "courageous" call". K Rock Football . Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Australian Football - Queenscliff Football Club - Info". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  6. ↑ McNicol, Adam (13 August 2011). "Coutas hope to hook the flag". The Age . Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Queenscliff Recreation Reserve". Borough of Queenscliffe . Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  8. ↑ King, Tom (3 April 2021). "Ammos overrun Coutas". K Rock Football . Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Football: Drysdale v. Queenscliff". Geelong Advertiser . 30 August 1882. p. 3. Retrieved 17 August 2023– via Trove.
  10. ↑ "History – QFNC". Queenscliff Football Netball Club . 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  11. ↑ Gibbs, Matt (16 September 2013). "Coutas celebrate premiership hat-trick: dynasty built on dominance". Geelong Advertiser . p. 6.
  12. ↑ "History - Queenscliff". GameDay. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
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