Rokewood-Corindhap Football Netball Club

Rokewood Corindhap
Names
Full name	Rokewood Corindhap Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)	Grasshoppers
Club details
Founded	1931;94 years ago (1931) [1]
Colours	green   white
Competition	Central Highlands FL
Premierships	10 (1947, 1957, 1963, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002)
Ground(s)	Rockwood Recreation Reserve
Uniforms
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The Rokewood Corindhap Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football club from Rokewood, Victoria which competes in the Central Highlands Football League. The Grasshoppers joined the league in 2011 after the Lexton Plains FL disbanded.

History

Established in 1931 ^[2] during the height of the Great Depression, following the merger of the Rokewood and Corindhap Football Clubs.

The Grasshoppers moved to the Western Plains FL in 1935 to join their nearest neighbour, Illabarook. The club had to wait until after World War II to win its first flag. The club won nine flags including a hat-trick from 1992 to 1994. The Western Plains Football League merged with the Lexton Football League in 1999, forming the Lexton Plains Football League.

The Grasshoppers previously competed in the Lexton Plains Football League, but the league folded at the end of the 2010 season.

Leagues and Premierships

• Linton Carngham District Football Association (1931–1934)
  • Nil
• Western Plains Football League (1935–1998)
  • 1947, 1957, 1963, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1992, 1993, 1994
• Lexton Plains Football League (1999–2010)
  • 2002
• Central Highlands Football League (2011–present)
  • Nil

VFL/AFL players

• Russell Middlemiss – Geelong ^[3]

Bibliography

• History of Football in the Ballarat District by John Stoward – ISBN   978-0-9805929-0-0

References

1. "In the Country". Age. 17 April 1931.
2. "Australian Football – Rokewood Corindhap Football Club – Info".
3. Russell Middlemiss' obituary

External links

• Gameday website
• Rokewood-Corindhap FNC profile on AFL National