Suns Football Club

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Full nameSuns Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)Suns
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Founded2014;11 years ago (2014) as the Wyndham Suns
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Competition Western Football Netball League (2014–)
PresidentGordon Rae
CoachRoger Hand
PremiershipsWFNL Division 3 (1)
Ground(s)Goddard Street Reserve, Tarneit
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The Suns Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football club based in the western Melbourne suburb of Tarneit, which has competed in the Western Football Netball League (WFNL) since 2014. [1] The club plays their home games at Goddard Street Reserve in Tarneit, where they field senior and reserves men's sides, as well as a senior women's side and multiple junior sides. The club also fields three netball teams in divisions 3, 4 and 7 of the WFNL's netball competition.

History

The Wyndham Suns were formed in 2014, and first fielded a senior men's side in 2015. They finished 4th that season and made finals, defeating Point Cook Centrals in their first final, but were defeated by Albanvale the following week.

The club made the 2018 Division 3 grand final, but lost to Point Cook Centrals by 25 points [2] . Following this loss, the Suns lost many players and were in poor form at the beginning of the 2019 season, but turned things around by the end of the season, even beating eventual premiers Glen Orden, despite not making finals. After the COVID-affected seasons of 2020 and 2021, where finals were not played, the club returned to the grand final in 2022, but lost to Braybrook by only 2 points. In the 2023 season they managed to make yet another senior grand final, where they defeated Albanvale by 2 points to claim their first senior premiership [3] . The reserves side also defeated Albanvale that day, which marked their second reserves premiership (their first was in 2015, also against Albanvale).

The club debuted the senior women's side in 2024 [4] , who finished 3rd that season to secure a spot in the finals, only to be defeated by Parkside in their first final.

WFNL League Best & Fairest Winners [5]
SeasonBest and Fairest WinnerDivision
2015Grant JonesDivision 3 Reserves
2016Christopher StephensDivision 3 Reserves
2017Daniel HoveyDivision 3 Seniors
2021John TomeltyDivision 3 Seniors
2023Daniel HoveyDivision 3 Seniors
2024Akima ManoahSenior Women's Division 1
2024Chantel MikulicSenior Netball Division 4

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References

  1. ↑ Western Region Football League, "Annual Report 2014", Western Region Football League, 2014
  2. ↑ Jenkinson, Lance (18 September 2018). "Point Cook Centrals create history". Star Weekly. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Sercombe, Harper (16 September 2023). "Suns rise to the occasion". Star Weekly. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Suns launch women's footy". Star Weekly. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Senior Best & Fairests | WFNL" . Retrieved 16 January 2025.
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