Tungamah | |
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Names | |
Full name | Tungamah Football Netball Club Inc. |
Nickname(s) | Bears |
Club song | "Thank God I'm a Tunga Boy" |
Club details | |
Founded | 1882 |
Colours | Maroon Yellow White |
Competition | Murray Football League |
President | Josh Buerckner |
Coach | Xavier Stevenson |
Ground(s) | Jubilee Park, Tungamah |
Other information | |
Official website | Tungamah Football Club Website |
The Tungamah Football Netball Club Inc, nicknamed the Bears, is an Australian Rules football club playing in the Picola & District Football League.
The club is based in the small Victorian town of Tungamah, a town of just 300 people located approximately 250 km north of Melbourne. [1]
The earliest recorded match involving Tungamah was a game against Lake Rowan on Saturday, 29 July 1882. [2]
In 1883 there was also a Murray District Football Club based in Tungamah. [3]
Tungamah FC joined the Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1938. [4]
The club changed leagues following an administration disagreement between the AFL Goulburn-Valley and the Picola & District Football League in 2019, [5] but returned to the P&DFL for season 2021.
League | Total flags | Premiership(s) |
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Yarrawonga Football Association | 2 | 1886,1895 [6] |
Wilby & District Football Association | 3 | 1914, 1940, 1941 |
Benalla Mulwala Football League | 2 | 1934, 1936 |
Benalla Tungamah Football League | 1 | 1938 |
Murray Valley Football League | 3 | 1944,1946,1947 |
Tungamah Football League | 2 | 1976, 1986 |
Picola & District Football League | 6 | 1999, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
The following footballers were either born in Tungamah or played with the Tungamah FC prior to playing VFL / AFL senior grade football. The year indicates their VFL debut.
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