Tungamah Football Club

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Tungamah
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Names
Full nameTungamah Football Netball Club Inc.
Nickname(s)Bears
Club song"Thank God I'm a Tunga Boy"
Club details
Founded1882
Colours  Maroon   Yellow   White
Competition Murray Football League
PresidentJosh Buerckner
CoachXavier 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.

Contents

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.

Premierships

LeagueTotal flagsPremiership(s)
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

VFL / AFL Players

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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References

  1. ↑ Full Points Footy, Picola & District Football League , retrieved 22 October 2008
  2. ↑ "1882 - Tungamah Football Club's first recorded match". The North East Ensign. 4 August 1882 – via Trove Newspapers.
  3. ↑ "1883 - Murray District Football Club". The North Eastern Ensign. 25 May 1883 – via Trove.
  4. ↑ "1938 - Benalla Tungamah FL - Rd.1". Benalla Ensign. 27 May 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 21 June 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  5. ↑ "2018 - AFL Goulburn-Murray refuses affiliation of Picola and District Football-Netball League on eve of 2018 season". Border Mail. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "1895 - Yarrawonga Football Association - Grand Final Review". Cobram Courier. 17 September 1895 – via Trove Newspapers.


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