Umina Beach Bunnies

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Umina Beach Bunnies
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Club information
Full nameUmina Beach Bunnies Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)Bunnies
Colours  Red
  Green
Founded1961;63 years ago (1961)
Website www.facebook.com/uminabunnies2013
Current details
Ground(s)
CompetitionNewcastle & Hunter Rugby League (Seniors) and Central Coast Rugby League (Juniors)
Records
Premierships3 (1983, 1994, 2005)
Runners-up8 (1974, 1980, 1984, 1985, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012)
Minor premierships 6 (1974, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1994, 2005)

The Umina Beach Bunnies is a rugby league club based on the Central Coast, New South Wales region of Australia.

Contents

In 2017, the club entered two senior teams in the Newcastle & Hunter Rugby Leagues, a men's team in A Grade and a women's team in the Ladies League tag. The club entered 11 junior teams in the Central Coast Rugby League, from Under 6 to Under 14 age groups.

History

Umina Beach Bunnies were formed in 1961 first under the name umina ettalong bunnies. [1]

Umina won their inaugural First Grade Premiership in 1983, defeating Gosford in extra-time of a Grand Final Replay. At full-time in both matches the score was 10-all. In the first match there was no further score, but in the second Umina scored four tries in the twenty minutes to win. 26-10. [2]

Umina won a second title in 1994, defeating Wyong by 32 points to 24. [3]

Umina defeated Woy Woy, 22-14, to win their third First Grade Premiership in 2005. [4]

Home ground

Col Gooley Oval, the oval adjacent to the Umina Beach SLSC (Surf Life Savers Club) is the home ground for the club.

Season summaries

Notable Juniors

Honours and records

Team

Team Numbers

Team numbers obtained and compiled from competition tables and match results published in the newspapers, Central Coast Express, Wyong Shire Advocate and Central Coast Express Advocate. Numbers for 2003 and 2011 taken from copies of the Central Coast Division Junior Rugby League Yearbook of those years, supplied by Toukley Hawks RLFC. Age groups Under 9 and younger not included as team numbers from 1985 to 2011 not known to the author.

See also

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References

  1. "Bunnies Junior News - Umina Junior Rugby League Football Club Inc". SportsTG.
  2. "Umina - At Last". Central Coast Express. Gosford: State Library of NSW - Microfilm RAV 61. 28 September 1983. p. 72.
  3. "Big Bill Samples Trophy". Central Coast Express. Gosford: State Library of NSW - Microfilm RAV 61. 7 September 1994. p. 76.
  4. "Maloney leads Bunnies to memorable victory". Central Coast Express Advocate. Gosford: State Library of NSW - Microfilm RAV 61. 21 September 2005. p. 78.