Yarrawonga Football Club

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Yarrawonga
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Names
Full nameYarrawonga Football Netball Club
Nickname(s) Pigeons
Best and fairestWillie Wheeler
Club details
Founded1889;134 years ago (1889)
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Competition Ovens & Murray Football League
PresidentRoss Mulquiney
CEOVicky Long
Coach Steve Johnson
Captain(s) Mark Whiley & Tyler Bonat
Premierships O&MFL 1959, 1989, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2023
Ground(s)JC Lowe Oval (capacity: 4,000)
Uniforms
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The Yarrawonga Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River.

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Club history

The Yarrawonga teams have been competing in the Ovens & Murray Football League since 1930.

Prior to this the club had played in a line association that was based along the Benalla to Yarrawonga railway line. This association had frequent name changes dating back to 1889.

The 2010 decade saw the Pigeons play the most finals of any Club in the Ovens and Murray (28). [1]

Geelong's Tom Lonergan played for Yarrawonga before moving to Melbourne and being drafted into the Australian Football League. [2] Former Carlton full forward Brendan Fevola played for Yarrawonga from 2012 until 2015. [3]

In the 2018 AFL Draft, Yarrawonga FNC had three players drafted to various AFL clubs: Ely Smith, James Jordon and Finbar O'Dwyer.

In Round 2, Easter Sunday 2020 at Mulwala, Xavier Leslie played his 300th Senior O&MFNL Game for the Pigeons, the club's only player to achieve such a feat. [4]

Premierships

Senior Football

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References

  1. ↑ "O&MFNL Senior Football Match Results". Gameday. 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Robinson, Mark (30 September 2011) Geelong defender Tom Lonergan dreams of first premiership; Herald Sun
  3. ↑ Kolhagen, Brett (14 March 2012). "League decision to change draw to suit Fevola 'disgusting'". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Yarrawonga's 300-gamer Xavier Leslie has confidence in youth policy". Border Mail Newspaper. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "1907 Benalla - Yarrawonga FA Premiership". The Argus. 10 September 1907 – via Trove Newspapers.
  6. ↑ "1921 - Won by Yarrawonga". Benalla, Vic: The North Eastern Ensign. 30 September 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "1925 - YARRAWONGA LINE PREMIERSHIP". Benalla Standard (Vic). 18 September 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "1926 - YARRAWONGA DEFEAT TUNGAMAH". Benalla Standard (Vic). 14 September 1926. p. 5. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "1927 - Benalla Yarrawonga Line FA Grand Final match review". Benalla Standard (Vic). 6 September 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 26 September 2020– via Trove Newspapers.
  10. ↑ "Yarrawonga win the premiership". Tungamah and Lake Rowan Express and St. James Gazette (Vic). 22 September 1910. p. 2. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "SPORTING NOTES FOOTBALL. YARRAWONGA DISTRICT PREMIERSHIP". Tungamah and Lake Rowan Express and St. James Gazette (Vic). 4 September 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 4 November 2023.


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