History

GROVEDALE TIGERS FOOTBALL NETBALL CLUB

History Snapshot

1947     Club first formed as Marshall Football Club.
              Home ground was at Reserve Road Grovedale.

1956     Changed its name to Marshall-Grovedale Football Club

1963     WINS its First Senior Premiership, defeating Leopold: 12.17.89 to 9.8.62

1968     Changed its name to Grovedale Football Club.

1972     WINS its first Reserves Premiership, defeating Lara: 13.13.91 to 11.9.75

1975     Club moved from Reserve Road to our present ground at Burdoo Reserve.

              WINS its Second Senior Premiership, defeating Modewarre: 14.8.92 to 12.15.87

1976     WINS Second Reserves Premiership, defeating Bannockburn: 10.7.67 to 5.12.42

1977     Seniors & Reserves, both win Championships, going through the year undefeated.

              Seniors defeated St Josephs: 19.19.133 to 17.13.115
              Reserves defeated Belmont: 20.12.132 to 6.7.43

1978      Club promoted to Division 1

1979     Geelong Football League Formed, in which we were one of the 12 original clubs.

1995     Jumper change from original design (Yellow with Black Sash) to Richmond FC design (Black with Yellow Sash). Original design still worn when there is a jumper clash and in the heritage round.

1997     WINS Reserves Premiership, defeating Nth Shore: 13.8.86 to 12.8.80

2000    Netball club formed and competed in the 2000 season.
             Club changed name to Grovedale Tigers Football Netball Club
             B Grade Netball made Grand Final, losing to Bell Park

2004    ‘A’ Grade Netball team make their first Grand final, losing to Sth Barwon 53 to 46

2005    ‘A’ Grade Netball team make 2^nd successive Grand Final, losing to Sth Barwon 61 to 44

2013     Seniors made their first grand final, since 1977 and their first in the Geelong Football League,
             losing to Sth Barwon 13.16.94 to 12.2.74

2015     Hall of Fame created with 12 persons inducted and four of those inducted as a Legend.
              (REFER TO HALL OF FAME SUB-HEADING UNDER 'The Club" TAB)

Players to have won, League Best & Fairest and Goal Kicking Awards

• 8 players have won Senior League Best & Fairest.
  4 players have won Reserve League Best & Fairest
  4 Players have won the Senior League Goal Kicking
  (REFER TO ATTACHED SPREADSHEET)

Eighteen Grovedale FC players have either been drafted/played AFL football:

              14 Players have gone on to play AFL.
              2 players drafted, but never played an AFL game
              1 Ryan Abbott drafted to Geelong FC in 2016
              1 Gryan Miers drafted to Geelong FC in 2017

              (REFER TO ATTACHED SPREADSHEET)