The club was formed from the Belmont Football Club and Barwon Football Club. These two clubs merged in 1990 to create the South Barwon Swans, and are now one of the largest clubs in country Victoria.[1][2]
South Barwon has won eight premierships to date, their first in 2001 defeating North Shore in the final. The club then won three premierships in a row from 2005-07 defeating Newtown-Chilwell, St. Josephs and Bell Park respectively. The club won its fifth premiership in 2009 defeating St. Joseph's in the Grand Final played at Skilled Stadium. Further premierships were won in 2010, 2012, 2013. In 2008 South Barwon won under 18 premierships in both the GFL under 18's competition and the GFL under 18 B's competition and in 2009 won the premiership in the under 18 B's competition.[3] In 2011 they won the inaugural Best of the Best pre-season tournament, defeating the Maribyrnong Park Football Club from the Essendon District Football League in the final.[4]
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south, barwon, football, club, south, barwon, football, netball, club, nicknamed, swans, australian, rules, football, netball, club, based, southern, suburb, belmont, victoria, south, barwon, teams, currently, compete, geelong, football, netball, league, major. South Barwon Football amp Netball Club nicknamed the Swans is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the southern suburb of Belmont Victoria The South Barwon teams currently compete in the Geelong Football Netball League the major regional league in the region South BarwonNamesFull nameSouth Barwon Football Netball ClubNickname s SwansClub detailsFounded1990 33 years ago 1990 note 1 Colours PresidentTim ShermanCoachMark NeeldGround s McDonalds ReserveUniformsHomeOther informationOfficial websitesouthbarwonfnc com Contents 1 History 2 Premierships 2 1 Notable players 3 Bibliography 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe club was formed from the Belmont Football Club and Barwon Football Club These two clubs merged in 1990 to create the South Barwon Swans and are now one of the largest clubs in country Victoria 1 2 South Barwon has won eight premierships to date their first in 2001 defeating North Shore in the final The club then won three premierships in a row from 2005 07 defeating Newtown Chilwell St Josephs and Bell Park respectively The club won its fifth premiership in 2009 defeating St Joseph s in the Grand Final played at Skilled Stadium Further premierships were won in 2010 2012 2013 In 2008 South Barwon won under 18 premierships in both the GFL under 18 s competition and the GFL under 18 B s competition and in 2009 won the premiership in the under 18 B s competition 3 In 2011 they won the inaugural Best of the Best pre season tournament defeating the Maribyrnong Park Football Club from the Essendon District Football League in the final 4 Premierships EditGeelong Football Netball League 8 2001 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2012 2013Notable players Edit Tom Stewart Geelong Scott Thompson North Melbourne Mark Blake Geelong Andrew Wills Geelong Fremantle Western Bulldogs Andrew Boseley Hawthorn Craig Biddiscombe Geelong Richmond Paul Corrigan Geelong Dale Amos coach of the Geelong Football Club s Victorian Football League team and Assistant coach of Carlton 5 Bibliography EditCat Country History of Football In The Geelong Region by John Stoward ISBN 978 0 9577515 8 3Notes Edit Because of the merger of Belmont FC and Barwon FC References Edit Chaplain s hard ball gets Details Premierships South Barwon wins best of the best series Cats name Amos as VFL coachExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to South Barwon Football Club Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title South Barwon Football Club amp oldid 1112565465, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
