Hamley Bridge Football Club
Hamley Bridge Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club based in Hamley Bridge, South Australia that competes in the Adelaide Plains Football League.
| Hamley Bridge Football Club | |
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| Names | |
| Full name | Hamley Bridge Football Club |
| 2012 season | |
| Leading goalkicker | Shane Hanson |
| Best and fairest | Valor Thach |
| Club details | |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Colours | Red and Black |
| Competition | Adelaide Plains Football League |
| President | Newton Lines |
| Coach | Ashley Barnett |
| Captain(s) | Craig Taylor |
| Ground(s) | Hamley Bridge Football Oval |
The club is currently coached by Ashley Barnett and is captained by Craig Taylor. The current president is Newton Lines. The club fields teams in the A Grade, Reserves, Senior Colts, Junior Colts, under 11's and under 9's grades.
Club history
The Club was formed in 1907, and after engaging exclusively in social fixtures for its first three years commenced its competitive existence with a season in the Gawler Football Association in 1910. The following year saw it start an extended, and highly successful, stint in the Wooroora Football Association, which saw it contest eight grand finals in eleven seasons on either side of World War I. In 1911, 1912, 1914 and 1924, the Club brought home the premiership, each time at the expense of Owen.[1]
After leaving the WFA at the end of the 1926 season, the Club spent the ensuing decade and a half flitting back and forth between various competitions, claiming flags in the Gilbert Football Association in 1932 and the Adelaide Plains Football League in 1938. After World War II, the Club competed in the APFL until 1964, during which time it won grand finals against Long Plains in 1952 and Balaklava in both 1956 and 1960. The 1964 season brought the start of a twenty-season affiliation with the Gawler and District Football League which spawned a premiership in 1968, plus two losing grand finals.
Since 1984 the Bombers have once more competed in the APFL and added another three senior grade flags to their curriculum vitae. Their most recent success was in 2004 when they scored a convincing 69-point grand final triumph over Hummocks Watchman.[1]
138-game Hawthorn player Luke McCabe is a product of the Club.
Club guernsey
The Club guernsey is black featuring a red sash. It has the club logo on the left chest and a club sponsor on the right.
Hamley Bridge playing guernsey.
Premierships
The club has been very successful on the field since its inauguration in 1907, winning 13 A Grade premierships, including back-to-back flags from 1988 to 1989 and also pre-World War I in 1911 and 1912. The club celebrated its most recent premiership in 2014.
| Year | Coach | Captain | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Kirk Heberle | Ryan Appleton | Mallala | Hamley Bridge 16.13 (109) def. Mallala 17.5 (107) |
| 2004 | - | - | HW Eagles | Hamley Bridge 20.13 (133) def. HW Eagles 10.4 (64) |
| 1989 | - | - | Mallala | Hamley Bridge 14.15 (99) def. Mallala 12.10 (82) |
| 1988 | - | - | Mallala | Hamley Bridge 18.16 (124) def. Mallala 8.12 (60) |
| 1968 | - | - | - | - |
| 1960 | - | - | Balaklava | Hamley Bridge 17.13 (115) def. Balaklava 11.8 (74) |
| 1956 | - | - | Balaklava | Hamley Bridge 7.12 (54) def. Balaklava 4.10 (34) |
| 1952 | - | - | Long Plains | Hamley Bridge 8.7 (55) def. Long Plains 6.15 (51) |
| 1939 | - | - | Wasleys | Hamley Bridge 9.14 (68) def. Wasleys 6.6 (42) |
| 1938 | - | - | Mallala | Hamley Bridge 11.11 (77) def. Mallala 11.5 (71) |
| 1932 | - | - | - | - |
| 1924 | - | - | - | - |
| 1914 | - | - | - | - |
| 1912 | - | - | - | - |
| 1911 | - | - | Werocata[2][3] | - |
Association Best & Fairests and other awards
A Grade Association Medallists
- Craig Young (2005)
- Luke Slattery (2004) (Tied with Todd Thorne of Mallala)
- Kym Herrmann (2003) (Tied with Gary Wehr of Balaklava)
- Don Ayliffe (1963) (Tied with Allan Aldenhoven of Balaklava)
- Les Scott (1939)
- Paddy Connell (1924) (Tied with Barney Bennett of Owen)
A Grade Association Leading Goalkickers
- Luke Slattery 87 goals in 2004
Reserves Association Medallists
- Lou Surace (1993)
- Darcy Rex (1990)
- Darcy Rex (1987)
Senior Colts Association Medallists
- Alex Rademacher (2004)
- Matthew Koch (2000)
- David Ireland (1997)
- Adam Baker (1993)
Junior Colts Association Medallists
- Rhys Savage (1997)
- Adam Baker (1990)
- Daniel Healey (1987)
References
- "Hamley Bridge Football Club - Info". Australian Football. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- "Trove". Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- "Trove". Trove. Retrieved 5 July 2018.