About Our Club

Established in 1878, Bannockburn is one of the oldest continuously operating clubs in Victoria. We are currently affiliated with the Geelong and District Football League, which is well recognised as one of the most innovative and well run leagues in the state.

In 2002 Netball was introduced into our league with immediate success and we now field four senior and three junior netball teams each week. The addition of netball has proven to be a huge success in broadening the membership base of the club as well as providing a sporting outlet for young women in the community.

The philosophy of our club is to seek on field success through nurturing and developing our juniors rather than recruiting players from outside the area. Our junior football program is one of the strongest in Geelong and we are very proud of the achievements of our junior teams in recent years, culminating in the under 18’s participating in the past nine grand finals and winning four of them.

Our junior program has resulted in a number of boys having the opportunity to play for the Geelong Falcons in the TAC cup and some have been recruited to AFL clubs including Leigh Harding (a current player at the Kangaroos), Shaun Baxter (Western Bulldogs) and Peter Riccardi (Geelong).

The senior football teams have tasted premiership success in 1925, 1931, 1990, 1997,1998 and in 2003.

Our skilled netballers have fielded teams in four of the past five finals series, not to mention the success of our junior netball teams in recent years, Under 13 premiership in 2008. It is also very pleasing to us that 80% of the players in our senior team have risen through the ranks of our juniors, and as our netball squad has developed we are beginning to see juniors from previous years commencing to be part of our senior teams.

We are also lucky to have a large group of dedicated and active committee members and volunteers who work together to ensure the smooth day-to-day operations as well as planning for the long-term future of the club.

About Our Club

Established in 1878, Bannockburn is one of the oldest continuously operating clubs in Victoria. We are currently affiliated with the Geelong and District Football League, which is well recognised as one of the most innovative and well run leagues in the state.

In 2002 Netball was introduced into our league with immediate success and we now field four senior and three junior netball teams each week. The addition of netball has proven to be a huge success in broadening the membership base of the club as well as providing a sporting outlet for young women in the community.

The philosophy of our club is to seek on field success through nurturing and developing our juniors rather than recruiting players from outside the area. Our junior football program is one of the strongest in Geelong and we are very proud of the achievements of our junior teams in recent years, culminating in the under 18s participating in the past eleven grand finals and winning four of them.

Our junior program has resulted in a number of boys having the opportunity to play for the Geelong Falcons in the TAC cup and some have been recruited to AFL clubs including Leigh Harding (a current player at the Kangaroos), Shaun Baxter (Western Bulldogs) and Peter Riccardi (Geelong).

The senior football teams have tasted premiership success in 1925, 1931, 1990, 1997,1998 and in 2003.

Our skilled netballers have fielded teams in five of the past six finals series, not to mention the success of our junior netball teams in recent years, Under 13 premiership in 2008 & 2009. It is also very pleasing to us that 80% of the players in our senior team have risen through the ranks of our juniors, and as our netball squad has developed we are beginning to see juniors from previous years commencing to be part of our senior teams.

We are also lucky to have a large group of dedicated and active committee members and volunteers who work together to ensure the smooth day-to-day operations as well as planning for the long-term future of the club.