The Colac Tigers Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Tigers'', is an

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and

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

club based in the regional city of Colac,

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. The club plays at Central Reserve, Colac.

Geelong District Football League

Looking further afield Colac spent three years in the GDFL before distance got the better of them.

Colac & District Football League

Returning to play in the local competition, Colac won the 1939 premiership before disbanding because of

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in 1940.

Hampden Football League

The current Colac Football Club was founded in 1948 in order to play in the

Hampden Football League The Hampden Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league based in South-Western Victoria, with clubs located in towns along or near the Princes Highway from Camperdown to Portland. The league is a major country ...

from 1949. Adopting the jumper worn by the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...

, black with a yellow sash, the Colac Tigers won the premiership in their second season. In 1980 Colac merged with their neighbour club Coragulac Football Club and for six years had the title of Colac-Coragulac Football Club. In fifty-two years of competing in the

, Colac won ten premierships.

Geelong Football League

Since 2001, Colac joined the

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, club officials claiming that their younger players were working and studying in Geelong and it was difficult to recruit players to play in western Victoria. The club's first grand final came in 2008 where they were defeated by rivals St Mary's. In 2014 the club won their first GFL premiership defeating Leopold. Midfielder Jarryd Garner was adjudged best on ground. After playing finals in 2015 the Tigers look set to blood new talent in an attempt to get senior games into its skilled juniors which will help if the tigers are to play finals yet again this season. With players like Dean Felekos, who is now well into his thirties, the welcoming of youth is a must if they are to stay in the top half of the competition going forward.

Grand Final 2014

Leopold 11-13-79 V Colac 19-14-128

Premierships

*1950, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1965, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1993, 2014

Bibliography

* ''Cat Country: History of Football In The Geelong Region'' - John Stoward - * ''Football Country Style: A history of football in the Colac District from 1900-1974'' - Bill Doran * ''Evergreen Hampden - History of the Hampden Football League 1930-1976'' - Fred Bond and Don Grossman

References

External links

Official site
{{Geelong Football League Geelong Football League clubs 1948 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1948 Sports clubs and teams established in 1948 Hampden Football League clubs Netball teams in Victoria (state) Colac, Victoria