The Katandra Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Kats'', is an

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and

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club based in the small Victorian town of

Katandra West Katandra West is a small town in Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Australia. It is located in the City of Greater Shepparton. At the , Katandra West had a population of 476. The town is the home base of the Katandra Football Club. Katandra fields ...

. The club teams currently compete in the

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History

After much talk in the district for many years the Katandra Football club was founded in 1911. Their first opponents were Rockville and Pine Grove. Reforming after World War I in the 1922 the club played in a small local association centered around

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. The small completion lasted until the height of the depression before taking a break for a few years. In 1936 the reformed to play in a competition with the small towns around Shepparton until the outbreak of World War II. Despite the blemish of 2012, the club has experienced success over the past decade. Winning premierships in all grades of football and many grades of netball. The most recent Senior premiership was in 2004. The A Grade netball team won their first premiership in 2009 and were able to follow this by being Runners Up in 2011 and winning the 2012 pennant. The Senior team recently completed a remarkable feat of completing 8 seasons with no worse finish than being Preliminary Finalists. This 8 season streak included 2 Premierships, 3 Runners Up and 3 Preliminary Finals losses. Unfortunately, the proud club has not competed in finals since 2010 and received its first wooden spoon in 2012 after finishing last in the eight team PDFL-South East competition. Past players to play AFL include Footscray ruckman Les Bartlett, Melbourne tough man Rod Grinter and Carlton best and fairest winner, David Teague. The club changed leagues following an administration disagreement between the AFL Goulburn-Valley and the

. The club wanted to remain under the AFL umbrella for player development and insurance so they joined the

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. They rejoined the

in 2020.

Football competitions timeline

Katandra FC have played in the following football competitions. *1936:

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*1937: Goulburn Valley Football Association

Football Premierships

;Seniors *

(3): ** 1998, 2003, 2004 *

Tungamah Football League The Benalla Tungamah Football League (TBFL) was established in May, 1938, from the following North Eastern Victoria, Australian rules football clubs – Benalla, Devenish, Katamatite, St. James, Tungamah and Yabba – Dookie. History The Benal ...

(8): ** 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1992 *

Benalla Tungamah Football League The Benalla Tungamah Football League (TBFL) was established in May, 1938, from the following North Eastern Victoria, Australian rules football clubs – Benalla, Devenish, Katamatite, St. James, Tungamah and Yabba – Dookie. History The Benal ...

(5): ** 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1966 *

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(2): ** 1950, 1951

Football – Runners up

;Seniors The club was runner-up in the –

* 2006, 2007, 2008

* 1970, 1971, 1972, 1989, 1991

* 1960

* 1952

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* 1939, 1940

Wooden Spoons

*Picola & District Football League (1): **2012

Football League: Best & Fairest winners

;Seniors *

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**1940 – Sandy McIntosh *

– Lawless Medal **1956 – Harry Brittain

AFL players

These Katandra players made their VFL / AFL debut in the following years – * 1942 – Eddie Ford,

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* 1945 –

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, St Kilda * 1968 – Les Bartlett, Footscray * 1972 –

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* ...

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* 1985 –

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* 1993 – Derek Hall,

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and

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* 2001 –

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References

External links

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Gameday website
{{Pdfl Picola & District Football Netball League clubs Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (state) 1911 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1911 Sports clubs and teams established in 1911 Netball teams in Victoria (state)