The Manor Lakes Football Club is an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
club which compete in the
Western Region Football League
The Western Region Football League is an Australian rules football semi-professional league, based in the western suburbs of Melbourne, for both seniors and juniors.
History
The league was formed in 1931 as the "Footscray District Football L ...
since 2013. They are based in the Melbourne suburb of
Manor Lakes.
History
Manor Lakes initially aimed to start a junior club for the 2013 season, but soon found demand for a senior game was also high in booming outer Melbourne suburb of Wyndhamvale.
When the committee was first formed the aim was to provide for junior football in the area. But the overwhelming response to the Manor Lakes Facebook page and a few other outlets was too much to ignore so the committee set about bringing on senior football.
Manor Lakes developed a club jumper and Heath Hunter was appointed senior coach.
[http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/04/17/566977_country-footy.html ] fourteen players transferred with him from
Trentham (in the
MCDFL) . A further eighteen players have transferred from neighbouring clubs.
The club was admitted to
WRFL
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2nd Division for 2013. As of 2020 the senior side is in recess.
Bibliography
* ''History of football in Melbourne's north west'' by John Stoward –
References
External links
Official Club Website
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Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne
Australian rules football clubs established in 2012
2012 establishments in Australia
Western Region Football League clubs
Sport in the City of Wyndham