Springbank Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Tigers, 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 ...

team based in the Central Highlands district of Victoria in the small town of Springbank. The club plays in the

Central Highlands Football League The Central Highlands Football League is an Australian Rules Football League in the Ballarat region. The league coordinates Senior, Reserve, Under 18, Under 15 and Under 12 grades. History The CHFL was formed in 1979 as a merger of the Clunes ...

History

The team was formerly known as the '' Wallace Rovers'' they were formed in 1925. The team played for a short time in the ''Dunnstown Football Association'' before going into recess in the mid-1930s. Reforming and joining the Bungaree Football Association, Springbank soon had its first premiership in 1939 then again in 1940. The interruption caused by World War 2 slowed the development of football in the area. Reforming again after the war, Springbank continued in the Bungaree FA until the competition folded and unlike the other clubs that moved to the Clunes FL Springbank went into recess. A group of enthusiasts reformed the club in 1963 and the club entered the Clunes Football League. Success came immediately with the club winning five premierships in a row. Springbank's senior side has had the most successful run of all clubs since joining the

with five premierships. In 1996, the Football and Netball Clubs merged to become one incorporated body as the club was re-named Springbank Football Netball Club. The netball side has been successful across this time with eight premierships in

. In 2013, former Australian Diamonds squad member

Cynna Kydd Cynna Kydd ( née Neele; born 18 September 1981 in Kyabram, Victoria) is a former Australian professional netball player. Kydd achieved some success in netball and swimming in her early life, and played in the Dairy Farmers State League at the ...

and husband Garth signed on to coach winning both A and B grade grand finals in the first year.

Premierships

* Bungaree Football Association ** 1939, 1940, 1946, 1948 * Clunes Football League ** 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972 *

** 1990, 2000, 2001, 2015, 2016 * Netball

** 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017"History"
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VFL/AFL players

* Andrew Tranquilli - * Shannon Donegan - Geelong * Andy Challis - Gold Coast Suns * Mitch Grace - Fremantle James Reicha - St Kilda

Bibliography

*''History of Football in the Ballarat District'' by John Stoward -

References

External links

* Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (state) Netball teams in Victoria (state) {{AFL-team-stub