The Modewarre Football and Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Warriors'', is an
Australian rules football 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 situated near the rural town of
Moriac
Moriac is a town in Victoria, Australia, located approximately west of Geelong. It forms part of the Surf Coast Shire. At the 2016 census, Moriac had a population of 782. A Post Office opened on 1 August 1854 as Duneed, was renamed Mount Mori ...
,
Victoria. Modewarre teams currently compete in the
Bellarine Football League
The Bellarine Football Netball League (BFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula region of Victoria, Australia. Established in 1971 as the Bellarine & District Football League, the competi ...
.
The club, established in 1878, plays its home games at the Mount Moriac Recreation Reserve,
Mount Moriac.
Premierships
*
Geelong & District Football League
The Geelong & District Football League (GDFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball league in Victoria, being the oldest surviving competition in the region. It is one of three leagues in the Geelong area, the others being the Geelong ...
(11): 1931, 1938, 1952, 1954, 1960, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1989, 1994
*
Bellarine Football League
The Bellarine Football Netball League (BFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula region of Victoria, Australia. Established in 1971 as the Bellarine & District Football League, the competi ...
(1): 2018
*
AFL Barwon Female Football
AFL Barwon Female Football is a women's Australian rules football competition based in the greater Geelong, Victoria, Geelong region. The first season of senior football held for women in the area was 2018. The senior competition has since swel ...
(1): 2023 (Division 3)
Notable VFL/AFL players
*
Gary Ablett, Jr.
Gary Ablett Jr. (born 14 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). The eldest son of Australian Football Hall of Fame m ...
with
Geelong
Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...
and
Gold Coast
*
Nathan Ablett
Nathan Ablett (born 13 December 1985) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Gold Coast and Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL).
A key forward, tall and weighing , Nathan is the youngest son of Gary Ablett Sr an ...
with
Geelong
Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...
and
Gold Coast
*
Ed Curnow with
Carlton
*
Ced Hovey
Cedric John Hovey (12 July 1918 – 19 February 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Career
Hovey, who came from Modewarre, was runner-up in the Geelong seconds best and faire ...
with
Geelong
Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...
*
Jim Hovey with
Geelong
Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...
*
Ron Hovey
Ronald Clive Hovey (25 August 1932 – 6 January 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Career
Hovey played in the 1947 Shepparton Boys Football Club's Central Goulburn Valley ...
with
Geelong
Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...
*
John Meesen with
Adelaide
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and
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a me ...
* Wayne Carroll
Bibliography
* ''Cat Country: History of Football in the Geelong Region'' by John Stoward – Aussie Footy Books, 2008 –
References
External links
Official website
Bellarine Football League
Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (state)
Sports clubs and teams established in 1879
Australian rules football clubs established in 1879
1879 establishments in Australia
Netball teams in Victoria (state)
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