Mount Barker Football Club

Mount Barker Bulls
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Names
Full nameMount Barker Football Club
Nickname(s)Bulls
Club details
Founded1993
Colours  Green   White   Black
CompetitionGreat Southern Football League (GSFL)
PresidentMatthew Gilbert
Captain(s)David Stone
PremiershipsOne (1996)
Ground(s)Sounness Park, Mount Barker (capacity: 1,000)
Former ground(s)Frost Oval
Other information
Official website(Unofficial facebook page)
Guernsey:
Since 1999
Since 1999

The Mount Barker Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Mount Barker, Western Australia. Nicknamed the Bulls, the club plays in the Great Southern Football League,[1] with home games originally being hosted at Frost Oval (aka Frost Park) in Mount Barker but changed to Sounness Park in 2015.

Club history

During the early 1990s both the North and South Mount Barker Football Clubs were not performing well. Two teams in a small town stretched the limited number of players. Members of the North Mount Barker Football Club (the Demons) approached the South Mount Barker Hawks with the proposal that both teams amalgamate to make a stronger team for the town. Talks broke down and in 1993 the Demons were wound up and the Mount Barker Football Club was formed. The Hawks stayed on as a team but their coach and a number of players joined the newly founded Bulls.[2]

As of 2015, home games will be played at Sounness Park, Mount Barker.

Honourboard

League

Year Coach Captain Best & Fairest
(Russell Jones Memorial Trophy)		 Place
1994 Russell Cooper Alec Williams Russell Jones
1995 Merv Neagle Alec Williams Alec Williams
1996 Merv Neagle Alec Williams Alec Williams Premiers
1997 Alec Williams Murray Anning Steven Mead
1998 Alec Williams James Wynne
1999 Merv Neagle Murray Anning Kim Lange
2000 Rob Laidler Shane Kirkwood Kim Lange
2001 John Wright Matt Taylor Justin Parsons
2002 Mark Greene Matt Taylor Rhett Parsons
2003 Mick Mustey Matt Taylor Sam Lehmann
2004 Garry Coffey Tom Pollard Brett Colbung
2005 Garry Coffey Tom Pollard Justin Parsons
2006 Garry Coffey Tom Pollard Sam Lehmann
2007 Greg Bunker Craig Pieper Adam Pitt
2008 Greg Bunker Tristan King Luke McPartland
2009 Merv Neagle[3] Peter Taylor Sam Lehmann
2010 Gavin Morgan Sam Lehmann Peter Taylor
2011 Matt Taylor[4] Sam Lehmann Sam Lehmann 5th
2012 Matt Taylor Sam Lehmann Sam Lehmann 3rd
2013 Phil Gilbert[5] Sam Lehmann Sam Lehmann 4th
2014 Ryan Ballard Sam Lehmann Nathan Skinner 5th
2015 Ryan Ballard Sam Lehmann Peter Taylor 5th
2016 Shane Thompson[6] Sam Lehmann[7] Peter Taylor 2nd
2017 Shane Thompson[8] Sam Lehmann Corey Byrne 3rd
2018 Brad Hook[9] Peter Taylor[10] Joel Gray 3rd
2019 Brad Hook Peter Taylor Sam Lehmann 3rd
2020 Brad Hook Peter Taylor Lee Pavlovich 5th
2021 David Johnson David Stone Scott Price 5th

Reserves

Year Coach Captain Best & Fairest
1994 Winston Williams Winston Williams Greg Gray
1995 Paul Garbellini Brad Kleemann Daryl Williams
1996 Paul Wegner
1997 Billy Krakouer Kelvin Anning
1998 John Wright Craig Dayman
1999 John Wright/Murray Anning Various each week John Wright
2000 John Wright Greg Melia & Danny Richmond Pete Horsington
2001 Shane Kirkwood Various each week Cameron Williamson
2002 Shane Kirkwood Various each week Cameron Williamson
2003 Shane Kirkwood Kim Skinner Daniel Martin
2004 Tom Pollard Various each week Daniel Martin
2005 Tom Pollard Daniel Martin Jeremy Godden
2006 Syd Anning Josh Toovey Shane Kirkwood
2007 John Wright/Michael Baker Various each week Paul Anning
2008 Syd Anning Various each week Josh Toovey
2009 Cecil Wynne Sr. Brad McLean Sam Hobley
2010 Cecil Wynne Sr. Shane Ugle Jarrad Beech
2011 Brett Greeney Pete Horsington Shane Van Reeken
2012 Brett Greeney Damon Brennan Michael Baker
2013 Pete Horsington Tristan King Tristan King
2014 Jay Rowles Tristan King Dylan Pieper
2015 Danny Richmond Jarrad Beech Henry Graham
2016 Antony Sewell Clinton Gilbert Tristan King
2017 Tristan King Clinton Gilbert Ryan Ballard
2018 Tristan King Justin Parsons Justin Parsons
2019 Tristan King Justin Parsons Justin Parsons
2020 Tristan King Matt Gilbert Mick Hick
2021 Tristan King Clinton Gilbert & Bradyn Bennett Ryan Ballard

Colts

Year Coach Captain Best & Fairest
1994 Alec Williams Darryn Ashton Gavin Wilkes
1995 Alec Williams Matthew Taylor Matthew Taylor
1996 Garry Coffey Brad Hook
1997 Garry Coffey Dylan Henderson
1998 Garry Coffey Kris Waddington
1999 Charlie Staite David Melia David Melia
2000 Wayne Donohoe Tristan King Laurence Hurst
2001 Paul Garbellini Mathew Stamopolous Dylan Trent
2002 Paul Garbellini Various each week Peter Taylor
2003 Gary Coffey Ben Oldfield Andy Evans
2004 Troy Hornby Peter Taylor/Jamie Pickles Johnno Standish
2005 Jarrad Gardner Craig Anning Ben Ireland
2006 No team - -
2007 Dylan Judd Steven Scott Steven Scott
2008 Stuart Duggin Angus Meredith Angus Meredith
2009 Stuart Duggin Liam Gardner Luke St Jack
2010 Brett Greeney Luke St Jack Jack Bowden
2011 No Team - -
2012 No Team - -
2013 Jay Rowles Daniel Richardson Beau Thomason
2014 No Team - -
2015 No Team - -
2016 Jay Rowles Joel Gray Joel Gray
2017 David Stone Jacob Skinner Aidin Williss
2018 Terry Williams Rhys Hogg Nitan Benavides
2019 Terry Williams Jamie Lawn & Bryton Dorain Jye Williss
2020 Ryan Ballard Tristan Ballard Locke Rowland
2021 Clinton Smart Josh Davenport Ben Kirkwood

Under 17s

Year Coach Captain Best & Fairest
2011 Brad Hook Jack Bowden Jack Bowden
2012 Brad Hook Dean Couper Russell Wynne
2013 Dean Braithwaite Zettlin Weedon Zettlin Weedon
2014 Gordon Reid Joel Gray Joel Gray
2015 Jay Rowles Jordon Reid Jordon Reid & Aidin Williss

Under 16s

Year Coach Captain Best & Fairest
2018 Clint Williss Jye Williss Heath Brown
2019 Ryan Ballard Tristan Ballard Tristan Ballard
2020 Luis Benavides Sebastian Ballard Ben Kirkwood
2021 Cain Askevold Alex Skinner & Will Watkin Jarrod Pearce

Women's

Year Coach Captain Best & Fairest
2020 Brad Hook Kate Harriss Georgia Kowald
2021 Cain Askevold Kate Harriss Georgia Kowald

Records and achievements

Records

Highest Score: 34.22 (226) v. Albany (Round 3, 2012)

Lowest Score: 0.3 (3) v. Railways (Round 8, 2007)

Highest winning margin: 193 points - 32.13 (205) v. 1.6 (12) against Denmark/Walpole (Round 2, 2002)

Premierships

League: 1: 1996

Reserves: 2: 1999, 2011,[11] 2020

Colts: 1: 1997

Under 17's: 1: 2015

Other GSFL Awards

Kleemann Medalists (GSFL League Fairest & Best)

1997 - Steven Mead
2011 - Sam Lehmann

League Leading Goalkicker

2004 - Brett Greeney (48)
2009 - Ben Saunders (41)

2019 - Dionne Woods (42)

Charlie Punch Medal (GSFL Reserves Fairest & Best)

2007 - Tynan Coffey

2017 - Ryan Ballard

Warrick Proudlove Medal (GSFL Colts Fairest & Best)

2015 - Kenneth Farmer

2019 - Arthur Jones

Reserves Leading Goalkicker

2008 - Paul Anning (24)

Rod Gillies Medal (GSFL Colts Fairest & Best)

1997 - Shane Thompson

Colts Leading Goalkicker

2008 - Ben Saunders (68)

Harry Reeves Colts Best & Fairest - Great Southern Carnival

2006 - Luke McPartland

AFL Players

AFL player Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle) started his football career playing for the Bulls Under 17s.[12][13]
Former Essendon and Sydney player Merv Neagle[14][15][16][17] has coached and played for the Bulls.

WAFL Players

Five former Bulls players currently are listed as players in the WAFL in 2018 and one is an assistant coach.

  • Ben Saunders[18][19] played league and reserves for South Fremantle in 2018.
  • Russell Wynne[20] played league and reserves for East Fremantle in 2018.
  • Cameron Quenby[21] and Jordon Reid[22] played reserves for Claremont in 2018.
  • Aidin Williss[23] is listed in Claremont's playing roster but has yet to play a game for league or reserves.
  • Shane Thompson[24] (former player and coach) is an assistant coach at East Fremantle.

Former MBFC players Dale Ballantyne and Justin Parsons have played for Claremont Football Club.[25]

References

  1. ^ http://www.australianrulesfootball.com.au/pages/MountBarkerFC
  2. ^ "Wa Footy Forum-Great Southern Football League - 2005". 12 June 2005.
  3. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/nt/content/2006/s2703671.htm [dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Football: New Bulls coach taking no bull Yahoo!7 Sport". Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Coach believes team can fight back - Great Southern". Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Bulls edge out Kangas to continue good form | The West Australian". 14 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Bulls edge out Kangas to continue good form | The West Australian". 14 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Recruits get chop in Bulls' flag tilt | The West Australian". 14 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Bulls four quarter effort ends Tigers winning run | The West Australian". 12 June 2018.
  10. ^ "The Albany Advertiser". 25 September 2023.
  11. ^ http://gsweekender.realviewdigital.com/?iid=54191&startpage=page0000070 [dead link‍]
  12. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Record number of WA country footballers in AFL". Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  14. ^ http://www.aflvic.com.au/index.php?id=14&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1430&tx_ttnews[backPid]=4&cHash=c3450af89c
  15. ^ "Big crowd to farewell former Essendon midfielder Merv Neagle at Walla Walla | News.com.au". Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  16. ^ "SEN SportSENtral > Article". Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  17. ^ http://www.awnw.com.au/merv-neagle-a-winner-on-and-off-the-field/
  18. ^ "Saunders good enough for AFL: Coach - Great Southern". Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  19. ^ "WAFL - West Australian Football League". Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  20. ^ "Russell WYNNE | WAFL". Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  21. ^ "Cameron QUENBY | WAFL". Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  22. ^ "Jordon REID | WAFL". Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  23. ^ "Aidin WILLISS | WAFL". Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  24. ^ "Staff and Board - East Fremantle FC". Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  25. ^ "Dale Ballantyne Appointed Country Development Manager - WA FOOTY FORUM". 22 January 2006.