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Harrow Balmoral Football Netball Club

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Harrow Balmoral
Names
Nickname(s)Southern Roos
Club details
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Colours  Blue   White
CompetitionHorsham District Football League
PremiershipsFootball
Seniors (8):1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024
Reserves (2): 2014, 2019
U/17s (2): 2008, 2019
U/16s (1): 2003
U/14s (1):2015
U/13s (1): 2006

Netball
A Grade (5): 1997, 1999, 2013, 2014, 2016
B Grade (2): 1999, 2016
C Grade (5): 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
C Reserve (1): 2014
U/17s (6): 1999, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2018
U15s (0)
U13s (4): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2016
Ground(s)Harrow Recreation Reserve
Balmoral Recreation Reserve
Uniforms
Home

The Harrow Balmoral Football Netball Club is a sports club based in the towns of Harrow and Balmoral in Western Victoria, Australia. The club has netball and Australian Rules Football teams competing in the Horsham District Football League.[1]

The club was formed following a merger of Balmoral Football Club and Douglas-Harrow-Miga Lake Football Club in November 1996. A coin toss by new president Tom Houlihan determined the name to be Harrow Balmoral and not Balmoral Harrow.[2]

The theme song is "We are Blue, We are White", sung to the tune of "Along the Road to Gundagai".

Harrow-Balmoral won its first football seniors premiership in 1999, defeating Kalkee Football Club by 1 point.[3] The A Grade Netball won their first premiership in the club's first year, 1997. They won again in 1999, also beating Kalkee with the exact same score as the football (46 to 45). The senior footballers have won seven further premierships in the Horsham District league, including most recently in 2024.

Harrow Balmoral maintain a rivalry with neighbouring club Edenhope Apsley. They play for the West Wimmera Shield every year, of which the winner is the club with the most wins when the two sides meet.[4]

Teams and Grades

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Grade Coach Captain Premierships
Seniors Football Jai Thompson 1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2023
Reserves Football Quentin Willmott Alex Hodgson 2014, 2019
Under 17s Football 2008, 2019
Under 14s Football Ed Ferguson 2015
A Grade Netball 1997, 1999, 2013, 2014, 2016
B Grade Netball 1999, 2016
C Grade Netball 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
C Reserve Netball 2014
Under 17s Netball 1999, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2018
Under 15s Netball
Under 13s Netball 2004, 2005, 2006, 2016

References

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  1. ^ "Harrow Balmoral Football Netball Club | PlayHQ". www.playhq.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  2. ^ Crabtree, Richard (2019-02-11). "The Harrow-Balmoral amalgamation split straight down the line | Merging Histories". The Wimmera Mail-Times. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  3. ^ Crabtree, Richard (2019-04-30). "The smallest of margins: Harrow-Balmoral's 1999 premierships". The Wimmera Mail-Times. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  4. ^ Macchia, Elijah (2017-06-11). "Guthrie shines on return". The Wimmera Mail-Times. Retrieved 2023-08-13.