Club history.
Established in 1878, Bannockburn is one of the oldest continuously operating clubs in Victoria. At the end of the WWI, the club was competing in the Leigh Cup competition until it disbanded in 1923. The club moved to the Mathison Cup in 1924, and then later the Elliott Cup. In 1953 the club moved to the Geelong & District Football league. Player shortage in 1956 forced a merger with neighbouring club Lethbridge, the merger lasted 3 years before Lethbridge went it alone before they too went into recess in 1962.
In 1970 the club reformed after having a hiatus since the end of 1958. They were accepted into Woolworth Cup (2nd division) competition of the GDFL. The club had the occasional success in the 1970s as they were a middle-of-the-road club that would make the finals only to lose at the end of the season. Relegated to 2nd Division in 1984, the club lost the 1984 Grand final by 41 points. In 1985 they were minor premiers, only to crash out by losing both finals. In 1990 they won the Premiership by defeating Thomson by 52 points.
Promoted into 1st division the club went back to back in 1997 and 1998. A further premiership was won in 2003.
2019 was a massive year for the club, with not only our Senior football team, as massive underdogs, upsetting Thomson to win our first premiership in 16 years by 6 points, but our A Grade netballers won their first premiership cup, along with our Under 17 netballers.
After two very disrupted years due to the Covid pandemic, we are looking forward to season 2022, with a new look coaching team for our senior team in Jack Brauman and Ron Pilgrim, ably assisted by Dan Measures, as well as Ryan Thewlis coaching our reserves side. We are also very excited to see the majority of our 2021 Under 19’s side move up into the senior sides for the very first time.