Balaklava Football Club
The Balaklava Football & Netball Club, nicknamed The Peckers is an Australian rules football club based in Balaklava, South Australia that competes in the Adelaide Plains Football League.
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| Names | |
| Full name | Balaklava Football & Netball Club |
| Nickname(s) | The Peckers |
| Club details | |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Colours | Green Gold |
| Competition | Adelaide Plains Football League |
| Premierships | 21 ( 1909, 1910,1913, 1919, 1923, 1933, 1938, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2011 ) |
| Ground(s) | Ralli Park, Balaklava |
The club is based at Ralli Park in Balaklava. The club fields teams in the A Grade, Reserves, Senior Colts and Junior Colts grades.
Club history
The Balaklava Football Club was formed in 1903 and played challenge matches against nearby teams including Port Wakefield, Halbury and Werocata. Balaklava became a founding member of the Balaklava and Wakefield Football Association in 1909, which became the Wooroora Football Association in 1910. In 1926 Balaklava joined the Wakefield Football Association and divided into Balaklava Centrals and Balaklava Rovers that year. Balaklava reformed in 1933 and continued in Wakefield and then transferred to Adelaide Plains Football League in 1940. Balaklava have remained an active member of Adelaide Plains since that time.[1]
Mail Medals
- 1940 - John Stephens
- 1953 - Perce Jarvis
- 1954 - Royce Zerk
- 1963 - Allan Aldenhoven
- 1967 - Brian Stewart
- 1972 - Robert Olsen
- 1976 - John King
- 1977 - John King
- 1981 - Gary Wilson
- 1986 - Paul Nowlan
- 1991 - Andrew Michael
- 1993 - Ian Langdon
- 1999 - Dale Williams
- 2003 - Gary Wehr
- 2006 - Hayden Walker
- 2010 - Hayden Walker
- 2019 - Lachlan Michael
Premierships
Seniors
- Balaklava and Wakefield FA
- 1909
- Wooroora FA
- 1910, 1913, 1919, 1923
- Wakefield FA
- 1933, 1938
- Adelaide Plains FL
- 1951, 1957, 1958, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2019
Reserves
- 1959, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1998, 2011
Senior Colts
- 1971, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1991, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2013
Junior Colts
- 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1993, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Books
- Encyclopedia of South Australian country football clubs / compiled by Peter Lines. ISBN 9780980447293
- South Australian country football digest / by Peter Lines ISBN 9780987159199