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KEY FACTS

Official name
Bonbeach Football Club

Known as
Bonbeach

Nickname
Beaches

Formed
1961

Colours
Black, red and white

Emblem
Sharks

Affiliation (Current)
Mornington Peninsula Football Netball League (MPFNL) 1987–2024

Affiliation (Historical)
Nepean Football League (NPL) 1961–1986

Senior Premierships
Nepean Football League (NFL) - 1979, 1982, 1984 (3 total)

Postal Address
P.O. Box 464, Chelsea 3196, Victoria

Website
bonbeachfc.vcfl.com.au/

Bonbeach

Bonbeach’s most noteworthy period to date came during the late 1970s and early 1980s when the club was a member of the Nepean Football League. Between 1977 and 1984 the senior grade side contested half a dozen grand finals, winning those of 1979 against Frankston YCW, 1982 by a single point against Pines, and 1984 at the expense of Red Hill.

When the NFL merged with the Mornington Peninsula Football League in December 1986 Bonbeach transferred its affiliation to the new competition, known as the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League. The Sharks have yet to claim any senior grade MPNFL premierships but they ran second in the Nepean Division in both 2003 and 2004. 

Since 2005 Bonbeach has competed in the MPFL’s Peninsula competition, with a best finishing position of runners-up on two occasions, to Edithvale Aspendale in 2013, and to Frankston YCW in 2017. The 2018 season brought a dip in fortunes as the Sharks only managed 8 wins from 18 matches to finish seventh (of ten). A year later, with the Peninsula competition having been renamed Division One, Bonbeach did well to get as far as the preliminary final, only to go down fighting against Dromana.

Source

John Devaney - Full Points Publications

 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.