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KEY FACTS

Official name
Lockington Bamawm United Football Club

Known as
Lockington Bamawm United

Formed
1990: merger of Lockington, Bamawm and Bamawm Extension

Colours
Navy blue and white

Emblem
Cats

Associated clubs
Lockington; Bamawm; Bamawm Extension

Affiliation (Current)
Heathcote District Football League (HDFL) 2001–2024

Affiliations (Historical)
Northern and Echuca Football League (NEFL) 1990–1996; Bendigo Football League (BFL) 1997–2000

Senior Premierships
Heathcote District Football League - 2011-12-13-14 (4 total)

Website
www.lockingtonbamawmunitedfc.vcfl.com.au

Lockington Bamawm United

Lockington Bamawm United - LBU for short - has been in existence for less than three complete decades but has already competed in three different leagues. When the club commenced in 1990 it was affiliated with the Northern and Echuca Football League, which had begun that same year following a merger between the Northern and Echuca Football Leagues. LBU was itself the result of a merger involving three erstwhile EFL rivals, Lockington, Bamawm and Bamawm Extension.

The NEFL only lasted seven seasons, with the Cats coming closest to claiming a senior grade flag in 1994 and 1996 when they reached the grand final, only to lose to Leitchville in the former year and Moama in the latter. After the NEFL folded LBU crossed to the Bendigo Football League where it spent four largely inglorious seasons. Since commencing in the Heathcote District Football League in 2001 it has enjoyed rather more in the way of success. It has been a regular finalist, and in 2002 made it through to the grand final in which it went down by 25 points to Colbinabbin. In 2010 there was another losing grand final appearance, with Heathcote taking the honours on this occasion. This was just a prelude to a sequence of five consecutive premiership play-offs, the last four of which were all won, at the expense of Heathcote in 2011, North Bendigo in 2012, Huntly in 2013 and North Bendigo once more in 2014. There then followed a dramatic dip in fortunes as the Cats plummeted to second from last in 2015 before succumbing to the wooden spoon a year later. There then followed a modicum of improvement during a 2017 season which spawned 4 wins from 16 matches, good enough for sixth place on the nine team premiership ladder. A year later the Cats qualified for the finals in fifth place which is where they ultimately finished following a 13 point first semi final loss to Colbinabbin.

LBU’s reserves have so far contested half a dozen HDFL grand finals for wins in 2004, 2009, 2011 and 2013.

Source

John Devaney - Full Points Publications


 

Footnotes

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