Australian Football

North Gambier was formed in 1926 and spent its first twelve seasons competing in the South East Football Association. During that time it contested a total of four grand finals, winning those of 1928 and 1929. Between 1938 and 1945 the club was in recess and on its resumption affiliated with the Mount Gambier and District Football Association. The twin highlights of the Tigers' eighteen season stint in this competition were premiership hat tricks from 1946 to 1948 and between 1960 and 1962. North also finished second in the MGDFA four times.

The 1964 season saw North lining up as a foundation member of the Western Border Football League, a competition which includes clubs from both sides of the South Australia-Victoria border. The Tigers went top in their very first season in the WBFL, overcoming Heywood in the grand final by 19 points, 10.14 (74) to 8.7 (55).  Besides 1964, the club triumphed in 1979 at the expense of West Gambier, 1987 against East Gambier and 1989 over Portland. Its next five grand final appearances, against South Gambier in 1998 and 2000, Hamilton in 2004, Portland in 2007 and West Gambier in 2011 all ended in defeat.

With the WBFL trimming down to just half a dozen clubs the Tigers have re-emerged as a force in recent years winning a hat trick of flags between 2012 and 2014 and adding another in 2016 courtesy of an 8.16 (64) to 8.4 (52) grand final defeat of South Gambier. They again qualified for the grand final in 2017 and having already comfortably defeated opponents East Gambier in the second semi final they were warmly favoured to win. However, the Bulldogs had other ideas as they cruised to a 37 point triumph.

The 2018 season brought an alarming decline in fortunes as the Tigers managed just 3 wins from 16 matches to finish a distant fifth, 4 wins plus percentage behind fourth placed East Gambier.