Bell Post Hill Football Club
| Bell Post Hill Football Club | |
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| Names | |
| Nickname(s) | Panthers |
| Motto | Many People, One Attitude |
| 2010,11,12 2014.15.16 season | |
| Leading goalkicker | Justin Tarr & Joel Page (61) |
| Best and fairest | Renn Lovitt |
| Club details | |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Colours | Blue and red |
| President | Bill McAuliffe |
| Coach | Brad Martin |
| Captain(s) | Cameron Addie & Joel Page |
| Ground(s) | Myers Reserve, Bell Post Hill, Victoria |
| Other information | |
| Official website | [1] |
The Bell Post Hill Football Club, known as the Panthers, is a football club currently playing in the Geelong & District Football League (GDFL) fielding senior, reserves and under, 14s, 12s, 10s and youth girls team in 2017. They are the current reigning GDFL premiers, winning the 2016 premiership and have won 6 of the last 7 GDFL premierships.
Their home ground is Myers Reserve, Creamery Rd, Bell Post Hill. They are currently coached by former premiership captain Brad Martin.The team jerseys are red and blue vertical stripes.
The club was formed in 1976 as a junior football club, in 1977 a senior side entered the Geelong & District Football League.
Bell Post Hill reached their first senior Grand Final in 1983 losing to Thomson. They reached the Grand Final again in 1988 losing narrowly to Lara, they wouldn't reach another for 20 years until 2008 when they again lost to Thomson. In 2009 the Panthers again reached the Grand Final, losing to East Geelong in a spiteful contest. The hoodoo was finally broken in 2010, in their third consecutive GDFL Grand Final appearance, defeating minor premiers Werribee Centrals by 103 points.
Bell Post Hill went into the 2010 GDFL finals series with a 15–3 regular season record, finishing second on the ladder, one game behind Werribee Centrals. The Panthers faced old rival Bannockburn in the Qualifying final, a five-goal second quarter set up a 38-point win.
The Second Semi-Final saw Bell Post Hill face Werribee Centrals, after a tight first quarter, Bell Post Hill once again rallied in the second and eventually ran away with a 68-point victory and a spot in the Grand Final.
With Werribee Centrals defeating Bannockburn in the preliminary final, the Panthers would face the Centurions twice in a row. Bell Post Hill came flying out of the blocks and kicked 6 goals to 1 in the first quarter and had 10 goals on the board at half time, it should have been more due to some inaccurate kicking for goal. After half-time the Panthers put the foot down keeping the Centurions goalless in the third quarter and then kicking 7 goals in the last to run out 103 point winners.
Goals: Bell Post Hill – J Pyle 8, M Jovanovic 4, D Holzfeind 3, R Cavka 2, T Barton, S Lewis, C Bacely, C Moreland 1
Werribee Centrals – T Johns 2, D Leatch 1, N Lovell 1, B Pilkington 1, S Calbert 1
Best: Bell Post Hill – J Pyle, D Holzfeind, B Martin, J Symes, S Overall, C Moreland
Werribee Centrals – A Burke, B Pilkington, D Hall, D Leatch, B Chugg
After finishing top of the ladder, the Panthers went straight through to the Grand Final by defeating East Geelong by 21 points in the second semi final. They then faced the Eagles again two weeks later in the Grand Final. Trailing by 19 points at half-time and 11 points at three-quarter time, the Panthers surged in the last-quarter, kicking 7 goals to 1, to run out 27 point winners and claim back-to-back senior premierships.
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