Canberra Demons | ||
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Full name | Canberra Demons Football Club | |
Club details | ||
Founded | 1926 | |
Colours | ||
Competition | North East Australian Football League | |
Coach | Anthony Bourke | |
Ground(s) | Manuka Oval | |
Training ground(s) | Kingston Oval | |
Uniforms | ||
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The Canberra Demons (Formally known as the Eastlake Football Club) is a semi-professional Australian rules football club based in the inner-south of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory. The senior team competes in the North North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). It merged with Manuka Football Club in 1991.
In January 2016, the league announced that Eastlake would rebrand and now be known as Canberra-
Canberra Demons Junior side still trade by the name of Eastlake. They have extensive junior teams playing in the AFL Canberra junior leagues. The Eastlake Junior Demons range from Auskick to Under 16's. Eastlake also set up a team in the southern Tuggeranong suburb of Calwell called the Calwell Swans. The Calwell Swans range from Auskick to Under 12's, then players can either continue to play for Calwell's mother club, Eastlake or play for one of the two Tuggeranong AFL teams (Bulldogs or Lions).
. Jeremy Turner
Canberra (as Eastlake FC) have won AFL Canberra the second highest amounts of times (after Ainslie with 22 premierships). They have won AFL Canberra 19 times since joining the league in 1926.