Queenscliff Football Club


The Queenscliff Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Coutas, is an Australian rules football and netball club that plays in the Bellarine Football League and situated in the township of Queenscliff, Victoria, on the Bellarine Peninsula.
Queenscliff teams currently play in the Bellarine Football League, of which the club is a founding member. Queenscliff plays its home games at the Queenscliff Recreation Reserve.
Queenscliff also has a junior section with under 10s, under 12s, under 14s, under 16s, under 18s along with the reserves and the seniors.

History

The club was established in 1884, just as the fishing-village of Queenscliff began to gain popularity as a tourist destination, due in part to the railway line from Geelong which had recently been completed. The Coutas played in an early version of the Bellarine Football League that ran from 1895 to 1914. Reformed after World War I, the club continued to play locally until 1923 when it joined the Geelong Football Association where it enjoyed some success.
Queenscliff played the 1957 season in the Polwarth Football League and continued in this league until the Bellarine Football League was formed in 1971. During its years in the Polwarth league, Queenscliff dominated it with Kevin Coltish at full-forward, winning seven premierships in eight seasons.
After the formation of the Bellarine League in 1971, Queenscliff remained a power club for some time, winning a premiership in 1975. But after that achievement, a 36-year premiership drought followed. Queenscliff's return to greatness came in 2011 when the club won its second BFL premiership, repeating the feat 2012 and 2013 to mark a rare three-peat.

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