Moama | ||
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Names | ||
Full name | Moama Football Netball Club | |
Nickname(s) | Magpies, Mowers | |
Club details | ||
Founded | 1892 | |
Colours | ||
Competition | Murray FNL | |
Chairman | Matt Lake | |
Coach | Sam Sheldon | |
Ground(s) | Main Oval, Moama Recreation Reserve | |
Jack Eddy Oval | ||
Uniforms | ||
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The Moama Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Moama located in the Riverina district of New South Wales. The club teams currently compete in the Murray FNL, which Moama joined in 1997.
The Moama Football Club has teams in leagues that range from Under 12s to Seniors. Their Under 14s team gained local publicity for winning four premierships back-to-back from 2012 to 2015.[1] Under the coaching of Under 17s coach Adrian Daly, the under 17s have also won 4 premierships in a row spanning from 2013 to 2017 also several players have gone on to play for representative teams such as the New South Wales Rams and the Victoria Country squad.
Australian Test cricketer Todd Murphy played and captained for the club in his teenage years alongside playing cricket.[2]
Premierships
League | Total flags | Premiership year(s) |
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Echuca & Moama Football Association[3] | 1 | 1907 |
Northern Goulburn Valley Football League | 1 | 1930 |
Echuca Football League | 5 | 1965, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1981 |
Northern & Echuca Football League | 2 | 1992, 1996 |
Murray Football League | 1 | 2010 |
Ground
References
- โ Murray Football League Grand Final Day EchucaMoama.com. Published 19 September 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2016
- โ www.sen.com.au Published 13 February 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023
- โ Moama Football Club , Riverine Herald 26 Sep 1907, pg 2