Bears Lagoon Serpentine Football Club

The Bears Lagoon Serpentine Football Club is an Australian Rules Football club which competes in the LVFL in Victoria, Australia.

Bears Lagoon Serpentine
Names
Full nameBears Lagoon Serpentine Football & Netball Club
Nickname(s)Bears
Club details
Founded1945 (1945)
Colours  Indigo   Gold
CompetitionLVFL
PremiershipsLVFL (12) 1947, 1948, 1949, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1994, 1995
Ground(s)Serpentine Recreation Reserve, Serpentine
Other information
Official websiteBLSFNC

The club, known as the Bears Lagoon Serpentine Bears, represents the localities of Bears Lagoon and Serpentine and has participated in the LVFL since 1945.

The Bears have appeared in many grand finals, winning twelve; the most recent in 1995.

Location

Location of BLS (Victoria)

History

Success (1945 - 1995)

BLS has won twelve premierships in the LVFL and is the third most successful team in the league by premierships however hasn't has success since 1995. The team also finished as wooden spooners at the end of the 2016 season.

Rivalries

Because of the small sized football league rivalries are few and far between and most teams aren't overly aggressive towards each other, however BLS's main rivals are Bridgewater, Newbridge & Pyramid Hill.

Honours

Premierships

Year Winner Score Runner-up Score
1947 Bears Lagoon Serpentine 3.9.27 Bridgewater 3.8.26
1948 Bears Lagoon Serpentine 12.7.79 Inglewood 9.17.71
1949 Bears Lagoon Serpentine 2.6.18 Bridgewater 2.3.15
1960 Bears Lagoon Serpentine 3.4.22 Mitiamo 2.7.19
1961 Bears Lagoon Serpentine 7.8.50 Bridgewater 5.12.42
1965 Bears Lagoon Serpentine 8.10.58 Inglewood 5.5.35
1966 Bears Lagoon Serpentine 10.5.65 Mitiamo 7.6.48
1982 Bears Lagoon Serpentine 11.13.79 Bridgewater 12.6.78
1983 Bears Lagoon Serpentine 18.17.125 Bridgewater 14.17.101
1992 Bears Lagoon Serpentine 11.12.78 Newbridge 6.6.42
1994 Bears Lagoon Serpentine 21.15.141 YCW 12.11.83
1995 Bears Lagoon Serpentine 14.5.89 Mitiamo 12.13.85

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