North Bendigo Football Club

The North Bendigo Football Club is an Australian rules football club that competes in the Heathcote District Football League (HDFL).[1]

North Bendigo
Names
Full nameNorth Bendigo Football & Netball Club
Nickname(s)Bulldogs
Club details
Founded1945 (1945)
ColoursRed white blue
CompetitionHDFL
PremiershipsHDFL (3); 2015, 2016, 2019
Ground(s)HIBO Hotel Oval, North Bendigo
Other information
Official websiteNBFNC

The club, known as the North Bendigo Bulldogs, is based in North Bendigo, Victoria and has participated in the HDFL since 1996.

The Bulldogs have appeared in 5 grand finals, winning two, most recently in 2016.

Greater Bendigo

History

Early years

There was a team called North Bendigo that played one season in 1887. For the next forty years a team called California Gully represented the area.

Formally constituted

In 1945 a group of returned servicemen got together and formed the North Bendigo Football Club. The club was accepted into the Bendigo Football Association and they continued in the competition even when it changed its name to Golden City FL in 1960.

In 1981 Golden City FL merged with the Bendigo Football League and North Bendigo continued to play in the merged league until 1995 when they opted to move to the Heathcote DFL.

Heathcote DFL (1996 onward)

During its time in the HDFL North Bendigo was not successful and was new to the league. During their time over 14 years they went to the finals only a couple of times with little progression through the years.

In 2012 after a couple of good seasons they reached the grand final only to suffer a massive defeat to LBU by 94 points. The next season (2013) they finished 3rd before losing in the Prelim to Huntly by 66. In 2014 they finished first lost to LBU once again. The next season they finished second at the end of the H&A Season after Leitchville Gunbower and finally won the Grand Final. They won back to back premierships.

2019 saw North Bendigo finish as the HDFL minor premiers. In the second semi final, Colbinabbin defeated North Bendigo by 26 points. North Bendigo then played Mount Pleasant in the Preliminary final in which North Bendigo won by 90 points. The next week, North bendigo went on to defeat Colbinabbin by 36 points in the 2019 HDFL Grand Final.

Rivalries

North Bendigo's Biggest rivals are Leitchville Gunbower, LBU and Huntly.

Honours


Premierships & Grand Finals

Year Competition Winner Runner-up Score
1955 Bendigo FA Kangaroo Flat North Bendigo 82 - 72
1966 Golden City FL North Bendigo Northern United 66 - 52
1967 Golden City FL Northern United North Bendigo 113 - 66
1968 Golden City FL White Hills North Bendigo 102 - 75
1974 Golden City FL North Bendigo Northern United 82 - 77
1977 Golden City FL North Bendigo Northern United 101 - 70
1982 Bendigo FL Div 2 YCW North Bendigo 104 - 99
2012 Heathcote DFL Lockington Bamawm Utd North Bendigo 140 – 46
2015 Heathcote DFL North Bendigo Leitchville Gunbower 73 – 63
2016 Heathcote DFL North Bendigo Leitchville Gunbower 102 – 82
2017 Heathcote DFL Leitchville Gunbower North Bendigo 108 – 82
2018 Heathcote DFL Leitchville Gunbower North Bendigo 94 – 85
2019 Heathcote DFL North Bendigo Colbinabbin 70 – 34

Books
  • History of Football in the Bendigo District – John Stoward – ISBN 978-0-9805929-1-7

References
  1. "Contact Us - North Bendigo Football Club - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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