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Finals Football is here again, and three out of the four Uni Blues teams will be featuring in the September action.
Premier - 1st Semi Final
De La Salle V Uni Blues 2:10pm Sunday 29th August (Sports Cover Arena)

Premier Thirds - 1st Semi Final
Old Melbournians V Uni Blues 9:30am 29th August (Sports Cover Arena) 

Premier Reserves - 2nd Semi Final
De La Salle V Uni Blues 11:45am Sunday 5th September (Sports Cover Arena)

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History, Honour Boards, About Us...

Under 19 Premierships

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U19 Section-1 (4)
1974 University Blues def Coburg
1975 University Blues def Coburg
1995 University Blues def Old Xavarians (c)
1997 University Blues def Old Paradians

U19 Section-2 (1)
1972 University Blues def North Old Boys

GRAND FINALS
U19 Section-1 (7) - 1974, 75, 95, 96, 97, 99, 2003
U19 Section-2 (1) - 1972

(c) Denotes Premiers & Champions

 

Club 18 Premierships

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Section-1
2008 University Blues (8.8-56) def Old Xaverians (5.7-37)

Section-3
2004 University Blues def Old Trinity (c)

(c) Denotes Premiers & Champions

 

VAFA Awards

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A-Section Leading Goalkicker Goals
1950 J.D. Anderson 75
1951 J.D. Anderson 128
1952 J.D. Anderson 54
1953 J.D. Anderson ?
1955 G.W. Dahlenburg 70
1956 G.W. Dahlenburg 54
1957 P.B. Woodhouse 86
1965 L.N. Hooper 55
1971 D.S. Barkly 85
1976 Mark Tyquin 77
1979 P. Karvelis 77
1980 P. Karvelis 104
1989 D. MacInnes 75
1995 A. Lennen 69
1996 A. Lennen 64
U19 Section-1 Leading Goalkicker Goals
1979 D.K.B. Beenie 70
1996 M. Halligan 84
1999 L. North 68
2004 N. Shuttleworth 71
A-Section Best & Fairest - Woodrow Medallist
1956 J.R. Hayes
1960 I.M. Hayden*
1968 P.M. Moran
2004 Q. Gleeson*
2008 J. Watts
B-Section Best & Fairest - Moore Medallist
1994 T. Harris
U19 Section-1 Best & Fairest - Newbury Medallist
1998 N.C. Vogels
2000 S.E. Russell
2006 M. Maltmann
VAFA Certificate of Merit
1976 Ernest Cropley (dec)
1979 Frank Henegan
1986 Peter Selleck
1993 Ted McNamara (dec)
1993 Norma McNamara
1994 Bob Girdwood
1996 Steven Carroll
1999 Yvonne Salter
2000 Michael Robin
VAFA Amatuer Personality of the Year
1985 Ian Munro
2004 John Kanis*
VAFA 300 Games Club (325 Senior, U19 & Rep Games)
2000 John Kanis
VAFA Coach of the Year
2004 John Kanis*
Jock Nelson Medal - BOG in A-Section Grand Final
2004 Ed Clarke*
A-Section Most Valuable Player Award
2004 Ross Young *
2005 Mark Paterson
* Denotes Premiership Year

 

UniBlues Under 19's 2010

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If you're interested in playing footy in Melbourne this year, come and join the Uni Blues U19's.

Question - Who is eligible to play for the Uni Blues?
Answer - Anyone. You do not need to be a Melbourne Uni student, or for that matter, a student at all, to play for the Uni Blues U19's or Seniors. So even if you study at RMIT or just live in the area, anyone can play for the Uni Blues.

To be eligible to play VAFA U19's in 2010 you must be born on or after 1/7/1990

To let us know you’re interested and to find out more about Uni Blues, please contact our U19 Coach, Matt Embling on:
Mobile: 0401 149 155
Email: Matt Embling
If you are too old to play U19’s, please contact our Senior Coach John Kanis on 0415 297 761.


RECENT HISTORY
Since 1995 Uni Blues U19's have played in 9 finals series including 5 Grand Finals. Uni Blues U19's play in Premier Section of the VAFA, the largest U19 competition in Australia. There are 5 divisions containing 50 teams in all. Premier Section is a 10 team competition with a final 4 and games are played 2pm every Saturday.

Our goal for the U19’s in the 2010 Season is to achieve a Final berth as a minimum and ultimately to win the Premiership. We were last Grand Finalists in 2003.


WHO PLAYS FOR US?
Uni Blues usually attracts players of a reasonable skill and fitness level who aspire to play top U19 or A-Section football. There is significant potential and encouragement each year for U19 players to attain senior selection with Uni Blues during that season. 2007 captain of Hawthorn, Richard Vandenberg, played for the Uni Blues U19’s before being selected in our Seniors. Richard was then drafted from Uni Blues to Hawthorn. More recently, another product of our U19's team Ross Young was drafted by Carlton in the December 2006 Rookie Draft.

Our U19 team combines mainly 1st and 2nd year uni students from metropolitan and country areas. Approximately 75% of Blues players come from country Victoria so you'll have plenty of mates in similar circumstances to yourself if you don't know anybody at Uni or in the club to start with. The Uni Blues Football Club is a great way to make new friends and helps country players relocating to Melbourne settle into their new surrounds.

Uni Blues are serious about footy but we also understand that we need to bond people together quickly as a group socially to be successful, so we train and socialise together yet still set aside enough time to be successful academically.

Uni Blues have regular barbeques after training and sit down meals in the pavilion on Thursdays prior to teams being announced. There is also a comprehensive social calendar of unique Saturday night events for players, partners, supporters and friends.


PRE SEASON TRAINING TIMES & DATES
Players living in Melbourne train over the summer with our seniors. U19 training formally starts at the end of February when university resumes. We meet and change in the pavilion on the main oval inside the university.

Uni Blues U19's train Monday/Wednesdays/Thursdays at 5:00pm preseason, reverting to Tues/Thurs just before Round 1. Always check our website for confirmation of training times and venues.


MEDICAL SUPPORT
A major sponsor of Uni Blues is the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre (headed by Dr Peter Brukner) so players can avail themselves of the facilities of the centre for injury assessment and recovery throughout the season. Uni Blues medical team is headed by an appointed club doctor who is in turn supported by qualified and trainee physiotherapists, on hand at all training sessions and games.


ABOUT UNI BLUES
Uni Blues is the highest ranked club of the Melbourne University Football Club (MUFC), the other club being University Blacks. MUFC facilities are the envy of other sporting clubs. As well as the picturesque and historic University Oval and its legendary pavilion the club has access to gymnasium, swimming pool, athletics track and all weather hockey pitch within the University. So you use first rate facilities and don't waste time having to travel to training. Blues and Blacks share training facilities on the University Oval and Princes Park with the home team using the main oval on the Thursday prior to a home game.

Membership of the MUFC also provides the opportunity to participate in Australian University Games carnivals against other Universities across Australia. Melbourne University has dominated the Intervarsity football competition over recent years. This year the Regional Qualifying Championships will be held in Victoria in July. The National Championships in a different city each September. There’s nothing quite like the atmosphere of an Intervarsity Carnival with athletes from around 30 sports from more than 50 Universities coming together for National championships and a week of celebrating.


SUMMARY
If you are coming to Melbourne in 2010 and want to play football you’ll be most welcome at Uni Blues. So give Matt Embling or John Kanis a call and they’ll be happy to talk with you.

 

 

Bob Girdwood Board (Section, Position, President, Coach)

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YEAR SECTION POSITION  PRESIDENT COACH
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931 A 3rd
1932 A
1933
1934
1935 B 2nd
1936
1937
1938 C 2nd
1939
1940
1946 B 4th
1947 B
1948 B
1949 B 2nd
1950 A 4th
1951 A 3rd
1952 A PREMIERS
1953 A 2nd
1954 A 2nd
1955 A 4th
1956 A
1957 A 2nd
1958 A
1959
1960 A PREMIERS ANDY BRANNAN
1961 A 4th
1962 A
1963
1964 A 3rd
1965 A
1966
1967 B PREMIERS LES HUGHSON
1968 A 3rd LES HUGHSON
1969 A 6th GRAEME WEISS GRAHAM CALVERLY
1970 A 6th GRAEME WEISS GRAHAM CALVERLY
1971 A 2nd GRAEME WEISS BARRY JOHNSTON
1972 A 7th TIM STANDISH BARRY JOHNSTON
1973 A 6th TIM STANDISH LES HUGHSON
1974 A 10th PETER BRUKNER DAVE MITHEN
1975 B 2nd PETER BRUKNER ALAN SALTER
1976 A 4th PETER BRUKNER ALAN SALTER
1977 A 8th BRUNO SCARCELLA ALAN SALTER
1978 A 3rd PETER BRUKNER ALAN SALTER
1979 A 2nd PETER BRUKNER ALAN SALTER
1980 A 2nd ROD HAGER ALAN SALTER
1981 B PREMIERS WAYNE CARROLL SID MYERS
1982 A 5th WAYNE CARROLL SID MYERS
1983 A 2nd PETER BRUKNER SID MYERS
1984 A 5th PETER BRUKNER SID MYERS
1985 A 8th DAVE FOSTER ROBERT LAMB
1986 A 8th DAVE FOSTER ROBERT LAMB
1987 A 6th WARWICK FOSTER ALAN SALTER
1988 A 5th MARGARET GRANT ALAN SALTER
1989 A 4th STEVE CARROLL ALAN SALTER
1990 A 8th STEVE CARROLL SID MYERS
1991 A 9th STEVE CARROLL SID MYERS
1992 B 8th STEVE CARROLL ALAN JARROTT
1993 B 3rd BOB GIRDWOOD GRANT WILLIAMS
1994 B 2nd DAVE FOSTER GRANT WILLIAMS
1995 A 2nd DAVE FOSTER GRANT WILLIAMS
1996 A 4th DAVE FOSTER GRANT WILLIAMS
1997 A 7th BOB GIRDWOOD GRANT WILLIAMS / MARK TYQUIN
1998 A 8th BOB GIRDWOOD ANDREW SMITH
1999 A 5th BOB GIRDWOOD GRANT WILLIAMS
2000 A 4th TONY MCINERNEY LEE ADAMSON
2001 A 8th TONY MCINERNEY LEE ADAMSON
2002 A 6th BOB GIRDWOOD MICHAEL CONLAN
2003 A 7th BOB GIRDWOOD STEVE CARROLL
2004 A PREMIERS BOB GIRDWOOD JOHN KANIS
2005 A 2nd BOB GIRDWOOD JOHN KANIS
2006 A 3rd BOB GIRDWOOD JOHN KANIS
2007 A 3rd BOB GIRDWOOD JOHN KANIS
2008 A 7th BOB GIRDWOOD JOHN KANIS
2009 A GRANT WILLIAMS JOHN KANIS

 

 

 

 
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