The Barooga Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Barooga located in the Riverina district of New South Wales.
The club was formed in 1894 and initially played in the Murray Border Football Association in 1894.
When the club won the Federal District Football Association premiership against Cobram Football Club in 1897, they were known as "The Boomerangs" and wore a red and white uniform.
When Barooga FC re-formed in 1907 they wore an all-blue uniform in the Goulburn Valley Football Association in 1907 and 1908.
In 1911, the Boomanoomana Rovers Junior Football Club was established and played in the official Goulburn Valley Junior Football Association (GVJFA) and played their matches in Barooga and in the maroon and gold colours.
The Boomanoomana Rovers won the GVJFA premiership in 1913 and then entered a team in the Goulburn Valley Football Association senior football competition in 1914, then from 1919 to 1921.
Barooga FC were in recess in five separate periods in its early days, until 1929 when it joined the Southern Riverina Football Association for a two-year stint.
Barooga FC then became founding member of the new Murray Football League in 1931. In 1936 Cobram and Barooga football clubs merged and played as the Cobram Barooga United FC for a single season, before the club was officially disbanded in April 1937. The two clubs then reformed as independent bodies, with Cobram re-joining the Murray FL and Barooga joining the Southern Riverina FL.
The club moved across to the Picola & District league in 1959.
The club re-joined the Murray Football League in 1989 where it currently fields four football and eight netball teams each week.
Barooga Football Competitions Timeline Murray Border Football Association 1894 Barooga Football Club 1895 and 1896 – club in recess Federal District Football Association 1897 Barooga Football Club 1898 and 1899 – club in recess Federal District Football Association 1900 Barooga Football Club 1901 – club in recess Federal District Football Association 1902 Barooga Football Club 1903 to 1906 – club in recess Goulburn Valley Football Association 1907 to 1908 Barooga Football Club 1909 to 1928 – club in recess Southern Riverina Football Association 1929 to 1930 Murray Football League 1931 to 1935 Murray Football League 1936 (Barooga & Cobram merge for 1936 & finish on the bottom) Southern Riverina Football Association 1937 to 1938 Barooga Football Club 1939 to 1943 – Club in recess Picola & District Football League Barooga Football Club 1945 - Tocumwal Football Association Barooga Football Club 1946 to 1958 Murray Football League Seconds Football Association Barooga Football Club 1959 to 1988 Murray Football League 1989 to 2025 Barooga Football Club 2026 to present day Picola & District Football League
Football Premierships Seniors Federal District Football Association (1) 1897 Murray Valley Football Second Eighteen Football Association (Barooga FC Seniors) 1936 – Cobram / Barooga United FC 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956 – Barooga FC Picola & District Football League (9): 1960, 1961, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987 Murray Football League (4): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997
Reserves Picola & District Football League (3): 1980, 1987, 1988
Thirds Picola & District Football League (4): 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988
Fourths Picola & District Football League (11): 1970, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988
League Best and Fairest Senior Football Barooga's first eighteen (senior) side played in the Murray Seconds Eighteen FA between 1946 and 1958.
Murray Seconds Eighteen FA 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958, - Vin Toohey 1954, 1955, - Gerald O'Dwyer:
Picola & District Football League 1960, 1961 - Vin Toohey 1968 - Doug Eddy 1969 - Lance Lane 1973 - Adrian Bennett 1975 & 1976 - Robert McEwan 1981 - Cameron Mattox 1986 - David Brooks
Murray Football League 1990 - Peter Stevenson 1992 - Kelly O'Donnell 1993 & 1997 John Brunner 1994 - Chris Foran 2006 - Marty Brooks 2007 - Matthew Byers 2014 - Marcus Smith 2018 - Brodie A'vard
Reserves Murray Football League 2006 - Daryl Bowden
Thirds Murray Football League 1998 - N McDonald 2003 - Dylan Brooks
VFL / AFL players The following footballers played with Barooga prior to playing senior VFL / AFL football, with the year indicating their debut. 1926 – Stuart Russell – Essendon & Hawthorn 1936 – Sam Snell – St. Kilda 1981 – Bernard Toohey – Geelong, Sydney Swans & Footscray 1985 – Gerard Toohey – Geelong 1988 – John Brinkkotter – Sydney Swans 1990 – Chris O'Dwyer – Sydney Swans 2000 - Brad Stephens - North Melbourne 2002 – Chris Hyde – Richmond
References
External links
Gameday website