Ocean Grove Football Netball Club was crowned the most successful club at the 2019 Bellarine Football Netball League grand finals at Spring Creek Reserve on Saturday 14 September.
Across 15 junior and senior football and netball grand finals the Grubbers won five premierships.
Six Ocean Grove junior and senior netball teams and the Grubbers’ Under 19s football side played in a total of seven club grand finals.
Ocean Grove teams including 13/Under Division 2, 15/Under Division 2, 17/Under Division 2 and D Grade all won flags, while the club’s all conquering Under 19 side claimed Division 2 premiership silverware.
Eight based Bellarine Football Netball League clubs won premierships.
Geelong Amateur, Drysdale and Barwon Heads all won two flags, while four BFNL based clubs including Queenscliff, Portarlington, Modewarre and host club Torquay all won one premiership across netball and football.
The Grubbers started the day on an incredible high in the opening two BFNL grand finals with victories in the 13/Under Division 2 and 15/Under Division 2 season deciders.
The Ocean Grove Under 19s football team erased memories of last year’s painful Division Two grand final loss to Geelong Amateur and defeated Barwon Heads by 21 points to be crowned 2019 premiers.
Grubber Under 19s coach Matt Tyrrell, a four-time Ocean Grove premiership winning coach, expected the party to last a few days following its grand final
win over its Battle of the Bridge rivals Barwon Heads.
“A long time (the party will go on, it will go on for) days,” said Tyrrell, who coached the Ocean Grove Under 18s team to three flags in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
The Grubbers’ incredible grand final winning streak continued with their fourth title from four club grand final appearances after its D Grade netball side were crowned back-to-back premiers with victory over Geelong Amateur.
Ladder leader Ocean Grove were defeated by Drysdale 23 to 18 in their C Grade decider.
Ocean Grove won its 17/Under Division 2 grand final clash over Geelong Amateur 27 to 24 – which meant all Grubber junior netball sides competing in grand finals claimed titles.
“Words cannot describe how thrilled I am,” OGFNC junior netball coordinator Kylie Jeffrey told the Voice.
“Amazing so so…proud.”
Ocean Grove 17/Under Division 2 premiership coach Tarryn Stanley, who also played in the Grubbers’ D Grade flag, said it was a magical day.
“I am so happy,” Stanley said.
“It is really exciting.
“I think it just shows how united we are especially with the netball side of things as well – we have just proven how strong we are right from juniors all the way up to seniors.
“It is an amazing feel around the club – all the coaches are supportive a lot of the parents are heavily involved.”
IN the E Grade netball grand final Barwon Heads defeated Ocean Grove 28 to 18.
