LAUDERDALE
Affiliated: Various competitions including the Tasman Football Association (1979-80) and Tasmanian Amateur Football League Southern Division (TAFLSD) prior to 1996. Southern Tasmanian Football League (SthFL) from 1996.
Formed: circa 1948
Club Address: Lauderdale Oval, 10 Donna Street, Lauderdale
Home Ground: Lauderdale Oval
Colours: Black and red
Emblem: Bombers (formerly Cats)
Senior Premierships: TAFLSD - 1991 (1 total)
Senior Competition Best and Fairest Player Awards: Walter Howard Medal - Leigh Franklin 1994 (1 total)
Most Games: 464 by Matthew Coulson
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Lauderdale in action in 2004. (Photo courtesy of Dan Garlick of OzVox Media - click to enlarge.) |
A founder member of the
Southern Football League in 1996, Lauderdale's early years in that
competition were scarcely auspicious. In the six years between 1996
and 2001 the side managed a success
rate of just 30.2%, but in 2002, following the reorganisation of the
competition into two divisions, Lauderdale began to show signs of
improvement. In 2003 the team reached the grand final, and although
beaten by Cygnet it was successful in its application to join the SFL's
premier division.
If the team perhaps lacks the talent to succeed in the short term, over the longer term it would be foolhardy to bet against it. With a full complement of junior teams from under 8 to under 15 competing in the Southern Tasmanian Junior Football League, the Bombers are meticulously preparing for the future, as indeed they have been doing for some time. For example, in 1998 the club upgraded the lighting at Lauderdale Oval to enable it to play roster matches at home, the first SFL club to do so. If ambition and foresight count for anything, the Bombers will soon be making their mark on the Tasmanian football scene. |
Lauderdale's only senior grade premiership to date was won in 1991 in the Southern Division of the Tasmanian Amateur Football League.
Since 2009 the Bombers have been members of Tasmania's statewide competition in which their achievements to date have been modest.
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