OLD WESTBOURNE
Current Affiliation: Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) since 1991
Home Ground: Westbourne School Ground, Sayers Road, Truganina
Formed: 1990
Colours: Navy blue, green and gold
Emblem: Warriors
Senior VAFA Premierships: D3 Section - 2003 (1 total); D4 Section - 2004 (1 total)
Senior Competition Best and Fairest Awards: D3 Section Best and Fairest Award - H.Hodgson 2005; Ben Hutton 2007 (2 total)
The Old Westbourne Amateur Football Club was formed in October 1990 by a group of former students of Westbourne Grammar School. Admitted to the VAFA the following year, it initially competed only in the Club XVIII competition as it had insufficient players to field a reserves team. The main reason for this was a self-imposed recruitment restriction whereby only ex-students of the school were eligible to play for the club. From 1993, however, the club chose to dispense with what it had come to see as a constraint on its growth, and welcomed players from a range of backgrounds. As a result, it was able to field both senior and reserves sides, and was admitted to the mainstream VAFA competition, commencing in F2 Grade.
Old Westbourne's first senior grand final appearance came in 2004 in D4 Section, and in what was a landmark day for the club it scored a highly impressive 55 point win over Kew to snare its inaugural flag. In 2005 and 2006 the side competed in D3 Grade, performing creditably in both years to finish 4th and 5th. It was somewhat unfortunate in the latter season in that its tally of 12 wins from 18 matches would normally have been expected to have been good enough to secure a finals berth, but it fell short by a single game. It made emphatic amends a year later when, after cruising to the minor premiership with 16 wins and a draw from its 18 home and away matches, it scored comfortable wins over Hawthorn in the 2nd semi final and Ivanhoe Assumption in the grand final to earn the second senior premiership in its history.
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