QUEENSCLIFF
Current Affiliation: Bellarine Football League (BFL) since 1971
Colours: Blue, red and white
Emblem: Coutas
Senior BFL Premierships: 1975 (1 total)
BFL Club Championships: 1973 (1 total)
Senior BFL Best and Fairest Awards: Robert Warren 1976; Michael Birrell 1977 & 1978; Dean McNeil 1988; Jamie Dalton 1993; Matthew Primmer 2003 (5 Winners/6 Wins)
Queenscliff's premiership record is not outstanding but the club's status as a mainstay of the Bellarine Football League is unquestioned.
The Coutas had competed in half a dozen different competitions during the half a century prior to their admission to the BFL, as a founder member, in 1971. The club's senior team was especially strong during the 1960s when it contested all but one Polwarth Football Association grand final for the decade. Some of this good form was carried over into the ensuing decade, with the Coutas qualifying for the finals except 1973, 1978 and 1979. Given that they topped the ladder heading into the finals on three occasions they might be justified to feel short-changed with a return of just two grand final appearances for one flag.
Queenscliff's 1975 premiership triumph, achieved at the expense of Drysdale, remains the only one so far enjoyed by the club in the BFL, at senior level at any rate. The reserves also proved successful in 1976 and 1990.
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