Nickname(s) The Lakers Premierships 2010 Ground CE Brown Reserve Premiership 2010 | Colours Green blue Founded 1994 | |
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Full name Lake Wendouree Football Netball Club | ||
The Lake Wendouree Football Netball Club competes in the Ballarat Football League. The club, known as The Lakers was a result of a merger of the Wendouree Football Club and the Ballarat YCW Football Club at the end of 1994. Lake Wendouree Football Club competed in the Ballarat Football League for the first time in 1995. The club was runners up in their second season and played finals every year for the first six seasons.
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Home Ground
The Lakers play their home matches at C.E. Brown Reserve, Ballarat North.
Wendouree Football Club
Wendouree football club was reformed in 1946 and competed in district competitions around Ballarat before being a founding member of the Central Highlands Football League in 1979. The club won senior premierships in 1947, 1949, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1983.
Ballarat YCW Football Club
Competed in senior competition between 1946 and 1949. The club concentrated on filling junior competitions until their merger in 1994.
VFL/AFL players
Ballarat Football League Premierships
Tony Lockett Medallists
Website
Book
History of Football in the Ballarat District by John Stoward - ISBN 978-0-9805929-0-0