Sunshine Football Club (WRFL)

Sunshine
Names
Full name	Sunshine Football Club
Nickname(s)	Kangaroos
Club details
Colours	Blue Yellow
Competition	WRFL since 1978
Premierships	YCW: 1966, 1969, 1976 (3)
Ground(s)	Kinder Smith Reserve, Braybrook,.^[1]

The Sunshine Football Club is an Australian rules football club which compete in the WRFL since 1978.^[2] They are based in the Melbourne suburb of Braybrook.

History

Formed as the Sunshine YCW Football Club in 1959 as a junior club. The joined the YCW National Football Association playing its first senior game was in 1963. After winning three premierships in the YCW National Football Association the club transferred to the Footscray Districts Football league in 1978. After losing consecutive Grand Finals in 1994 and 1995 in A2 grade the club was promoted to A1 grade (division 1) in 1996 and have remained in the top level of the competition ever since. At the end of the 2000 season with the change in the League's name the club followed suit by dropping the YCW from its title.

Premierships

YCW National Football Association

1966, 1969, 1976

References

External links

Book

History of the WRFL/FDFL – Kevin Hillier - - ISBN 9781863356015
History of football in Melbourne's north west - John Stoward - ISBN 9780980592924

Clubs in the Western Region Football League

Albanvale Albion Altona Braybrook Caroline Springs Deer Park Glenorden Hoppers Crossing Laverton Magpies Manor Lakes Newport Power North Footscray North Sunshine Parkside Sanctuary Lakes Spotswood St Albans Sunshine Sunshine Heights Tarneit Werribee Districts West Footscray Wyndham Suns Wyndhamvale Yarraville Seddon

Australian rules football in Australia

National governing bodies	AFL Commission Australian Amateur Football Council Women's Football Australia

By state or territory	Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia (Goldfields)

Australian rules football in Victoria

Representative side	Victoria

Governing bodies	AFL Victoria (metropolitan) AFL Victoria Country (country)

Professional clubs	Carlton Collingwood Essendon Geelong Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Richmond St Kilda Western Bulldogs

Statewide leagues	Victorian Football League TAC Cup (under-18) List of Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Metropolitan leagues	Eastern Essendon District Northern Riddell District Southern VAFA Western Region

Regional leagues (major)	Ballarat Bellarine Bendigo Central Murray Geelong Gippsland Goulburn Valley Hampden Mornington Peninsula Nepean Murray North Central Ovens & Murray Sunraysia Wimmera Yarra Valley Mountain

Regional leagues (district)	Alberton Central Highlands Colac & District East Gippsland Ellinbank & District Geelong & District Golden Rivers Heathcote Horsham & District Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Kyabram & District Loddon Valley Mallee Maryborough Castlemaine Mid Gippsland Millewa Mininera North Gippsland Omeo & District Ovens & King Picola & District South East South West Tallangatta Upper Murray Warrnambool Western Border

Women's leagues	Victorian Women's Football League AFL Victoria Youth Girls Competition

Defunct leagues	Benalla (1946-2009) Federal (1909-1981) Lexton Plains (1999-2010) Riviera (1986-2003) List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Principal venues	Melbourne Cricket Ground Docklands Stadium Princes Park Kardinia Park

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