Diamond Creek Women's Football Club

Australian rules football club

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The Diamond Creek Women's Football Club is a women's Australian rules football club based in Plenty, Victoria that currently competes in the Northern Football Netball League.

History

A women's football team competed for Diamond Creek as early as 2002, when the Diamond Creek Football Club fielded a female side in the third division of the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL).^[1] The team initially played out of Coventry Oval alongside the men's teams, but was forced to play at nearby Marngrook Oval in 2005 to make way for an additional junior boys team.^[1]

The Diamond Creek Women's Football Club was officially formed in December 2009 when it affiliated as its own sporting body, breaking away from the men's Diamond Creek club and finding a permanent winter home at Plenty War Memorial Park,^[1]

The club won its maiden Premier Division VWFL premiership in 2012 over Darebin by 5 points, with Kirsty Lamb taking best-afield honours.^[2] Following the dissolution of the VWFL, the Demons played two seasons in the VFL Women's competition as a founding member from 2016 to 2017, making the grand final in the latter year.^[3]

The club now competes in the Northern Football Netball League, operating eight teams from seniors down to under-10s.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "History". Diamond Creek Women's Football Club. 2012. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
^ "Diamond Creek shines". The Age. 2012-08-25. Archived from the original on 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
^ Michell, Tim (2017-09-10). "Diamond Creek through to VFL Women's grand final with upset win over Darebin Falcons". Diamond Valley Leader. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
^ "Fixture". Diamond Creek Women's Football Club. 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2023-09-20.

VFL Women's

Clubs

Current	Box Hill Carlton Casey Collingwood Darebin Essendon Geelong Cats Greater Western Sydney North Melbourne Port Melbourne Southern Saints Sydney Western Bulldogs Williamstown
Former	Cranbourne Diamond Creek Eastern Devils Geelong Magpies Hawthorn Knox Melbourne University Northern Territory Richmond Seaford St Kilda Sharks Western Spurs

Seasons

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Venues

Awards

Lambert–Pearce Medal

The 2020 season was cancelled, and the 2021 grand final was cancelled without a premiership being awarded, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.