Broadbeach Australian Football Club

Broadbeach

Names
Full name	Broadbeach Australian Football Club
2015 season
Club details
Founded	1971
Competition	QAFL
President	Dale Perkins
Coach	Brett Andrews
Ground(s)	H & A Oval (capacity: –10 000)
Other information
Official website	Official Broadbeach Cats site

Broadbeach Australian Football Club, also known as the Broadbeach Cats, is an Australian rules football club representing the suburb of Broadbeach on the Gold Coast. The club competes in the Queensland Australian Football League after having previously competed in North East Australian Football League.^[1]^[2] Its home ground is H & A Oval - Nee Merrimac Oval. In the club's inaugural year in the QAFL the cats finished 4th but eliminated in the first round of the finals. Season 2015 will be a massive year for cats with new recruits coming from everywhere !!

The senior level won its first premiership in 1987 under Coach Wanye Ling And Captain Brian Rowe. The highest point of the club's history was in 1996 when the club won 3 of the Grades, Colts, Seconds and Firsts. Some believe a three-year plan/structure built from within the licensed club manager in 1994, the year the club was supposed to fold due to a heavy debt to the bank and private lenders (somewhere near $80,000 plus unknown amount for new change rooms).

Despite having been in existence since 1971, the Broadbeach Football Club has only competed at the top AFLQ level since 1997. Nevertheless, it has shown steady improvement throughout its brief involvement, and in 2004, it won 14 of its 18 home and away matches and reached the preliminary final before losing to Morningside.

In 2005, the Cats were one of eight inaugural members of Queensland football's new first Division set-up, and they once again reached the finals.

Broadbeach has an infamous rivalry with fellow Division 1 team Southport Sharks. When the local derby is played between these two neighbouring clubs, the games are typically played in front of a larger than usual attendance due and with increased tension.

The club made headlines in late 2008 when it signed reluctant AFL star Nathan Ablett for the 2009 season.^[3] However Ablett failed to perform.

In 2011, the club was granted permission to enter the NEAFL, which is an even higher position within the AFL as a whole. With this, a new football board of management which has improved the off-field game plan, The game plan instigated by Geoff Bower in 2010 and exercised in 2011. The off-field performances have definitely been complemented by some incredible on-field performances.

The Broadbeach Cats have not seen such an improvement in the club since 1994 when Tiger McCormick dragged the licensed club out of over $100,000 in debt and into the black in under one year, and was able to sponsor and foster a team led by Harry Kennan in 1996, where the U-18s, Reserves and Seniors all won Premierships.

In 2010 the club hosted a VFL match between the Gold Coast Suns & Frankston. The game which was Karmichael Hunt's first ever in Queensland. Broadbeach knocked off Queensland Rivals Morningside in a thriller in front of 1000 people in the curtain raiser game. That afternoon the ground held over 5000 people to watch the Gold Coast defeat Frankston, 15.13.103 to 7.4.46.

At the start of the 2013 season the Cats opened new changerooms.

Competitions

1971-1996 Gold Coast Australian Football League
1997-2010, 2014- Queensland Australian Football League
2011-2013 North East Australian Football League

Premierships (2)

No.	Year	Competition	Opponent	Score	Venue
1	1987	GCAFL	Palm Beach Currumbin Lions	16.16 (112) - 9.8 (62)	-
2	1996	GCAFL	Labrador Tigers	12.16 (88) - 5.14 (44)	H & A Oval

Grogan Medallists

David Round – 2005

AFL Drafted Players

Year	Name	Team	Draft №
1999	Dean Howard	Adelaide	- (rookie)
1999	Trent Knobel	Brisbane Lions	- (rookie)
2001	David Hale	Kangaroos	7th
2004	Luke McGuane	Richmond	36th
2006	Ricky Petterd	Melbourne	30th
2010	Nathan Ablett	Gold Coast	1st (pre-season draft)
2010	Joel Wilkinson	Gold Coast	QLD Zone Selection
2011	Dayne Zorko	Brisbane Lions	QLD Zone Selection
2012	Andrew Boston	Gold Coast	55th (rookie)
2013	Jarred Ellis	Gold Coast	63rd (rookie)

References

External links

North East Australian Football League

Seasons	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Teams	Aspley Brisbane Lions Canberra Gold Coast NT Thunder Redland Southport Sydney Swans Sydney University Western Sydney University Giants

Former teams	Ainslie Belconnen Broadbeach Labrador Morningside Mount Gravatt Queanbeyan Sydney Hills Eagles Tuggeranong

Main grounds	Blacktown International Sportspark Fankhauser Reserve Giffin Park Graham Road Oval Henson Park Metricon Stadium SCG Spotless Stadium StarTrack Oval Tidbold Park TIO Stadium

Australian rules football in Queensland

Governing body	AFL Queensland

Professional clubs	Brisbane Lions Gold Coast Football Club

Major leagues	North East Australian Football League Queensland Australian Football League Queensland Football Association Queensland Amateur Football Association

Regional leagues	Cairns Capricornia Darling Downs Mackay Mount Isa Townsville Wide Bay

Former leagues	League Championship Cup (2011-2014) Bundaberg (1972-1986) Central Highlands (1983-1997) Gold Coast (1961-1996) Maryborough (1981-1983) Sunshine Coast (1970-1992) Wide Bay (1985-1986)

Women's leagues	Queensland Women's Queensland Youth Girls Competition Cairns Women's Capricornia Women's Mackay Women's Townsville Women's

Principal venues	The Gabba Carrara Stadium Cazaly's Stadium

Major events	QClash Broadbeach Vs. Southport

NEAFL teams	Aspley Brisbane Lions Gold Coast Redland Southport

QAFL teams	Broadbeach Labrador Morningside Mt Gravatt Palm Beach Currumbin Sandgate Surfers Paradise UQ Red Lions Western Magpies Wilston Grange

QFA teams	Alexandra Hills Aspley Bond University Burleigh Caloundra Coolangatta Coomera Coorparoo Kenmore Maroochydore Mayne Moreton Bay Nambour & Hinterland Noosa Robina Springwood Yeronga South Brisbane

QAFA (A) teams	Beenleigh Carrara Griffith Moorooka Ipswich Kedron Park Ridge Pine Rivers Redcliffe South East Victoria Point Wynnum

QAFA (B) teams	Ballina Bribie Island Byron Bay Collingwood Park Glasshouse Greater Springfield Gympie Jimboomba Lismore Maroochydore Northshore Noosa Pomona Tweed Coast Woodsmen UQ Red Lions Yeronga-South Brisbane Zillmere

Former major teams	Coorparoo Kedron Grange Locomotives Maroochy Northshore Sherwood South Brisbane Sunshine Coast Valley Windsor Zillmere Wynnum Yeronga

List of clubs	List of Australian rules football clubs in Queensland

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