Balaklava Football Club

Balaklava Football Club

Club Details
Founded	1903
Colours	Green and Gold
Competition	Adelaide Plains Football League
Ground(s)	Ralli Park, Balaklava

Balaklava Football Club, nicknamed The Peckers is an Australian rules football club based in Balaklava, South Australia that competes in the Adelaide Plains Football League.

The club is based at Ralli Park in Balaklava. The club fields teams in the A Grade, Reserves, Senior Colts and Junior Colts grades.

Club history

The Balaklava Football Club was formed in 1903 and played challenge matches against nearby teams including Port Wakefield, Halbury and Werocata. Balaklava became a founding member of the Balaklava and Wakefield Football Association in 1909, which became the Wooroora Football Association in 1910. In 1926 Balaklava joined the Wakefield Football Association and divided into Balaklava Centrals and Balaklava Rovers that year. Balaklava reformed in 1933 and continued in Wakefield and then transferred to Adelaide Plains Football League in 1940. Balaklava have remained an active member of Adelaide Plains since that time.

Mail Medals

• 1940 - John Stephens
• 1953 - Perce Jarvis
• 1954 - Royce Zerk
• 1963 - Allan Aldenhoven
• 1967 - Brian Stewart
• 1972 - Robert Olsen
• 1976 - John King
• 1977 - John King
• 1981 - Gary Wilson
• 1986 - Paul Nowlan
• 1991 - Andrew Michael
• 1993 - Ian Langdon
• 1999 - Dale Williams
• 2003 - Gary Wehr
• 2006 - Hayden Walker
• 2010 - Hayden Walker

Premierships

A Grade

• 2011

Balaklava and Wakefield FA

• 1909
• 2011

Wooroora FA

• 1910
• 1913
• 1919
• 1923

Wakefield FA

• 1933
• 1938

Adelaide Plains FL

• 1951
• 1957
• 1958
• 1977
• 1983
• 1985
• 1986
• 1991
• 1994
• 1996
• 1999
• 2000
• 2010
• 2011

Reserves

• 1959
• 1963
• 1964
• 1968
• 1972
• 1975
• 1979
• 1980
• 1981
• 1982
• 1983
• 1984
• 1986
• 1998
• 2011

Senior Colts

• 1971
• 1977
• 1978
• 1980
• 1981
• 1982
• 1984
• 1991
• 1997
• 2009
• 2010
• 2013

Junior Colts

• 1972
• 1974
• 1976
• 1977
• 1978
• 1979
• 1981
• 1982
• 1983
• 1986
• 1993
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014