Geelong Regional Football Association
Geelong Regional Football Committee ("GRFC") (previously Geelong Region Football Association (GRFA) and previously Western Victoria Soccer Association) is the governing body of soccer in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is a sub-committee of governing body Football Victoria (previously Football Federation Victoria).
It organises local Geelong community competitions which consist of Miniroos & MiniTillies from ages 7 to 9 years plus Junior Divisions from ages 11 to 18. Member Clubs also contain Mens & Womens teams; both Senior and Reserve team.
GRFC's representative squads compete in the Annual tournament of the Country Championships, an annual Junior tournament established in 1978 by the Country Leagues Football Association (CLFA). It attracts both male and female regional representative players aged 11 years to 17 years old, coaches, officials and spectators over 3 days of competition, to determine and crown State Champions. The Event takes place each year in June on the King’s Birthday long weekend. Each year Geelong competes against teams from from all over Regional Victoria including Bendigo, Shepparton, Moama-Echuca, Albury/Wodonga, Gippsland, Goulburn, Latrobe Valley, Swan Hill, South West Victoria and Sunraysia.
- Armstrong United FC
- Barwon Soccer Club
- Barwon Heads Soccer Club
- Bellarine Sharks
- Bell Park
- Breakwater Eagles
- Colac Otway Rovers
- Corio
- Corio Bay
- Drysdale SC
- Geelong SC
- Geelong Galaxy
- Deakin University
- Geelong Rangers
- Golden Plains FC
- FC Leopold
- Lara United
- Ocean Grove SC (formerly Surfside Waves)
- North Geelong Warriors
- Surfcoast FC
Former Teams
[edit]- Geelong Celtic FC
- Geelong United FC
- East Geelong FC
- International Harvester FC
- Industrial Service Engineers Pty Ltd FC
- Bacchus Marsh SC League Winners & Cup Winners 3 years in total played in WVSA
- Brintons SC
- Elcho Park Cardinals
- Kardinia International College
- Corio Cloverdale
- Lovely Banks FC
Current ranking
[edit]See also
[edit]Australian football (soccer) league system