Manly-Warringah Wolves Football Club
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The Manly-Warringah Australian Football Club are an Australian rules football
club that play in the Sydney AFL
competition and is the only senior AFL club located on Sydney’s northern beaches. The club colours are maroon and white. The Wolves have senior teams in Divisions 1, 2, 4, and 5 and an under 18's team in the Challenge Cup.
Manly Warringah's home ground is Weldon Oval located in the northern Sydney
suburb of Harbord
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The following year Manly-Warringah joined the newly formed Sydney District Association. The formation of this competition was the culmination of several clubs’ efforts, none more so than Manly, and in particular Harry Marston.
The Wolves grew and became a dominant performer in the Sydney Football Association. Manly-Warringah has now won Sydney AFL First Grade premierships in 1990, 1995, 1996 and in recent years has reached the finals in the past 6 successive seasons including another premiership in 2007.
Premierships: 1985, 1990, 1995, 1996 and 2007.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club that play in the Sydney AFL
Sydney AFL
The "AFL Sydney" is an Australian rules football League, based in metropolitan Sydney, Australia.The AFL Sydney competition comprises 21 clubs playing across 5 senior divisions with 2 under 18 competitions.-History:...
competition and is the only senior AFL club located on Sydney’s northern beaches. The club colours are maroon and white. The Wolves have senior teams in Divisions 1, 2, 4, and 5 and an under 18's team in the Challenge Cup.
Manly Warringah's home ground is Weldon Oval located in the northern Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
suburb of Harbord
Freshwater, New South Wales
Freshwater, is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Freshwater is located 17 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region...
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History
The Manly-Warringah Wolves were formed in 1969. Founding members Harry Marston, George Klause and Bruce Hutton discovered enough interest on the northern beaches for an Australian Rules team to be formed. The club started in the SFL Under-20 competition.The following year Manly-Warringah joined the newly formed Sydney District Association. The formation of this competition was the culmination of several clubs’ efforts, none more so than Manly, and in particular Harry Marston.
The Wolves grew and became a dominant performer in the Sydney Football Association. Manly-Warringah has now won Sydney AFL First Grade premierships in 1990, 1995, 1996 and in recent years has reached the finals in the past 6 successive seasons including another premiership in 2007.
Premierships: 1985, 1990, 1995, 1996 and 2007.