# Mount Barker Football Club

The Mount Barker Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Mount Barker, Western Australia. Nicknamed the Bulls, the club plays in the Great Southern Football League, with home games originally being hosted at Frost Oval (aka Frost Park) in Mount Barker but changed to Sounness Park in 2015.

## Club history

During the early 1990s both the North and South Mount Barker Football Clubs were not performing well. Two teams in a small town stretched the limited number of players. Members of the North Mount Barker Football Club (the Demons) approached the South Mount Barker Hawks with the proposal that both teams amalgamate to make a stronger team for the town. Talks broke down and in 1993 the Demons were wound up and the Mount Barker Football Club was formed. The Hawks stayed on as a team but their coach and a number of players joined the newly founded Bulls.
As of 2015, home games will be played at Sounness Park, Mount Barker.

## Honourboard
### League

| Year | Coach | Captain | Best & Fairest (Russell Jones Memorial Trophy) | Place |
| 1994 | Russell Cooper | Alec Williams | Russell Jones | |
| 1995 | Merv Neagle | Alec Williams | Alec Williams | |
| 1996 | Merv Neagle | Alec Williams | Alec Williams | Premiers |
| 1997 | Alec Williams | Murray Anning | Steven Mead | |
| 1998 | Alec Williams | | James Wynne | |
| 1999 | Merv Neagle | Murray Anning | Kim Lange | |
| 2000 | Rob Laidler | Shane Kirkwood | Kim Lange | |
| 2001 | John Wright | Matt Taylor | Justin Parsons | |
| 2002 | Mark Greene | Matt Taylor | Rhett Parsons | |
| 2003 | Mick Mustey | Matt Taylor | Sam Lehmann | |
| 2004 | Garry Coffey | Tom Pollard | Brett Colbung | |
| 2005 | Garry Coffey | Tom Pollard | Justin Parsons | |
| 2006 | Garry Coffey | Tom Pollard | Sam Lehmann | |
| 2007 | Greg Bunker | Craig Pieper | Adam Pitt | |
| 2008 | Greg Bunker | Tristan King | Luke McPartland | |
| 2009 | Merv Neagle | Peter Taylor | Sam Lehmann | |
| 2010 | Gavin Morgan | Sam Lehmann | Peter Taylor | |
| 2011 | Matt Taylor | Sam Lehmann | Sam Lehmann | 5th |
| 2012 | Matt Taylor | Sam Lehmann | Sam Lehmann | 3rd |
| 2013 | Phil Gilbert | Sam Lehmann | Sam Lehmann | 4th |
| 2014 | Ryan Ballard | Sam Lehmann | Nathan Skinner | 5th |
| 2015 | Ryan Ballard | Sam Lehmann | Peter Taylor | 5th |
| 2016 | Shane Thompson | Sam Lehmann | Peter Taylor | 2nd |
| 2017 | Shane Thompson | Sam Lehmann | Corey Byrne | 3rd |
| 2018 | Brad Hook | Peter Taylor | Joel Gray | 3rd |
| 2019 | Brad Hook | Peter Taylor | Sam Lehmann | 3rd |
| 2020 | Brad Hook | Peter Taylor | Lee Pavlovich | 5th |
| 2021 | David Johnson | David Stone | Scott Price | 5th |

### Reserves

| Year | Coach | Captain | Best & Fairest |
| 1994 | Winston Williams | Winston Williams | Greg Gray |
| 1995 | Paul Garbellini | Brad Kleemann | Daryl Williams |
| 1996 | | | Paul Wegner |
| 1997 | Billy Krakouer | | Kelvin Anning |
| 1998 | John Wright | | Craig Dayman |
| 1999 | John Wright/Murray Anning | Various each week | John Wright |
| 2000 | John Wright | Greg Melia & Danny Richmond | Pete Horsington |
| 2001 | Shane Kirkwood | Various each week | Cameron Williamson |
| 2002 | Shane Kirkwood | Various each week | Cameron Williamson |
| 2003 | Shane Kirkwood | Kim Skinner | Daniel Martin |
| 2004 | Tom Pollard | Various each week | Daniel Martin |
| 2005 | Tom Pollard | Daniel Martin | Jeremy Godden |
| 2006 | Syd Anning | Josh Toovey | Shane Kirkwood |
| 2007 | John Wright/Michael Baker | Various each week | Paul Anning |
| 2008 | Syd Anning | Various each week | Josh Toovey |
| 2009 | Cecil Wynne Sr. | Brad McLean | Sam Hobley |
| 2010 | Cecil Wynne Sr. | Shane Ugle | Jarrad Beech |
| 2011 | Brett Greeney | Pete Horsington | Shane Van Reeken |
| 2012 | Brett Greeney | Damon Brennan | Michael Baker |
| 2013 | Pete Horsington | Tristan King | Tristan King |
| 2014 | Jay Rowles | Tristan King | Dylan Pieper |
| 2015 | Danny Richmond | Jarrad Beech | Henry Graham |
| 2016 | Antony Sewell | Clinton Gilbert | Tristan King |
| 2017 | Tristan King | Clinton Gilbert | Ryan Ballard |
| 2018 | Tristan King | Justin Parsons | Justin Parsons |
| 2019 | Tristan King | Justin Parsons | Justin Parsons |
| 2020 | Tristan King | Matt Gilbert | Mick Hick |
| 2021 | Tristan King | Clinton Gilbert & Bradyn Bennett | Ryan Ballard |

### Colts

| Year | Coach | Captain | Best & Fairest |
| 1994 | Alec Williams | Darryn Ashton | Gavin Wilkes |
| 1995 | Alec Williams | Matthew Taylor | Matthew Taylor |
| 1996 | Garry Coffey | Brad Hook | |
| 1997 | Garry Coffey | | Dylan Henderson |
| 1998 | Garry Coffey | | Kris Waddington |
| 1999 | Charlie Staite | David Melia | David Melia |
| 2000 | Wayne Donohoe | Tristan King | Laurence Hurst |
| 2001 | Paul Garbellini | Mathew Stamopolous | Dylan Trent |
| 2002 | Paul Garbellini | Various each week | Peter Taylor |
| 2003 | Gary Coffey | Ben Oldfield | Andy Evans |
| 2004 | Troy Hornby | Peter Taylor/Jamie Pickles | Johnno Standish |
| 2005 | Jarrad Gardner | Craig Anning | Ben Ireland |
| 2006 | No team | - | - |
| 2007 | Dylan Judd | Steven Scott | Steven Scott |
| 2008 | Stuart Duggin | Angus Meredith | Angus Meredith |
| 2009 | Stuart Duggin | Liam Gardner | Luke St Jack |
| 2010 | Brett Greeney | Luke St Jack | Jack Bowden |
| 2011 | No Team | - | - |
| 2012 | No Team | - | - |
| 2013 | Jay Rowles | Daniel Richardson | Beau Thomason |
| 2014 | No Team | - | - |
| 2015 | No Team | - | - |
| 2016 | Jay Rowles | Joel Gray | Joel Gray |
| 2017 | David Stone | Jacob Skinner | Aidin Williss |
| 2018 | Terry Williams | Rhys Hogg | Nitan Benavides |
| 2019 | Terry Williams | Jamie Lawn & Bryton Dorain | Jye Williss |
| 2020 | Ryan Ballard | Tristan Ballard | Locke Rowland |
| 2021 | Clinton Smart | Josh Davenport | Ben Kirkwood |

### Under 17s

| Year | Coach | Captain | Best & Fairest |
| 2011 | Brad Hook | Jack Bowden | Jack Bowden |
| 2012 | Brad Hook | Dean Couper | Russell Wynne |
| 2013 | Dean Braithwaite | Zettlin Weedon | Zettlin Weedon |
| 2014 | Gordon Reid | Joel Gray | Joel Gray |
| 2015 | Jay Rowles | Jordon Reid | Jordon Reid & Aidin Williss |

### Under 16s

| Year | Coach | Captain | Best & Fairest |
| 2018 | Clint Williss | Jye Williss | Heath Brown |
| 2019 | Ryan Ballard | Tristan Ballard | Tristan Ballard |
| 2020 | Luis Benavides | Sebastian Ballard | Ben Kirkwood |
| 2021 | Cain Askevold | Alex Skinner & Will Watkin | Jarrod Pearce |

### Women's

| Year | Coach | Captain | Best & Fairest |
| 2020 | Brad Hook | Kate Harriss | Georgia Kowald |
| 2021 | Cain Askevold | Kate Harriss | Georgia Kowald |

## Records and achievements
### Records

Highest Score: 34.22 (226) v. Albany (Round 3, 2012)
Lowest Score: 0.3 (3) v. Railways (Round 8, 2007)
Highest winning margin: 193 points - 32.13 (205) v. 1.6 (12) against Denmark/Walpole (Round 2, 2002)

### Premierships

League: 1: 1996
Reserves: 2: 1999, 2011, 2020
Colts: 1: 1997
Under 17's: 1: 2015

## Other GSFL Awards
### Kleemann Medalists (GSFL League Fairest & Best)

1997 - Steven Mead 2011 - Sam Lehmann

### League Leading Goalkicker

2004 - Brett Greeney (48) 2009 - Ben Saunders (41)
2019 - Dionne Woods (42)

### Charlie Punch Medal (GSFL Reserves Fairest & Best)

2007 - Tynan Coffey
2017 - Ryan Ballard

### Warrick Proudlove Medal (GSFL Colts Fairest & Best)

2015 - Kenneth Farmer
2019 - Arthur Jones

### Reserves Leading Goalkicker

2008 - Paul Anning (24)

### Rod Gillies Medal (GSFL Colts Fairest & Best)

1997 - Shane Thompson

### Colts Leading Goalkicker

2008 - Ben Saunders (68)

### Harry Reeves Colts Best & Fairest - Great Southern Carnival

2006 - Luke McPartland

## AFL Players

AFL player Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle) started his football career playing for the Bulls Under 17s. Former Essendon and Sydney player Merv Neagle has coached and played for the Bulls.

## WAFL Players

Five former Bulls players currently are listed as players in the WAFL in 2018 and one is an assistant coach.
* Ben Saunders played league and reserves for South Fremantle in 2018.
* Russell Wynne played league and reserves for East Fremantle in 2018.
* Cameron Quenby and Jordon Reid played reserves for Claremont in 2018.
* Aidin Williss is listed in Claremont's playing roster but has yet to play a game for league or reserves.
* Shane Thompson (former player and coach) is an assistant coach at East Fremantle.
Former MBFC players Dale Ballantyne and Justin Parsons have played for Claremont Football Club.