Box Hill North Football Club
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Box Hill North Football Club is an Australian rules football
club based in Box Hill North, Victoria
, Australia
.
The club participates in the Victorian Amateur Football Association
Division 4 (formerly D4).
The club jumper is a modern design, mainly red with our demon "Hughie" and pitchfork.
Box Hill North have won 2 premierships (1991 & 1995). In season 2002 BHNFC obtained admittance to the prestigious Victorian Amateur Football Association - the premier competition in Victoria after the AFL/VFL.
The culture of the club is to play as amateurs for the love and enjoyment of the game with many local players, supporters and officials donating their time to the club.
BHNFC are also involved with Aussie Rules in Japan as the sister club of the Japan Australian Rules Football League. Each year BHNFC send a team to Japan for the Narita Cup as well as playing host to the touring Samurai. Several Japanese players have also joined Box Hill North adding further to our multicultural member base and each year a young Box Hill North player flies to Japan in November to play in the JAFL final series.
BHNFC players are covered by a Player Code of Conduct to ensure the highest possible standards are maintained by the playing group while they are representing the club.
BHNFC have achieved Level 2 in the Good Sports program.
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 based in Box Hill North, Victoria
Box Hill North, Victoria
Box Hill North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Box Hill North had a population of 10,649....
, Australia
Australia
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The club participates in the Victorian Amateur Football Association
Victorian Amateur Football Association
The Victorian Amateur Football Association is an Australian rules football league in Victoria, Australia consisting purely of amateur players. Unlike the Victorian Football League and the VFL/AFL, the VAFA has always been strictly a purely amateur league and has affiliations with both AFL Victoria...
Division 4 (formerly D4).
Home Ground
Elgar Park, Elgar Road, Box Hill North View mapHistory
Box Hill North was formed in 1983 from a genuine merger of 2 local clubs - Blackburn United formed c.1940 and St Andrews (Box Hill) formed c. 1960.The club jumper is a modern design, mainly red with our demon "Hughie" and pitchfork.
Box Hill North have won 2 premierships (1991 & 1995). In season 2002 BHNFC obtained admittance to the prestigious Victorian Amateur Football Association - the premier competition in Victoria after the AFL/VFL.
The culture of the club is to play as amateurs for the love and enjoyment of the game with many local players, supporters and officials donating their time to the club.
BHNFC are also involved with Aussie Rules in Japan as the sister club of the Japan Australian Rules Football League. Each year BHNFC send a team to Japan for the Narita Cup as well as playing host to the touring Samurai. Several Japanese players have also joined Box Hill North adding further to our multicultural member base and each year a young Box Hill North player flies to Japan in November to play in the JAFL final series.
BHNFC players are covered by a Player Code of Conduct to ensure the highest possible standards are maintained by the playing group while they are representing the club.
BHNFC have achieved Level 2 in the Good Sports program.