Berwick Miners
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Full name | Berwick Miners Gridiron Football Club |
Nickname | Miners |
Strip | Orange and Black |
Founded | |
Sport | Gridiron (American football) |
League | Gridiron Victoria |
First season | |
Ground | Sydney Parkinson Reserve Endeavour Hills |
Club song | NA |
President/Chair | |
Coach | |
Captain | |
2006 |
The Berwick Miners are a gridiron team that competes in the Gridiron Victoria league. Their home ground is the Sydney Parkinson Reserve in Endeavour Hills in the south east suburb of Melbourne. The club colours orange and black. They are the longest serving club to the league with a proud history and reputation they live by.[citation needed] They have competed in finals 17 of their 20 year history with 5 consecutive Vic Bowl appearances from 1991 to 1995, winning two.
There creed is HIT dont be HIT!!! The Miners are the only team to have a Victory song, sung after every win much to the annoyance of other teams.[citation needed] The club also has a partnership with Northern Illinois University with an ex Vic Bowl Premiership player, State and Australian representative Jason Kurfurst being a strength and conditioning coach to the football team there.
[edit] Most awarded players
- Grant lamb with 6 Club MVPs
- Darren Shaw with 2 Club MVPs and 2 Club champion awards
- John Fuchs with 2 Club MVPS
- Branko Topal with 2 Club MVPs