OFC may have won back to back flags in 2017-18 but faced an immense challenge to convert that triumph into a three-pete.
At the end of 2018 AFL Yarra Ranges clubs voted to accept an application by clubs in the smaller South East suburban league to form a new competition- AFL Outer East.
This meant OFC would now come up against powerhouse teams from Berwick, Beaconsfield, Narre Warren and Cranbourne.
It was to prove mostly a hill too steep to climb for the Yarra Ranges netball and football teams, they generally struggled against the bigger clubs.
However there was one extraordinary exception to this trend- OFC's netball program under the guidance of Tim Smith and his senior players.
Remarkably all four senior teams made the finals, and our new U/17 team was competitive.
In a result that greatly enhanced the credibility of the new League OFC triumphed in the A Grade final and made it three flags in a row( and four in five years)
Under the circumstances that victory ensured that OFC could lay claim to the title of the best team in the history of the YVMDFNL/AFL Yarra Ranges leagues.
Laddder
| OFC |
72 |
217 |
| BEACONSFIELD |
56 |
140 |
|
CRANBOURNE
|
52 |
128 |
| WOORI YALLOCK |
52 |
109 |
| NARRE WARREN |
44 |
111 |
| UPWEY |
28 |
71 |
| WANDIN |
24 |
87 |
| BERWICK |
20 |
69 |
| HEALESVILLE |
12 |
43 |
Semi Final
Saturday 14th Sept., Pakenham
| OFC |
16 |
24 |
39 |
50 |
| BEACONSFIELD |
10 |
19 |
25 |
39 |
Goal Scorers- P Stewart, 36, E Stewart 14
Best Players - E Stewart, M Taylor, A Paget.
Grand Final
Friday 27 Sept,. Pakenham
| OFC |
10 |
17 |
24 |
31 |
| CRANBOURNE |
6 |
11 |
19 |
28 |
Goal Scorers- P Stewart 24, E Stewart 7
Best Players- not recorded
Anita Woods Medal ( MVP)- Alice Paget
Coach- T Smith
Team- P Stewart, E Stewart, K Carpenter ( nee Tomlinson), M Taylor, A Paget, B Smith,B Hipwell, G Martin, A Osborne, B Simpson
