Killarney Vale Australian Football Club
The Killarney Vale Australian Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that competes in the AFL Hunter Central Coast competition. The club is based in the Central Coast suburb of Killarney Vale and plays its home games at Adelaide Street Oval, Tumbi Umbi. History The club was founded in 1978 with a meeting in the Tumbi Umbi Preschool and played in the Central Coast Australian Football League. They were known as the 'Bunyips' and wore a red, gold and black striped jumper until 1981 when they adopted the 'Bombers' nickname and changed their guernsey to the current red sash. The club won six Premierships in the former Central Coast Australian Football League before the CCAFL amalgamated with the Newcastle Australian Football League to form the Black Diamond Australian Football League after the 1999 season. The club has produced one Australian Football League player, Daniel Lloyd (Greater Western Sydney) who formerly held a scholarship with the Western Bulldogs. Premierships Since the club's inception into the former Central Coast Australian Football League in 1978, the Bombers have won six Premierships from 1981 to 1998. The club has also won two Black Diamond Australian Football League/AFL Hunter Central Coast