The Aquinas Old Collegians Football Club, nicknamed the Bloods and also known simply as Aquinas, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood.
As of 2024, the club's men's team competes in Division 2 of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), while the women's team is in Premier B of the VAFA Women's (VAFAW) competition.
History In 1980, discussions were held between former students of Aquinas College about forming a football club. At a meeting at the Ringwood Parish Hall on 18 February 1981, the club was formally established as the "Aquinas Old Boys Football Club", entering E Grade in the Eastern Suburbs Churches Football Association (ESCFA).
In its second year, the club made the E Grade senior and reserves premiership, winning the latter. Back-to-back senior and reserves premierships came in 1983 and 1984.
Aquinas moved to the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) at the start of the 1987 season, entering F Section. The club, now renamed to "Aquinas Old Collegians", finished first on the ladder with just one loss for the season, and won the grand final by 1 point over Whitefriars.
The club won its second senior premiership in E Section (East) in 1996, defeating Yarra Valley Old Boys by 37 points. A third senior premiership came 21 years later in Division 4 in 2017 with a grand final win over Manningham Cobras, which was followed by a 2-point victory − also against Manningham − in the 2019 Division 3 grand final.
Seasons Grand finals PremiersRunners-upDrawn Year League Division Grade Opponent Score Venue Crowd Date Report 1982 ESCFA E Grade Seniors St Patrick's Mentone 1982 ESCFA E Grade Reserves Springvale Districts 1983 ESCFA D Grade Seniors St Patrick's Mentone 16.11 (107) 7.5 (47) 1983 ESCFA D Grade Reserves Black Rock 11.14 (80) d. 4.6 (30) 1984 ESCFA C Grade Seniors St Paul's Bentleigh 1984 ESCFA C Grade Reserves St Paul's Bentleigh 1985 ESCFA B Grade Reserves Mazenod Old Collegians 7.11 (53) d. 2.9 (21) 1986 ESCFA B Grade Reserves St Kevin's Ormond 20.23 (143) 10.8 (68) 1987 VAFA F Section Seniors Whitefriars 12.13 (85) d. 12.12 (84) 1996 VAFA E East Seniors Yarra Valley Old Boys 18.9 (117) d. 12.8 (80) 2017 VAFA Seniors Manningham Cobras 14.10 (94) d. 10.9 (69) 2019 VAFA Seniors Manningham Cobras 8.14 (62) d. 7.18 (60)
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