Vale Vikings
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Founded | 2007 |
Colours | Dark Blue and Light Blue |
Competition | Welsh Australian Rules Football League |
Premierships | 2008 |
Ground(s) | Old Penarthians RFC, St. Mark's Road, Penarth CF64 3PF |
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Official website | [www.facebook.com/ValeVikingsAFC/] |
The Vale Vikings are an Australian Rules Football team based in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.[1] They play in the Welsh Australian Rules Football League under the 9-a-side footy rules. The team was formerly known as the Cardiff Double Blues until 2021.
History
[edit]Cardiff Double Blues ARFC has a history of being one of the founder clubs of the Welsh Australian Rules Football League (WARFL) in 2007.[citation needed]
Since that date, Cardiff Double Blues ARFC has achieved considerable success. The club won the inaugural WARFL Premiership and Caerdydd Cup local derby against arch-rivals, the South Cardiff Panthers, in 2008. The club also won the first ever pre-season Cymru Clwb Cup tournament in 2009.[2]
In March 2021, it was announced that the team would be relocating to the Vale of Glamorgan and as a result would change their name to the Vale Vikings.[3]
Past results
[edit]Year | Position | Won | Lost | Points |
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2008 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
2009 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
2010 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
2010 squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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International representation
[edit]The club has contributed significantly to the growth of Australian-rules football at an international- level in Europe by encouraging its players to strive to represent their national teams and Great Britain. Thus far, Cardiff Double Blues ARFC players have represented the following:
- Cymru Red Dragons (Welsh National Australian Rules Football Team)
- English Dragonslayers (English National Australian Rules Football Team)
- Great Britain Bulldogs (British Representative Team)
- European Legion (European Representative Team)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Official WARFL homepage". Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
- ^ Cardiff Double Blues ARFC 1st Annual Report 2010 Available at: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/cardiffdoubleblues/d/documents.html
- ^ "Cardiff Double Blues arfc on Facebook". Vale Vikings. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.