Footy clubs and training in Bayside
105,718 people and 12 footy clubs, in Cheltenham, Brighton and Brighton East and beyond. Whichever one you play for, the spot goes to whoever turns up to pre-season already fit.
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12 footy clubs have a home ground in Bayside (population 105,718 at the 2021 census), across 8 suburbs. Most play in the Southern Football Netball League (6 clubs), with others in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (6). Sandringham is the VFL side here, at Trevor Barker Beach Oval, Sandringham.
The Talent League club for Bayside juniors is the Sandringham Dragons or the Oakleigh Chargers, depending on your address. Neither club publishes its boundary at council level, so check with your junior league before you assume.
Footy clubs in Bayside
Every club with a home ground in Bayside, where it plays, and the league and grades it fields. Most senior clubs also run junior and girls’ teams — the club can tell you which age groups have spots.
| Club | Home ground | Competition and grades |
|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris | Banksia Reserve, Beaumaris | VAFA Premier B · women’s Premier B, Division 4 |
| MCC | Beaumaris Secondary College, Beaumaris | VAFA women’s Division 2 |
| Black Rock | Donald MacDonald Reserve, Black Rock | SFNL Division 3 · women’s Division 1 |
| Elsternwick | Elsternwick Park, Brighton | VAFA Division 2 |
| Old Brighton | Brighton Beach Oval, Brighton | VAFA Premier · women’s Premier B |
| Old Melburnians | Elsternwick Park, Brighton | VAFA Premier B · women’s Premier B |
| East Brighton | Hurlingham Park, Brighton East | SFNL Division 2 |
| Cheltenham | Cheltenham Reserve, Cheltenham | SFNL Division 1 |
| Hampton Rovers | Boss James Reserve, Hampton | VAFA Premier C · women’s Division 1 |
| Moorabbin | A.W Oliver Reserve, Hampton East | SFNL Division 4 |
| Hampton | Peterson Street Reserve, Highett | SFNL Division 2 |
| Highett | Turner Road Reserve, Highett † | SFNL Division 2 |
† The ground’s suburb is shared with a neighbouring council, so the club may sit just over the boundary. From each league’s current club list, checked September 2026. Clubs change leagues and divisions between seasons; the league is right if this is not.
Which Talent League club you trial for
The Talent League club for Bayside juniors is the Sandringham Dragons or the Oakleigh Chargers, depending on your address. Neither club publishes its boundary at council level, so check with your junior league before you assume.
- Sandringham
- VFL — Trevor Barker Beach Oval, Sandringham.
Bayside & the inner south-east: the zones, the leagues and the VFL clubs →
Set it up for your club in Bayside
Four things, in the order the app asks them. The footy calendar and conditions are on the Melbourne guide.
Choose footy, then your team nights
Onboarding asks “When do you train with your team?” Pick your club nights — Southern Football Netball League or wherever you play — and your gym and conditioning are scheduled around them, lighter the day after a big one. Tell it your equipment and any niggles and every exercise is fitted to both.
Match the program to your league’s start
The app treats March as the start of the AFL season. If your league does not start until mid-April, set your season phase yourself and stay in pre-season a few weeks longer. The phase lives in Program → Your year.
Know your numbers on day one
Your first testing session is ready immediately: 2km time trial, Bench press 1RM, Max pull-ups, Trap-bar deadlift 1RM, Running vertical jump. It is re-run every 8 weeks, and the results re-price your training weights and conditioning paces.
Put your suburb on the board
In Social → Town, set where you train. Your minutes count toward that town’s weekly conditioning and strength top-10 boards — only the town is kept, never your location.
Bayside by suburb
105,718 people at the 2021 census. Suburb populations from the same census; a suburb marked * is shared with a neighbouring council.
Coaching a side in Bayside?
A club licence is A$8 per player, per month (minimum 5), and every player on it gets full Train Smart membership at no cost to them. You write the block once, it lands in each player’s app, and the console shows who actually did it.
Footy in Bayside: questions
What footy clubs are in Bayside?
Which Talent League club are Bayside juniors zoned to?
Where can women and girls play footy in Bayside?
Which league do Bayside footy clubs play in?
Where these facts come from
Checked September 2026. Zones, grades and dates change — if something here is out of date, the governing body is right and we are wrong.
- Southern Football Netball League — current clubs and grounds
- Victorian Amateur Football Association — current clubs and grounds
- City of Bayside — suburbs and 2021 census population
- South Metro Junior Football League — pathways and zoning
- Yarra Junior Football League — talent programs
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More of Bayside & the inner south-east
Turn up to round one already fit
Pick footy, tell it your Cheltenham training nights — or wherever you play — and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.
One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.