Footy · Bayside & the inner south-east

Footy clubs and training in Kingston

Kingston has 12 footy clubs, in Mentone, Parkdale and Highett and more. Find yours below, then build the fitness that holds your place in it.

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Short answer

12 footy clubs have a home ground in Kingston (population 169,000 at the 2021 census), across 11 suburbs. Most play in the Southern Football Netball League (6 clubs), with others in the Mornington Peninsula Football Netball League (3) and the Victorian Amateur Football Association (3). St Kilda is the VFL side here, at Moorabbin Oval (RSEA Park), Moorabbin.

The Talent League club for Kingston 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.

12 clubs

Footy clubs in Kingston

Every club with a home ground in Kingston, 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.

Footy clubs with a home ground in Kingston, by suburb
ClubHome groundCompetition and grades
Edithvale-AspendaleRegents Park, AspendaleMPFNL Division 1 · women’s Division 2
BonbeachBonbeach Sports Reserve, BonbeachMPFNL Division 2 · women’s Division 1/Division 1 reserves
Carrum Patterson LakesRoy Dore Reserve, CarrumSFNL Division 3
ChelseaChelsea Recreation Reserve, ChelseaMPFNL Division 2 · women’s Division 2
Chelsea HeightsBeazley Reserve, Chelsea HeightsSFNL Division 2 · women’s Division 2
DingleySouter Oval, Dingley VillageSFNL Division 1
HeathertonHeatherton Recreation Reserve, HeathertonSFNL Division 3
HighettTurner Road Reserve, Highett SFNL Division 2
St Bede's MentoneMentone Reserve, MentoneVAFA women’s Premier B
St Bedes/Mentone TigersMentone Reserve, MentoneVAFA Premier C
MordiallocBen Kavanagh Reserve, MordiallocSFNL Division 2 · women’s Division 2, Division 3
Parkdale VulturesGerry Green Reserve, ParkdaleVAFA Premier C · women’s Premier B

† 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.

Your pathway

Which Talent League club you trial for

The Talent League club for Kingston 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.

VFL in Kingston
St Kilda
VFL — Moorabbin Oval (RSEA Park), Moorabbin — the Saints’ VFL side.

Bayside & the inner south-east: the zones, the leagues and the VFL clubs →

How the AFL pathway works, step by step →

Your first ten minutes

Set it up for your club in Kingston

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.

CheltenhamClayton SouthMentoneParkdaleHighettDingley VillageOakleigh SouthMordiallocChelseaPatterson Lakes

The suburbs

Kingston by suburb

169,000 people at the 2021 census. Suburb populations from the same census; a suburb marked * is shared with a neighbouring council.

Cheltenham* 23,992Clayton South 13,381Mentone 13,197Parkdale 12,308Highett* 12,016Dingley Village 10,495Oakleigh South* 9,851Mordialloc 8,886Chelsea 8,347Patterson Lakes 7,793Clarinda 7,441Aspendale 7,285Bonbeach 6,855Aspendale Gardens 6,427Moorabbin 6,287Edithvale 6,276Chelsea Heights 5,393Carrum 4,239Heatherton 2,826Waterways 2,422Moorabbin Airport 26Braeside 25
For coaches

Coaching a side in Kingston?

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.

FAQ

Footy in Kingston: questions

What footy clubs are in Kingston?
12 clubs have a home ground in Kingston: Edithvale-Aspendale, Bonbeach, Carrum Patterson Lakes, Chelsea, Chelsea Heights, Dingley, Heatherton, Highett, St Bede's Mentone, St Bedes/Mentone Tigers, Mordialloc and Parkdale Vultures. The table on this page lists each one’s ground, league and grades.
Which Talent League club are Kingston juniors zoned to?
The Talent League club for Kingston 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.
Where can women and girls play footy in Kingston?
7 clubs field a women’s senior side: Edithvale-Aspendale, Bonbeach, Chelsea, Chelsea Heights, St Bede's Mentone, Mordialloc and Parkdale Vultures. Most junior clubs also run girls’ teams — ask the club directly.
Which league do Kingston footy clubs play in?
Most Kingston clubs play in the Southern Football Netball League (6 clubs), with others in the Mornington Peninsula Football Netball League (3) and the Victorian Amateur Football Association (3).

Turn up to round one already fit

Pick footy, tell it your St Bedes/Mentone Tigers training nights — or wherever you play — and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.

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