Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club

The Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football club on the Gold Coast, Queensland based in the suburb of Palm Beach. The club emblem is the lion^[1] and the club plays in both Division One and Division Two of the AFL Queensland State League.

Palm Beach Currumbin
Names
Full name	Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club Inc.
2022 season
Club details
Founded	1961; 64 years ago (1961)
Colours
Competition	QAFL
President	Glenn Spencer
Coach	Russell Maloney
Captain(s)	Steven Thynne
Ground(s)	Salk Oval, Thrower Drive, Palm Beach QLD 4221
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official website	pbcafc.com.au

Palm Beach Currumbin won the 1999 premiership.^[2]

History

The Central Australian Football Club was established in 1961 and was one of the founding clubs of the Gold Coast Australian Football League. By 1965 the club had captured its first GCAFL premiership and would later change its name to the Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club.

Premierships (13)

No.	Year	Competition	Opponent	Score	Venue
1	1965	GCAFL	Surfers Paradise Demons	10.13 (73) – 7.11 (53)	Salk Oval
2	1971	GCAFL	Southport Magpies	9.11 (65) – 7.9 (51)	Salk Oval
3	1973	GCAFL	Southport Magpies	18.15 (123) – 9.13 (67)	Salk Oval
4	1985	GCAFL	Surfers Paradise Demons	8.13 (61) – 8.8 (54)	Carrara Oval
5	1995	GCAFL	Labrador Tigers	13.12 (90) – 11.17 (83)	Len Peak Oval
6	1997	QSFLGC	Surfers Paradise Demons	10.15 (75) – 7.7 (49)	Merrimac Oval
7	1999	QSFLGC	Surfers Paradise Demons	16.9 (105) – 7.8 (50)	Merrimac Oval
8	2000	AFLQSL	Coolangatta Blues	13.8 (86) – 11.6 (72)
9	2007	AFLQSL	Western Magpies	13.9 (87) – 6.11 (47)	Carrara Stadium
10	2009	QAFL Div 1	Noosa Tigers	14.15 (99) – 10.11 (71)	Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex
11	2013	SEQAFL Div 1	Springwood Pumas	18.19 (127) – 12.11 (83)	Giffin Park
12	2017	QAFL	Labrador Tigers	14.20 (104) – 7.9 (51)	Fankhauser Reserve
13	2018	QAFL	Broadbeach Cats	14.16 (100) – 9.12 (66)	Leyshon Park

Drafted players in the AFL

Year	Name	Team	Draft №
1994	John Hutton	Fremantle	WA Zone Selection
2015	Jesse Joyce	Gold Coast	67th (rookie)
2016	Brad Scheer	Gold Coast	67th
2016	Max Spencer	Gold Coast	Academy selection (rookie)
2017	Brayden Crossley	Gold Coast	52nd
2017	Jacob Dawson	Gold Coast	Academy selection (rookie)
2017	Jacob Heron	Gold Coast	Academy selection (rookie)
2018	Caleb Graham	Gold Coast	71st
2023	Jed Walter	Gold Coast	3rd
2023	Ethan Read	Gold Coast	9th
2023	Will Graham	Gold Coast	26th

Notable players (seniors and juniors)

• Wayne Carey (Adelaide and North Melbourne)^[3]
• Levi Casboult (Carlton and Gold Coast)^[4]
• Liam Jones (Carlton and Western Bulldogs)^[5]
• Michael Rischitelli (Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast)^[6]
• Jed Walter (Gold Coast)
• Ethan Read (Gold Coast)
• Will Graham (Gold Coast)