History
History
The first public meeting to form a Sporting Association was held on a vacant
block of land in Karingal Drive just short of Belar Ave in late November
of 1963.
The idea was for the Association to start various clubs to cater for the
ever increasing number of young people coming to the area. The people involved
with the particular activity would appoint their own committees with the
Sporting Association supporting them until such time as they could financially
stand on their own feet.
Above: The first committee
Below: "Crazy" Dave Groves, a true legend of the club.
Karingal
Football Club was one of the first clubs formed by this Sporting Association.
The first few years were lean for the newly formed Karingal FC. There was
however a grand final appearance in 1974 in only the 5th year of the football
club.
There was always a belief to improve the home grown players. Karingal FC
has had a strong junior program with over 10 premierships coming form either
the under 17’s or under 18’s. These groups provided the nucleus of the senior
premierships sides of 1996 and 1999.
The Karingal FC has various versions of the jumper starting with an all
red jumper with a white "K" on the left hand-side, in the 1980's the jumper
changed to a version similar to the Sydney Swans FC jumper all white with
a red yoke across the chest, In 1995 Karingal moved to an all red jumper
with white stripes and in 2000 added the club logo to the centre of the
jumper.
Above: the current Karingal FC jumper.