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The
Singapore
Australian
Football
Club
(SAFC)
was
formed
on April
24, 1993
by ten
homesick
and
football
deprived
Aussies
who were
toughing
it out
in the
tropical
balm of
Singapore's
business
trenches.
With
around
6000
Australian
and New
Zealand
expats
in the
community
the
visionary
founding
fathers
of
Singapore
Aussie
Rules
figured
there
had to
be at
least 30
blokes
who
could
get
together
on a
weekend
and have
a trot
on the
old
paddock.
It
sounded
simple!
The
following
three
years
were
definitive
for the
team
that
Singaporeans
would
affectionately
know as
‘the
Mighty
Wombats’.
Through
a series
of
recruitment
drives
that led
team
crusaders
on a
vigilant
and
exhaustive
tour of
pretty
much
every
pub in
the
land, a
playlist
was
assembled
that
made
weekly
intra-club
games a
reality.
Adding
depth,
match
toughness
and
certainly
a
respect
for the
beer
consuming
capacity
of our
armed
forces,
the
Singapore
Wombats
are able
to
schedule
between
8-10
matches
throughout
each
year
against
visiting
Royal
Australian
Navy
ships.
The RAN
Liaison
Office
in
Singapore
has been
instrumental
in
keeping
the navy
series
alive.
The game
is
always
played
in good
spirit
with the
Navy
boys as
thankful
of a run
on terra
firma as
the
Wombats
were
chuffed
to strut
their
stuff as
the
national
side and
build
team
strength.
With an
influx
of
expatriates
to the
Asia
Pacific
region
during
the
90's,
several
other
Aussie
Rules
teams
have
appeared
on the
scene.
This
provides
the club
with an
opportunity
to
travel
regionally
and
participate
in our
great
game.
The
Wombats
travel
to
China,
Hong
Kong,
Indonesia
(Bali &
Jakarta),
Japan,
Malaysia,
the
Philippines,
Thailand
and
Vietnam
and also
host
teams
from
these
countries.
The
Wombats
won back
to back
Asian
Championships
in 2005
in the
Philippines
and 2006
in
Jakarta.
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