| Geneva Jets |
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| Names |
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| Full name | Geneva Jets Australian Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Jets |
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| Club song | Jets of Geneva |
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| 2019 season |
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| After finals | Premiers |
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| Home-and-away season | 1st |
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| Leading goalkicker | Tommy Ross (26) |
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| Best and fairest | Sebastian Permain |
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| Club details |
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| Founded | 2018; 7 years ago (2018) |
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| Colours | |
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| Competition | AFL Switzerland |
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| President | James Olle |
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| Coach | Tommy Ross, Benoit Vittori (Asst. Seniors), Katherine Dellar (Asst. Reserves) |
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| Captain(s) | Joel Aitken, Sebastian Permain (VC), Andrew Black (Reserves) |
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| Premierships |
- AFL Switzerland Seniors (1): 2019
- AFL Switzerland Reserves (1): 2019
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| Other information |
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| Official website | genevajetsafc.ch |
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The Geneva Jets Australian Football Club, nicknamed the Jets, is an Australian Football club based in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 2018, the club competes in the AFL Switzerland League and was one of the competition's three founding clubs in 2019.
History[edit]
Discussions surrounding the establishment of an Australian Football club in Geneva began in August 2018 and training commenced the following month. The club's first matches were in Winterthur on 18 November 2018 during a friendly round-robin tournament with the Winterthur Lions and Basel Dragons with Geneva winning both their matches to be named tournament champions.[1][2]
The club was inaugurated on 14 December 2018.
Seniors[edit]
In 2019, the AFL Switzerland senior home and away season consisted of 5 rounds with each team playing 40-minute matches against the other two teams during the day. In Round 1, Geneva lost their only match of the season after being defeated by Basel. The Jets continued the remainder of the season undefeated and won the Grand Final against Basel on 14 September 2019 at Vessy Sports Centre in Geneva.[3]
Reserves[edit]
With large player numbers, Geneva was able to field a reserves side in 2019 and each home and away around was opened with the reserves match. The reserves team played against the Northern Bears, a combined team of developing and reserve players from the two other established sides, Basel and Winterthur, and players from elsewhere in Switzerland, notably Zurich. The season consisted of 6 matches with the premiership awarded to the team finishing first on the ladder. In 2019, Geneva won the premiership with four wins from six games.
Club song[edit]
The club's song is "Jets of Geneva" and was written by Matthew Serventy and Greg Arnold.
Records and achievements[edit]
Club honours[edit]
Individual club awards[edit]
Seniors Best & Fairest[edit]
| Year |
Winner |
Runner-Up
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| 2019 |
Sebastian Permain |
Benoit Vittori
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Reserves Best & Fairest[edit]
| Year |
Winner |
Runner-Up
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| 2019 |
Dominic Lanz |
Katherine Dellar
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Coaches' Award[edit]
| Year |
Player
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| 2019 |
Mark Cianfagna
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Most Improved[edit]
| Year |
Player
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| 2019 |
Yoni Dekker
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Club Person of the Year[edit]
| Year |
Player
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| 2019 |
Benoit Vittori
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Individual league awards[edit]
League Senior Best & Fairest[edit]
| No. |
Player |
Years Won
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| 1 |
Tommy Ross |
2019
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Best on Ground in Grand Final[edit]
| No. |
Player |
Years Won
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| 1 |
Tommy Ross |
2019
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League Senior Leading Goalkicker[edit]
| No. |
Player |
Years Won
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| 1 |
Tommy Ross |
2019
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League Reserves Leading Goalkicker[edit]
| No. |
Player |
Years Won
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| 1 |
Paul Garwood |
2019
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All Swiss Team[edit]
| Year |
Player
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| 2019 |
Tommy Ross (Captain/Coach)
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| Sebastian Permain (Vice Captain)
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| Mark Cianfagna
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| Cyril Jan Mahamad
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| Kim Keedle
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References[edit]
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