OFC may have won back to back flags in 2017-18 but faced an immense challenge to convert that triumph into a three-pete.
At the end of 2018 AFL Yarra Ranges clubs voted to accept an application by clubs in the smaller South East suburban league to form a new competition- AFL Outer East.
This meant OFC would now come up against powerhouse teams from Berwick, Beaconsfield, Narre Warren and Cranbourne.
It was to prove mostly a hill too steep to climb for the Yarra Ranges netball and football teams, they generally struggled against the bigger clubs.
However there was one extraordinary exception to this trend- OFC’s netball program under the guidance of Tim Smith and his senior players.
Remarkably all four senior teams made the finals, and our new U/17 team was competitive.
In a result that greatly enhanced the credibility of the new League OFC triumphed in the A Grade final and made it three flags in a row (and four in five years)
Under the circumstances that victory ensured that OFC could lay claim to the title of the best team in the history of the YVMDFNL/AFL Yarra Ranges leagues.
Laddder
| OFC | 72 | 217 |
| BEACONSFIELD | 56 | 140 |
| CRANBOURNE | 52 | 128 |
| WOORI YALLOCK | 52 | 109 |
| NARRE WARREN | 44 | 111 |
| UPWEY | 28 | 71 |
| WANDIN | 24 | 87 |
| BERWICK | 20 | 69 |
| HEALESVILLE | 12 | 43 |
Semi Final
Saturday 14th Sept., Pakenham
| OFC | 16 | 24 | 39 | 50 |
| BEACONSFIELD | 10 | 19 | 25 | 39 |
Goal Scorers- P Stewart, 36, E Stewart 14
Best Players – E Stewart, M Taylor, A Paget.
Grand Final
Friday 27 Sept,. Pakenham
| OFC | 10 | 17 | 24 | 31 |
| CRANBOURNE | 6 | 11 | 19 | 28 |
Goal Scorers- P Stewart 24, E Stewart 7
Best Players- not recorded
Anita Woods Medal ( MVP)- Alice Paget
Coach- T Smith
Team- P Stewart, E Stewart, K Carpenter ( nee Tomlinson), M Taylor, A Paget, B Smith,B Hipwell, G Martin, A Osborne, B Simpson