Rewind 20 years to Ovens and King grand final day in 1998 where the Swans became the first club to win all three football premierships (seniors, reserves and thirds) in the same season.

Coach Paul Twycross and his assistant Tim Mooney played in Wodonga Raiders’ 1997 reserves flag before heading to the bush.

Against all odds, the Swans came from nowhere to win their third senior premiership in the space of five years.

After winning their last two games to scrape into the top-five, Chiltern played elimination football throughout the finals series before toppling Bright in the decider.

The club will reunite on Saturday to celebrate the 1998 triumph, as well as the club’s 1958 and 1968 premierships during Chiltern’s clash with Beechworth.

Twycross only spent two years at the club, but certainly made an impact.

“We weren’t favourites, obviously coming from an elimination final, everyone thought we’d get rolled by Bright,” Twycross said.

“Bright had beaten us three weeks out from finals at Chiltern.

“We played Greta and Rutherglen who we hadn’t beaten all year and then played King Valley in the prelim and we’d won one each, before Bright in the grand final.

“It was pretty special in that regard.

“I think there was three kids that came out of the under 18s that played in the premiership that year, so the thirds went through undefeated with three of their best players in the seniors.”

Mooney admitted the competition was very even.

“It was a bit of a shock to the system for us because we didn’t think the competition was a strong as it was, especially coming from the O and M,” Mooney said.

“We didn’t know a hell of a lot about the O and K, but it was equivalent to the Tallangatta league at that time.

“It took us a few games to get going that’s for sure, it was a different type of footy.”

Reunion organiser Kevin Mayhew has been busy contacting as many players as possible to attend from the 1958 and 1968 outfits.

“The 1958 guys are spread far and wide and have been fairly hard to contact and we’ve lost a few of them,” Mayhew said.

“Most recently, Vin Shelley passed away who was one of the stalwarts of our club and the Ovens and King.

“The 58 premiership was the centenary of the Ovens and King Football League and that was our first premiership since crossing from the Chiltern and District Football League.

“The 1968 side was one of the youngest teams Chiltern fielded under the late Len Richards who used to play for Wangaratta.”

The weekend kicks-off with a meet and greet on the Friday night at the Telegraph Hotel, followed by a luncheon at Chiltern Recreation Reserve on Saturday from 12pm, before the Swans face the Bushrangers.

Chiltern has featured in one grand final at senior level since it crossed to the Tallangatta league in 2003, losing to Mitta United in 2006.