Far North Football League

The Far North Football League (formerly the Woomera & Districts Football League) is an Australian rules football competition based in the Far North region of South Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League.

Current clubs

Jumper	Club	Nickname	Years in comp	WDFL premierships	Premiership years[1]
	East Roxby (formerly Andamooka)	Roos	1989-	4	1990, 1995, 2003, 2007
	Coober Pedy	Saints	2004-	-	-
	Hornridge	Magpies	1997-	3	2001, 2002, 2012
	Olympic Dam	Devils	1987-	13	1987, 1992-93-94, 1996-97-98, 2004-05-06, 2008–09, 2011
	Roxby Districts	Miners	1986-	11	1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2013-14-15-16

Brief history

The Woomera Football League (WFL) was formed in 1948. The predominance of public service and defence employment in the region was reflected in early participating clubs which included Works & Housing, Contractors, Koolymilka, Lines & Construction, LWER (Long Range Weapons Experimental Range), RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force), RAE (Royal Australian Engineers - Army). By 1960 the clubs consisted of Works, Village, Centrals, RAAF and Koolymilka. RAAF withdrew in 1966 and Works similarly in 1976. Mount Gunson joined in 1975 and ceased in 1983. Woomera North joined in 1977. This was a direct result of Works and Village unable to field separate sides so a new team was formed. Woomera North voted itself out of existence in 1984 and a Village team re-entered the competition which then only consisted of 3 teams viz. Kollymilka, Central and Village.

WFL Premiers and Runners-up 1949 -1985^[2][3]

Year	Premiers	Premiership Coach	Premiership Captain	Runners-up	Final Scores
1949	1 L.C.P.S. (Signals)	Major Maurice Bennett	Cpl. William Albert "Peter" Lee	Works	5.12.(42) to 5.11(41)
1950	Works	Norm "Bargie" Williams	William "Bill" McGuire	R.A.A.F.	15.17(107) to 2.5(17)
1951	Contractors	Unknown	M C McEvoy	Works	8.9(57) to 7.10(52)
1952	Village	William "Bill" Novak	Sig. F Carlson	Works	6.3(39) to 1.7(13)
1953	Koolymilka	Donald "Neil" Kerley	Donald "Neil" Kerley	Works	5.12(42) to 5.2(32)
1954	Village	William "Bill" Novak	Ken Moylan	Works	6.8(44) to 5.3.(33)
1955	Works	Unknown	Fred Brown	R.A.A.F.	15.14(104) to 10.5(65)
1956	Works	Herbert "Bert" Heffernan	William "Bill" Butterfield	Centrals	8.12(60) to 1.4(10)
1957	Village	Roger O Harris	Roger O Harris	Works	6.15(51) to 5.11(41)
1958	Works (undefeated)	Don Watson	Don Watson	Centrals	13.16(94) to 9.9.(63)
1959	Village	A B Coutts	A B Coutts	Centrals	16.15(111) to 10.11(71)
1960	Centrals	Denny Scott	Fred Brown	Works	18.14(122) to 18.12(120)
1961	Village	Gil Smith	Brian Flanagan	Works	14.21(105) to 6.9(45)
1962	Works (undefeated)	Ray Whitaker	Ray Whitaker	Centrals	16.19(115) TO 7.8(50)
1963	Village	Rodger Stringer	Rodger Stringer	Centrals	14.12(96) too 4.5(29)
1964	Works	Ray Whitaker	Ray Whitaker	Village	17.18(120) to 12.5(77)
1965	Village	Ken Rau	A W "Bill" Hooker	Works	11.15(81) to 4.12(36)
1966	Works	Richard "Dick" Roennfeldt	Richard "Dick" Roennfeldt	Village	18.13(121) to 9.8(62)
1967	Village	A W "Bill" Hooker	A W "Bill" Hooker	Centrals	8.14(62) to 8.13(61)
1968	Works	Fred Wernert	Fred Wernert	Centrals	13.14(92) to 12.15(87)
1969	Village (undefeated)	Ken Rau	Peter Hardy	Centrals	17.14(116) to 2.12(24)
1970	Village	Graham Brennan	Graham Brennan	Centrals	11.11(77) to 10.12(72)
1971	Village	Graham Brennan	Graham Brennan	Works	14.11(95) to 11.7(73)
1972	Koolymilka	Theo Saunders	Theo Saunders	Village	10.13(73) to 9.8(62)
1973	Koolymilka	Herb Ellerbock	Herb Ellerbock	Works	18.13(121) to 10.13(73)
1974	Works	William "Bill" Leverington	Robert "Bob" Boyle	Koolymilka	13.6(84) to 8.12(60)
1975	Koolymilka	John Cates	John Cates	Centrals	10.22(82) to 10.7(67)
1976	Centrals (undefeated)	Daniel "Paddy" O'Neill	P Walters	Mount Gunson	19.22(136) to 14.11(95)
1977	Woomera North	John Payne	John Shepherdson	Centrals	14.8(92) to 10.18(78)
1978	Woomera North	John Shepherdson	John Shepherdson	Centrals	17.21(123) to 11.12(78)
1979	Woomera North	Dave Thomas	Dave Thomas	Mount Gunson	26.11(167) to 21.22(148)
1980	Centrals	Phil "Turkey" Turner	Phil "Turkey" Turner	Koolymilka	20.15(135) to 14.9(93)
1981	Mount Gunson	John Hearne	Kelly Hill	Woomera North	25.13(163) to 18.12(120)
1982	Mount Gunson	John Hearne	Kelly Hill	Woomera North	Not recorded
1983	Koolymilka	David Bates	Tom Blackie	Woomera North	15.17(107) to 11.12(78)
1984	Centrals	Brendon Would	Dave Davis	Koolymilka	23.6(144) to 17.9(111)
1985	Koolymilka	Christopher "Biff" Griffiths	Tom Blackie	Village	13.14(92) to 13.12(90)

WFL Premiership Summary 1949 - 1985^[4]

Club	Premiers	Runners-up	WFL premierships
Village	11	4	1952, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971.
Works	9	11	1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1974.
Koolymilka	6	3	1953, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1983, 1985.
Centrals	4	12	1960, 1976, 1980, 1984.
Woomera North	3	3	1977, 1978, 1979.
Mount Gunson	2	2	1981, 1982.
1.L.C.P.S. (Signals)	1	-	1949.
Contractors	1	-	1951.
R.A.A.F	-	2	-

1.L.C.P.S. (Signals) is the acronym for No.1 Line Construction Project Squadron, Royal Australian Corps of Signals.
1.L.C.P.S. (Signals) were also known as Lines and Construction.
Works were also known as Works and Housing in the early years.
Village were also known as Woomera or Town in the early years.
In 1986 the Woomera Football League changed its name to the Woomera & Districts Football League.
Since this era, with the beginning of mining operations at Olympic Dam in the 1980s, the majority of the league's clubs are actually located in the Roxby Downs area rather than Woomera, with the Coober Pedy Saints even further afield.

WFL League B&F - Area Medal(1949-1952), Area and Mail Medals (1953-2006), Leading Goalkicker ^[5]

Year	Area Medal 49-52 Area & Mail Medal 53-2006	Club	Leading Goalkicker	Club	Number of Goals
1949	M R "Gordon" Hughes	1 L.C.P.S.	Unknown
1950	M C McEvoy	Contractors	Unknown
1951	M R "Gordon" Hughes	1 L.C.P.S.	Unknown
1952	Cpl. William Albert "Peter" Lee	Koolymilka	Unknown
1953	Donald "Neil" Kerley	Koolymilka	Unknown
1954	Ken Moylan	Village	C Handley	Village	18
1955	Rodger Stringer	Centrals	Unknown
1956	Rodger Stringer	Village	Roger Harris	Village	22
1957	Mail = Howard Smith Mail = Don Watson* Area = Kevin Field	Koolymilka Works RAAF	Unknown
1958	Bill Herron	Works	Unknown
1959	Ken Casselton Warren Coops*	RAAF RAAF	Unknown
1960	Barry Dolphin	Koolymilka	G Boxshall	Centrals	23
1961	Ken Rau	Centrals	Des Doran	Village	40
1962	Colin "Bluey" Waller	Village	Ray Simpson	Works	42
1963	Robbie Anderson	RAAF	Unknown
1964	Colin "Bluey" Waller	Village	Terry Beckman	Village	40
1965	A W "Bill" Hooker	Village	Fred Wernert	Centrals	33
1966	Tony Betts	Koolymilka	Ed Moika	Centrals	47
1967	Geoff Peek	Works	Unknown
1968	Chris Telfer	Koolymilka	Gary Hele	Works	39
1969	= Graham McKenzie = Tony Hancock*	Centrals Koolymilka	Gary Hele	Village	63
1970	Robert Leverington	Works	Peter Hardy	Village	42
1971	Theo Saunders	Koolymilka	Unknown
1972	Gary Hele	Village	Unknown
1973	Max Reid	Works	Robert Leverington	Works	44
1974	Greg Whittle	Koolymilka	Greg Whittle	Koolymilka
1975	Allan Trott	Koolymilka	Greg Whittle	Koolymilka
1976	Angelo Mele	Centrals	Angelo Mele	Centrals	62
1977	Terry Morphett	Centrals	Des Zobel	Woomera North	87
1978	Des Zobel	Woomera North	Angelo Mele	Centrals	79
1979	Andrew Thompson	Woomera North	B Hughes	Woomera North	58
1980	Kelly Hill	Mount Gunson	Kelly Hill	Mount Gunson	50
1981	Chris Foster	Koolymilka	Wally Broome	Koolymilka	76
1982	Dennis Cavanagh	Woomera North	Wally Broome	Koolymilka	94
1983	Wally Broome	Koolymilka	Wally Broome	Koolymilka	108
1984	= Steve Snow = Dave Davis*	Centrals Centrals	Mick Zuna	Village	76
1985	Robert Hearnes	Centrals	Wally Broome	Koolymilka	89
1986	Steve Dryburgh	Roxby Districts
1987	Don Henderson	Centrals
1988	Tim McLeod	Roxby Districts
1989	= Gary Bush = Steve Dryburgh	Woomera Roxby Districts
1990	Tony Richter	Olympic Dam
1991	Rodney Bain	Olympic Dam
1992	= Kelly Hill =Stephen Daly	Olympic Dam Olympic Dam
1993	Peter Sheppard	Andamooka
1994	Victor Buza	Andamooka
1995	= Michael Glazbrook = Ashley Lodge	Andamooka Olympic Dam
1996	Ashley Lodge	Olympic Dam
1997	Adam Betterman	Olympic Dam
1998	Adam Betterman	Olympic Dam
1999	Kevin Harris	Roxby Districts
2000	Nigel Shinnnick	Andamooka
2001	Kevin Harris	Roxby Districts
2002	Michael Uhlik	Andamooka
2003	Anthony Howie	Olympic Dam
2004	= Paul Kemp = Stephen Owens	Olympic Dam Roxby Districts
2005	Ricky Prosser	Roxby Districts	Ricky Prosser	Roxby Districts
2006	Tyrone Price	Hornridge	Kit Williams	Andamooka	60
2007	Michael Uhlik	Andamooka	Kit Williams	Andamooka	70
2008	Tyrone Price	Hornridge	Ricky Prosser	Roxby Districts	48
2009	Daniel Rogers	Olympic Dam	Scott Montgomerie	Olympic Dam	34
2010	Jarrod Pyke	Roxby Districts	Scott Montgomerie	Olympic Dam	38
2011	Austin Monfries	Andamooka	Todd Paull	Andamooka	31
2012	Daniel Pegler	Roxby Districts	Dale Summerton	Olympic Dam	59
2013	= Jarad Greenbank = Aaron Hand	Roxby Districts Andamooka	Scott Montgomerie	Olympic Dam	67
2014	= Matthew Lynch = Tim Lynch	Coober Pedy Olympic Dam	Kelvin Henry	Coober Pedy	42
2015	James Telfer	Roxby Districts	Sean Mcivor	Roxby Districts	36
2016	Tyron Cribb	Roxby Districts	Scott Mcintyre	East Roxby	83

In 1999, as indicated by *, the Mail Medal was awarded retrospectively to Don Watson (1957), Warren Coops (1959), Tony Hancock (1969) and Dave Davis (1984).

2011 Ladder

Far North FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Olympic Dam	11	0	1	0	1286	568	69.36%	22	1st Semi	Horn Ridge	12	14	86	Roxby Districts	4	6	30
Andamooka	6	0	6	0	902	717	55.71%	12	2nd Semi	Olympic Dam	14	16	100	Andamooka	9	4	58
Horn Ridge	6	0	6	0	1000	826	54.76%	12	Preliminary	Andamooka	11	5	71	Horn Ridge	8	15	63
Roxby Districts	5	0	7	0	653	839	43.77%	10	Grand	Olympic Dam	16	16	112	Andamooka	6	8	44
Coober Pedy	2	0	10	0	693	1584	30.43%	4

2012 Ladder

Far North FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Roxby Districts	11	0	1	0	1306	494	72.56%	22		1st Semi	Olympic Dam	18	12	120	Andamooka	5	3	33
Horn Ridge	8	0	4	0	1275	733	63.50%	16		2nd Semi	Roxby Districts	14	12	96	Horn Ridge	10	12	72
Olympic Dam	7	0	5	0	1382	699	66.41%	14		Preliminary	Horn Ridge	13	12	90	Olympic Dam	6	7	43
Andamooka	3	0	9	0	740	1262	36.96%	6		Grand	Horn Ridge	11	11	77	Roxby Districts	8	6	54
Coober Pedy	1	0	11	0	494	2009	19.74%	2

2013 Ladder

Far North FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Olympic Dam	10	0	2	0	1472	719	67.18%	20		1st Semi	Horn Ridge	16	18	114	Andamooka	4	7	31
Roxby Districts	9	0	3	0	1392	710	66.22%	18		2nd Semi	Roxby Districts	20	10	130	Olympic Dam	10	12	72
Horn Ridge	7	0	5	0	1194	886	57.40%	14		Preliminary	Horn Ridge	11	8	74	Olympic Dam	3	17	35
Andamooka	4	0	8	0	884	1254	41.35%	8		Grand	Roxby Districts	17	14	116	Horn Ridge	7	3	45
Coober Pedy	0	0	12	0	515	1888	21.43%	0

2014 Ladder

Far North FL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Roxby Districts	11	0	1	0	1739	580	74.99%	22		1st Semi	Olympic Dam	13	11	89	Coober Pedy	13	5	83
Horn Ridge	6	0	5	0	1416	1032	57.84%	12		2nd Semi	Roxby Districts	15	10	100	Horn Ridge	7	10	52
Olympic Dam	5	0	6	0	888	1046	45.92%	10		Preliminary	Horn Ridge	18	17	125	Olympic Dam	6	5	41
Coober Pedy	5	0	6	0	984	1371	41.78%	10		Grand	Roxby Districts	17	7	109	Horn Ridge	8	11	59
Andamooka	1	0	10	0	504	1502	25.12%	2

References

1. Country Footy 2010
2. Gibber Gabber newspaper, Woomera 1950-1986
3. Footypedia
4. Gibber Gabber newspaper, Woomera 1950-1986
5. Gibber Gabber newspaper, Woomera 1950-1986

External links

• country footy