Western Australian Amateur Football League

Western Australian Amateur Football League

Current season, competition or edition: 2016 WAAFL season
Formerly	Mercantile Football Association (1922–1923) Perth Districts Football Association (1924–1928) Western Australian Amateur Football Association (1929–1970)
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1922
President	Sam Birmingham
No. of teams	69
Country	Australia
Most recent champion(s)	Trinity Aquinas (A grade)
Sponsor(s)	WAFC, Midway Ford, Carlton Draught, Burley, Elastoplast
Related competitions	Metro Football League
Official website	WAAFL.com.au

The Western Australian Amateur Football League (WAAFL) is an Australian rules football competition based in Perth, Western Australia. It is the largest Australian rules football competition in Western Australia.^[1]

History

The competition began in 1922 with five teams as the Mercantile Football Association (MFA). The MFA changed its name in 1924 to the Perth Districts Football Association and then, in 1929, to the Western Australian Amateur Football Association. It changed to its current name in 1971.^[2]

Member clubs

The WAAFL's membership grew by one to 69 clubs for the 2016 season, with ECU Jets joining the league. Wesley Curtin changed its name to Curtin University Wesley in the pre-season, in order to comply with requirements for clubs playing on the Curtin University campus.

Armadale Ballajura Bassendean Bayswater Belmont Districts Brentwood Booragoon Bullcreek Leeming Canning-South Perth Canning Vale Carlisle Cobras Cockburn Lakes

Collegians Coolbellup Coolbinia West Perth Cottesloe Curtin University Wesley Dianella Morley East Fremantle ECU Jets Ellenbrook Eels Forrestdale Forrestfield Fremantle CBC

Gosnells Hamersley Carine High Wycombe Jandakot Jets Kalamunda Kelmscott Kenwick Kingsley Kingsway Kwinana Districts Lynwood Ferndale Maddington

Manning Rippers Melville Mosman Park Mt Lawley Nollamara Noranda North Beach North Fremantle Ocean Ridge Osborne Park Piara Waters Quinns District

Roleystone Rossmoyne Safety Bay Scarborough Secret Harbour SNESA (St Norberts) Stirling Swan Athletic Swan Districts Swan Valley Swan View Thornlie

Trinity Aquinas University Wanneroo Warnbro Swans Wembley West Coast Whitford Willetton Yanchep

A Grade Premiers

Year Premier 1922 Mallocks 1923 Commonwealth Bank 1924 Teachers College 1925 Teachers College 1926 Teachers College 1927 Commonwealth Bank 1928 Sandovers 1929 University 1930 Postals 1931 Postals 1932 Postals 1933 University 1934 University 1935 Sandovers 1936 Sandovers 1937 Sandovers 1938 Wembley 1939 Wembley 1940 Wembley 1941 North Fremantle 1942 No competition 1943 1944 1945 1946 North Fremantle 1947 North Fremantle 1948 University 1949 North Fremantle 1950 Midland Junction 1951 Mosman Park 1952 South Perth 1953 South Perth

Year Premier 1954 North Fremantle 1955 North Fremantle 1956 East Perth 1957 East Perth 1958 Wembley 1959 Wembley 1960 North Fremantle 1961 University 1962 University 1963 Wembley 1964 University 1965 University 1966 University 1967 C.B.C 1968 Wembley 1969 University 1970 University 1971 Wembley 1972 Wembley 1973 Wembley 1974 Wembley 1975 University 1976 Wembley 1977 University 1978 Wembley 1979 Mt Lawley 1980 Nollamara 1981 University 1982 Old Scotch 1983 Mt Lawley 1984 Wembley 1985 Mt Lawley

Year Premier 1986 Mt Lawley 1987 Mt Lawley 1988 Mt Lawley 1989 North Beach 1990 North Beach 1991 Mt Lawley 1992 Mt Lawley 1993 North Beach 1994 West Coast 1995 Scarborough 1996 University 1997 Scarborough 1998 Scarborough 1999 North Beach 2000 C.B.C 2001 North Beach 2002 North Beach 2003 North Fremantle 2004 North Beach 2005 North Beach 2006 North Beach 2007 North Beach 2008 North Beach 2009 North Beach 2010 North Beach 2011 University 2012 University 2013 Wesley Curtin 2014 University 2015 University 2016 Trinity Aquinas

Source: WAAFL.com.au

References

1. "WAAFL History". WAAFL.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012.
2. "Yearbooks - Downloads". WAAFL.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

External links

• Official WAAFL website
• WAAFL at australianfootball.com