The Circular Head Football Association (CHFA) is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 competition based in the Circular Head area of north-western Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The CHFA currently features four clubs from small communities in the region.

History

Prior to the first world war there was a West Wellington football competition.
The formation of the Smithton Football Club in 1919 prompted a reorganization of football in the north west.
The Circular Head Football Association was formed in 1919 and it replaced the West Wellington Football Association.

The original clubs were Forest, Irishtown, Smithton

Smithton Football Club

The Smithton Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Northern Tasmanian Football League. They competed in the North West Football Union in two different stints, from 1949 to 1951 and then 1980 to 1986...

 and Stanley.
After a break because of the 2nd World War, football resumed in 1945.
Smithton joined the NWFU in 1980 , the departure of Smithton prompted the promotion of Redpa and Trowutta from the reserve grade.

Current

Jumper	Club	Nickname	Entered competition	Premierships
	Forest/Stanley	Demons	1963	1965, 1972, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2010
	Irishtown	Canaries	1919	1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1953, 1957, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1995, 1996, 2008, 2009
	Redpa	Redlegs	1980	1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2006
	Scotchtown	Tigers	1950	1977, 1987, 1988, 2004
	Trowutta-City	Bulldogs	1993	1993, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2007

Previous

• City 1980-1992 merged with Trowutta
• Forest 1919-1962 merged with Stanley
• Smithton 1919- 1979 (moved to NWFU in 1980)
• Stanley 1919-1962 merged with Forest
• Trowutta 1980-1992 merged with City

2009 Ladder

Circular Head FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Irishtown	11	3	1	0	1401	424	330.42%	44
Forest/Stanley	8	3	4	0	1561	612	255.07%	32
Redpa	8	3	4	0	1233	685	180.00%	32
Scotchtown	3	3	9	0	690	1364	50.59%	12
Trowutta/City	0	3	12	0	281	2081	13.50%	0

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Redpa	23	11	149	Scotchtown	9	7	61
2nd Semi	Irishtown	12	4	76	Forest/Stanley	10	10	70
Preliminary	Redpa	7	7	49	Forest/Stanley	6	9	45
Grand	Irishtown	6	15	51	Redpa	6	6	42

2010 Ladder

Circular Head FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Forest/Stanley	14	0	1	0	1802	428	421.03%	56
Redpa	10	0	5	0	1188	911	130.41%	40
Irishtown	6	0	9	0	1233	1037	118.90%	24
Scotchtown	0	0	15	0	437	2284	19.13%	0

FINALS
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Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Irishtown	20	18	138	Scotchtown	5	3	33
2nd Semi	Forest/Stanley	9	8	62	Redpa	5	11	41
Preliminary	Irishtown	15	10	100	Redpa	13	12	90
Grand	Forest/Stanley	5	7	37	Irishtown	1	9	15