style="font-size: larger;" | Spencer Gulf Football League

General Information
Founded	1961
2010 Season
Premiers	Central Augusta
Minor Premiers	South Augusta
Wooden Spoon	Port
Madigan Medallist	Ryan Struck, South Augusta & Tyrone Price, Solomontown
Leading Goalkicker	Hayden Warren, West Augusta

The Spencer Gulf Football League 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 at the head of the Spencer Gulf

Spencer Gulf

The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. The Gulf is 322 km long and 129 km wide at its mouth. The western shore of the Gulf is the Eyre Peninsula, while the eastern side is the...

 in South Australia

South Australia

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. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League

South Australian National Football League

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.

The Spencer Gulf Football League was formed in 1961, via a merger of the Port Pirie Football League (PPFL), the Whyalla Football League (WFL), and the Port Augusta-based Great Northern Football Association (GNFA). At the end of the 1966 season the WFL contingent withdrew.

Brief history

In 1961 the Great Northern Football Association, the Port Pirie Football Association and the Whyalla Football League merged to form the Spencer Gulf Football League. The twelve founding clubs were Central Augusta, Central Whyalla, North Whyalla, Port, Proprietary, Risdon, Solomontown, South Augusta, South Whyalla, West Augusta, West Whyalla and Willsden.

The four Whyalla-based clubs left the Spencer Gulf Football League at the end of season 1966 to form the Whyalla Football League

Whyalla Football League

The Whyalla Football League is an Australian rules football competition based around the town of Whyalla on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia...

, leaving 8 teams from Port Augusta and Port Pirie.

In 1992 Willsden amalgamated with Quorn to form Quorn-Willsden Wolves. The league reverted to 7 teams in 1994 when Proprietary and Risdon amalgamated. In 2006 the league was cut down to 6 teams when the Quorn-Willsden Wolves folded due to financial woes.

Current clubs

Colours	Club	Nickname	Home Ground	Entered Competition	Premierships	Premiership Years
	Central Augusta	Bloods	Central Oval	1961	7	1978, 1980, 1982, 1991, 1992, 2009, 2010
	Port	Bulldogs	Memorial Oval	1961	13	1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
	Pirie (Proprietary-Risdon)	Lions	Memorial Oval	1994	0	0
	Solomontown	Cats	Memorial Oval	1961	4	1984, 1988, 1990, 1995
	South Augusta	Bulldogs	Central Oval	1961	7	1964, 1981, 1983, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2006
	West Augusta West Augusta Football Club The West Augusta Football Club is an Australian Rules Football Club competing in the Spencer Gulf Football League.-Premierships:-Madigan Medalists:*J.Martin - 1962*K.McSporran - 1974, 1975, 1976, 1985*B...	Hawks	Central Oval	1961	11	1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2005

Previous clubs

Colours	Club	Nickname	Entered Competition	Exited Competition	SGL Premierships	Premiership Years
	Central Whyalla	Rosters	1961	1966	0	-
	North Whyalla	Magpies	1961	1966	0	-
	South Whyalla	Demons	1961	1966	1	1962
	West Whyalla	Dragons	1961	1966	1	1963
	Willsden		1961	1992	1	1986
	Proprietary		1961	1994	3	1968, 1971, 1977
	Risdon	Tigers	1961	1994	1	1979
	Quorn-Willsden	Wolves	1992	2006	1	2001

Premierships

• 1961 - Port

• 1962 - South Whyalla

• 1963 - West Whyalla

• 1964 - South Augusta

• 1965 - Port

• 1966 - Port

• 1967 - Port

• 1968 - Proprietary

• 1969 - West Augusta

• 1970 - Port

• 1971 - Proprietary

• 1972 - West Augusta

• 1973 - West Augusta

• 1974 - West Augusta

• 1975 - West Augusta

• 1976 - West Augusta

• 1977 - Proprietary

• 1978 - Central Augusta

• 1979 - Risdon

• 1980 - Central Augusta

• 1981 - South Augusta

• 1982 - Central Augusta

• 1983 - South Augusta

• 1984 - Solomontown

• 1985 - West Augusta

• 1986 - Willsden

• 1987 - West Augusta

• 1988 - Solomontown

• 1989 - West Augusta

• 1990 - Solomontown

• 1991 - Central Augusta

• 1992 - Central Augusta

• 1993 - South Augusta

• 1994 - South Augusta

• 1995 - Solomontown

• 1996 - West Augusta

• 1997 - Port

• 1998 - Port

• 1999 - Port

• 2000 - South Augusta

• 2001 - Quorn-Willsden

• 2002 - Port

• 2003 - Port

• 2004 - Port

• 2005 - West Augusta

• 2006 - South Augusta

• 2007 - Port

• 2008 - Port

• 2009 - Central Augusta

• 2010 - Central Augusta

Madigan Medallist & Ken Mitchell Awards

Year	Madigan Medallist	Team	Ken Mitchell Award	Team	Goals
1961	M Vanvacas	North Whyalla	W Schapel	Ports	61
1962	J Martin	West Augusta	W McGuiness	Ports	46
1963	B Curtis	Proprietary	G Davis	South Whyalla	67
1964	K Haylock	South Whyalla	M Vanvacas	South Whyalla	49
1965	K Donavan	West Whyalla	G Davis	South Whyalla	64
1966	G Cockshell	Risdon	D Pollard	Ports	56
1967	W Virgo	South Augusta	M Minervini	Solomontown	39
1968	M Minervini	Solomontown	G Hill	West Augusta	62
1969	W Virgo	South Augusta	M Minervini	Solomontown	37
1970	C Butler	Solomontown	V Butler	West Augusta	46
1971	C Colligan	Risdon	D Shillabeer	Propietary	72
1972	J Clarke	Risdon	D Murphy L Welk	Willsden	46
1973	B Webb	Solomontown	D Shillabeer	South Augusta	65
1974	K McSporran	West Augusta	D Shillabeer	South Augusta	85
1975	K McSporran	West Augusta	K Mitchell	Central Augusta	82
1976	K McSporran	West Augusta	K Mitchell	Central Augusta	92
1977	C Prior	Proprietary	K Mitchell	Central Augusta	98
1978	J Noonan	Willsden	P Manning	Central Augusta	95
1979	K Naudebaum	Central Augusta	S Cheney	Risdon	56
1980	P Hynes	South Augusta	R Vidovich	Proprietary	69
1981	C Cock	South Augusta	D Thornton	Solomontown	74
1982	J Boles	Willsden	R Harris	Ports	80
1983	R Payne	Risdon	R Harris	Ports	95
1984	R Payne	Risdon	D Thornton	Solomontown	77
1985	K McSporran R Anderson M Schurnaker	West Augusta Solomontown Risdon	P Combe	Proprietary	66
1986	K Arbon	Ports	L Rawlins	Solomontown	68
1987	R Anderson	Solomontown	L Rawlins	Solomontown	85
1988	M Bickley Mark Bickley Mark Alan Bickley is an Australian rules football coach of the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League . Before becoming a coach, Bickley was a player for the Crows from 1991 until 2003, captaining the team to both the 1997 and 1998 AFL premierships and media commentator, most notably...	Solomontown	L Rawlins	Solomontown	59
1989	L Myles	Proprietary	L Rawlins	Solomontown	65
1990	C Ferrne	Risdon	D Freeman	Central Augusta	89
1991	S Curnow	Central Augusta	D Bickley	Solomontown	75
1992	J Duffy	Central Augusta	S Wildman	Central Augusta	126
1993	S McLennan	South Augusta	B Minchington	Ports	91
1994	J Simmons	Ports	M Darcy	Central Augusta	46
1995	C Siviour	Solomontown	M Darcy	Solomontown	92
1996	B Fazulla	West Augusta	J Boles	Quorn-Willsden	70
1997	Z McKenzie	Quorn-Willsden	D Mellow	Ports	54
1998	B Fazulla	West Augusta	D Mellow	Ports	77
1999	D Savage	Ports	D Mellow	Ports	60
2000	P Sadler	Proprietary-Risdon	K Allen	Quorn-Willsden	61
2001	K Keeler T Simpson	South Augusta Quorn-Willsden	K Allen	Quorn-Willsden	102
2002	J Robinson	Solomontown	V Remphrey	Ports	50
2003	J Martin M Peek	Quorn-Willsden Solomontown
2004	C Tee	Solomontown
2005	C Tee M Keatley	Solomontown Central Augusta
2006	C Tee	Solomontown
2007	M Keatley	Central Augusta	B Amos	South Augusta	106
2008	M Fuller	Central Augusta
2009	T Clarke	Ports	M Gale	Ports	68
2010	T Price R Struck	Solomontown South Augusta	H Warren	West Augusta	67

AFL representatives

The Spencer Gulf League has been home to many AFL Footballers including:

• Greg Flanegan (Essedon Bombers, 1981)

• Mark Bickley
  Mark Bickley
  Mark Alan Bickley is an Australian rules football coach of the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League . Before becoming a coach, Bickley was a player for the Crows from 1991 until 2003, captaining the team to both the 1997 and 1998 AFL premierships and media commentator, most notably...
  
   (Adelaide Crows, 1991–2003) played his junior football for the Solomontown Football club and was a premiership player with the club in 1988, in that same year he won the Madigan Medal at the age of 19. Mark soon moved to the South Adelaide Football club
  South Adelaide Football Club
  South Adelaide Football Club competes in the South Australian National Football League . Known as the Panthers, their home ground is Hickinbotham Oval , located in Noarlunga Downs in the southern suburbs of Adelaide....
  
   in the SANFL, where he was then selected as an inaugural member of the Adelaide Crows
  Adelaide Crows
  The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Crows, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia, playing in the Australian Football League ....
  
   squad in 1991. In 1997 he was appointed captain of the Adelaide Football Club, and captained the 1997 and 1998 premiership sides. He is now a current member of the SANFL Hall of Fame.

• Bryan Beinke
  Bryan Beinke
  Bryan Beinke is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Originally from South Australian National Football League club Port Adelaide, Beinke was recruited by the Adelaide Crows at the 1998 AFL Draft at pick 34 and went on to play with the Adelaide Crows between 1999...
  
   (Adelaide Crows, 1999–2002)

• Jared Rivers
  Jared Rivers
  Jared Rivers is a centre-half back for the Melbourne Demons in the Australian Football League .As a child he supported the Sydney Swans and cites Tony Lockett and Paul Kelly as his childhood heroes...
  
    (Melbourne Demons, 2003-present) played junior football for the South Augusta Bulldogs Football club and won a premiership with the club in 2000 at the age of 15. Jared was selected by the Melbourne Demons as the 27th pick overall in the National Draft of 2002. In 2004 he won the National Bank Rising Star.

• Mark Jamar
  Mark Jamar
  Mark "Russian" Jamar is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...
  
   (Melbourne Demons, 2003-present) played his early football at the Lions Football Club before moving to North Adelaide in the SANFL. Mark was selected at pick 6 of the 2001 Rookie Draft by the Melbourne Demons. In 2010 he was named as the second ruckman for the All-Australian squad.

• Elijah Ware
  Elijah Ware
  Elijah Ware is a retired Australian Rules Football player, who played for Port Adelaide in the AFL, and played for the Central District Bulldogs in the SANFL....
  
   (Port Adelaide Power, 2005–2006)

• Wade Thompson
  Wade Thompson
  Wade Thompson is an Australian rules footballer for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League .He is well known for his electrifying pace, with a good goal sense. He was drafted at No...
  
   (Port Adelaide, 2009-2010)

• Lewis Johnston
  Lewis Johnston
  Lewis Johnston is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .Johnston was drafted to Sydney with the 12th selection in the 2008 AFL Draft....
  
  (Sydney Swans, 2009-present)

Grand Final results

2009

Central 12.6 (78) def Port 8.15 (63)

• Best: Central – M Fuller, J Dodd, A Fullerton, J Quigley, S Dawson. Port - C Stephens, T Clarke, K Johnanson, C Smith, M Burford.
• Goals: Central – R Morris 3, S Dawson, J Reid 2, R Clayton-Waye, S Curnow, M Fuller, M Harvey, A McKenzie. Port - G Phillips 3, S Treloar, T Clarke, J Clarke, M Gale

2008

Port 10.10 (70) def Central 8.21 (69)

• Best: Port – A Casey, M Burford, N Wombat, A Featherstonaugh, J Coombe. Central – A Williams, N Callary, T O’Connor, L Rathman, M Keatley.
• Goals: Port – G Phillips 4, N Wombat 3, J Coombe 2, A Casey. Central – S Dawson, S Wilson, M Fuller, D Baker, J Dodd, K Allen, N Lawrence

2007

Port 16.8 (104) def West 11.15 (81)

• Best: Port - N Wombat, S Treloar, M Burford, A Waters, C Stephens. West - Not Available.
• Goals: Port - B Mudge, A Bergsma 3, S Treloar, J Coombe 2, L Copley, A Fleming, S Humphreys, M Kendall. West - R McDonald, J Coulthard, R Dadleh 2, R Stapledon, C McKenzie, J Carn, H Warren, M Benbow

2006

South 16.13 (109) def Central 7.6 (48)

• Best: South – D Crombie, C Reid, G O’Brien, R Barnes. Central – S McIntyre, M Fuller, B Page, C Pannach
• Goals: South – B Amos 7, D Shillabeer 3, C Heron 2, B Jones, A Grantham, M Grantham, G O’Brien. Central – A Ruffles 3, J Harland 2, D Baker, M Kieboom

External links

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