Yorke Peninsula Football League
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The Yorke Peninsula Football League (YPFL) is an Australian rules football
competition based in the Yorke Peninsula
region of South Australia
, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League
. The league was known as the Yorke Valley Football League until 1996, having previously absorbed the Yorke Peninsula Football Association in 1961, and the Southern Yorke Peninsula Football League in 1994.
The founding clubs were:
The final year of the Yorke Peninsula Football Association was in 1960 when the competing clubs were:
These clubs then joined the Yorke Valley Football Association in 1961.
In 1919 the Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association and the Central Yorke Peninsula Football Association merged to form the Central And Southern Yorke Peninsula Association. This League went into recess during World War II and in 1945 the Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association was reformed. The Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association was renamed as the Southern Yorke Peninsula Football League in 1957.
At the end of the 1993 season, all six SYPFL clubs were merged into two new clubs - Curramulka, Minlaton and Stansbury as the CMS Crows, and Yorketown, Edithburgh and Western United as the Southern Eagles - and the two resulting clubs absorbed into the YVFL.
The Yorke Valley Football Association disbanded in 1936, but was reformed in 1945. In 1961 the Association absorbed the clubs from the Yorke Peninsula Football Association (see above). The Association changed its name to Yorke Valley Football League in 1963. In 1994 the Yorke Valley Football League absorbed the Southern Yorke Peninsula (see above). At that time the participating clubs were:
In 1996, the YVFL changed its name to the current title.
In 1997 Central Yorke Football Club was formed from a merger between Arthurton and Maitland.
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 Yorke Peninsula
Yorke Peninsula
The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. It has geographic coordinates of...
region of South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League
South Australian National Football League
The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....
. The league was known as the Yorke Valley Football League until 1996, having previously absorbed the Yorke Peninsula Football Association in 1961, and the Southern Yorke Peninsula Football League in 1994.
Current Clubs
| Jumper | Club | Nickname | Years in YVFL/YPFL | YPFL/YVFL premierships (since 1961) |
Premiership years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardrossan Ardrossan, South Australia Ardrossan is a small town on the east coast of the Yorke Peninsula, about 150 km from Adelaide, South Australia.The town was largely initiated by wheat farmers and wheat transporters in the late 19th century who needed infrastructure to ship their produce across the Gulf St. Vincent to Port... |
Kangaroos | 1930- | 9 | 1965, 1967-68, 1970-71-72, 1974, 1989 , 2004 | |
 |
Bute Bute, South Australia Bute is a town located in the northern Yorke Peninsula, approximately 40 kilometres east of Wallaroo and 24 kilometres west of Snowtown. It was proclaimed as a town in 1884 and named after the Isle of Bute, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland... |
Roosters | 1962- | 5 | 1969, 1973, 1978, 1991, 1993 |
| Central Yorke | Cougars | 1998- (Merger of Arthurton Arthurton, South Australia Arthurton is a settlement in South Australia. At the 2006 census, Arthurton had a population of 295.... and Maitland Maitland, South Australia Maitland is a town in South Australia located 168 km west of Adelaide by road, 164 km south of Port Pirie and 46 km north of Minlaton known as the "heart of Yorke Peninsula" due to being near the center of the region... ) |
1 | 2007 | |
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CMS | Crows | 1994- (Merger of Curramulka Curramulka, South Australia Curramulka is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia. Curramulka is within easy driving distance of the coastal resorts towns of Port Victoria and Port Vincent and is north-east of the regional ‘capital’ of Minlaton. At the 2006 census, Curramulka had a population of 148.Nearby what is... , Minlaton Minlaton, South Australia Minlaton is a town in central Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. At the 2006 census, Minlaton had a population of 773. It is known as the "Barley capital of the world".... and Stansbury Stansbury, South Australia Stansbury is a small town, located in the southern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. At the 2006 census, Stansbury had a population of 522. It is located south of Minlaton and east of Yorketown. It faces the Gulf St Vincent across Oyster Bay, where shellfish were originally harvested in the... ) |
3 | 1999, 2003, 2006 |
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Kadina Kadina, South Australia Kadina is a town located on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, approximately 144 kilometres north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. The largest town of the Peninsula, Kadina is one of the three Copper Triangle towns famous for their shared copper mining history... |
Bloodhounds | 1961- | 3 | 1984, 2002, 2010 |
 |
Moonta Moonta, South Australia Moonta is a town located on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 165 kilometres north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. It is one of three towns known as the Copper Coast or "Little Cornwall" for their shared copper mining history.... |
Demons | 1961- | 1 | 1963 |
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Paskeville Paskeville, South Australia Paskeville is a town on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. It is located approximately 20 km east of Kadina on the Adelaide-to-Kadina road route... |
Magpies | 1961- | 3 | 1964, 1985, 2001 |
| Southern Eagles | Eagles | 1994- (Merger of Edithburgh Edithburgh, South Australia Edithburgh is a small town on the south-east corner of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. Edithburgh is about west of Adelaide across Gulf St Vincent, but away by road... , Yorketown Yorketown, South Australia ←Yorketown is a town in southern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.Yorketown is in the District Council of Yorke Peninsula, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Goyder and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Grey.-External links:*** Yorke Peninsula Visitor... and Western United) |
3 | 1995, 2008-9 | |
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Wallaroo Wallaroo, South Australia Wallaroo is a port town on the western side of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, 160 kilometres north-northwest of Adelaide. It is one of the three Copper Triangle towns famed for their historic shared copper mining industry, and known together as "Little Cornwall", the other two being Kadina ... |
Bulldogs | 1961- | 7 | 1976, 1990, 1992, 1996-97-98, 2000 |
Brief history
The current Yorke Peninsula Football League developed over a number of years and involved the gradual amalgamation of the Yorke Valley Football Association, Yorke Peninsula Football Association, and Southern Yorke Peninsula Football League.Yorke Peninsula Football Association
The Yorke Peninsula Football Association was formed in 1888.The founding clubs were:
- Cross Roads
- Moonta
- Moonta Mines
- Moonta Young Turks
- Wallaroo
- Wallaroo Young Turks (renamed from Kadina).
The final year of the Yorke Peninsula Football Association was in 1960 when the competing clubs were:
- Kadina,
- Moonta,
- Paskeville
- Wallaroo
These clubs then joined the Yorke Valley Football Association in 1961.
Southern Yorke Peninsula Football League
The Southern Yorke Peninsula Football League was formed in 1930. The founding clubs were:- BrentwoodBrentwood, South AustraliaBrentwood is a locality on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. The town is located in the District Council of Yorke Peninsula local government area, west of the state capital, Adelaide....
- CurramulkaCurramulka, South AustraliaCurramulka is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia. Curramulka is within easy driving distance of the coastal resorts towns of Port Victoria and Port Vincent and is north-east of the regional ‘capital’ of Minlaton. At the 2006 census, Curramulka had a population of 148.Nearby what is...
- EdithburghEdithburgh, South AustraliaEdithburgh is a small town on the south-east corner of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. Edithburgh is about west of Adelaide across Gulf St Vincent, but away by road...
- MinlatonMinlaton, South AustraliaMinlaton is a town in central Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. At the 2006 census, Minlaton had a population of 773. It is known as the "Barley capital of the world"....
- StansburyStansbury, South AustraliaStansbury is a small town, located in the southern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. At the 2006 census, Stansbury had a population of 522. It is located south of Minlaton and east of Yorketown. It faces the Gulf St Vincent across Oyster Bay, where shellfish were originally harvested in the...
- WarookaWarooka, South AustraliaWarooka is a town on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, known as the 'Gateway to the bottom end'.At the 2006 census, Warooka had a population of 247....
- YorketownYorketown, South Australia←Yorketown is a town in southern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.Yorketown is in the District Council of Yorke Peninsula, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Goyder and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Grey.-External links:*** Yorke Peninsula Visitor...
In 1919 the Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association and the Central Yorke Peninsula Football Association merged to form the Central And Southern Yorke Peninsula Association. This League went into recess during World War II and in 1945 the Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association was reformed. The Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association was renamed as the Southern Yorke Peninsula Football League in 1957.
At the end of the 1993 season, all six SYPFL clubs were merged into two new clubs - Curramulka, Minlaton and Stansbury as the CMS Crows, and Yorketown, Edithburgh and Western United as the Southern Eagles - and the two resulting clubs absorbed into the YVFL.
Yorke Valley FA
The Yorke Valley Football Association was formed in 1930.The Yorke Valley Football Association disbanded in 1936, but was reformed in 1945. In 1961 the Association absorbed the clubs from the Yorke Peninsula Football Association (see above). The Association changed its name to Yorke Valley Football League in 1963. In 1994 the Yorke Valley Football League absorbed the Southern Yorke Peninsula (see above). At that time the participating clubs were:
- Ardrossan
- ArthurtonArthurton, South AustraliaArthurton is a settlement in South Australia. At the 2006 census, Arthurton had a population of 295....
- Bute
- CMS (a new club, resulting from the merger of CurramulkaCurramulka, South AustraliaCurramulka is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia. Curramulka is within easy driving distance of the coastal resorts towns of Port Victoria and Port Vincent and is north-east of the regional ‘capital’ of Minlaton. At the 2006 census, Curramulka had a population of 148.Nearby what is...
, MinlatonMinlaton, South AustraliaMinlaton is a town in central Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. At the 2006 census, Minlaton had a population of 773. It is known as the "Barley capital of the world"....
and StansburyStansbury, South AustraliaStansbury is a small town, located in the southern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. At the 2006 census, Stansbury had a population of 522. It is located south of Minlaton and east of Yorketown. It faces the Gulf St Vincent across Oyster Bay, where shellfish were originally harvested in the...
) - Kadina
- MaitlandMaitland, South AustraliaMaitland is a town in South Australia located 168 km west of Adelaide by road, 164 km south of Port Pirie and 46 km north of Minlaton known as the "heart of Yorke Peninsula" due to being near the center of the region...
- Moonta
- Paskeville
- Southern Eagles (a new club, resulting from the merger of EdithburghEdithburgh, South AustraliaEdithburgh is a small town on the south-east corner of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. Edithburgh is about west of Adelaide across Gulf St Vincent, but away by road...
, Western United and YorketownYorketown, South Australia←Yorketown is a town in southern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.Yorketown is in the District Council of Yorke Peninsula, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Goyder and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Grey.-External links:*** Yorke Peninsula Visitor...
) - Wallaroo
In 1996, the YVFL changed its name to the current title.
In 1997 Central Yorke Football Club was formed from a merger between Arthurton and Maitland.
YVFL/YPFL Premierships
- Prior to 1994, this table applies to the Yorke Valley Football League.
| Year | A Grade | B Grade | Senior Colts | Junior Colts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Port Victoria | |||
| 1962 | Paskeville | |||
| 1963 | Moonta | |||
| 1964 | Paskeville | |||
| 1965 | Ardrossan | |||
| 1966 | Port Victoria | |||
| 1967 | Ardrossan | |||
| 1968 | Ardrossan | |||
| 1969 | Bute | |||
| 1970 | Ardrossan | |||
| 1971 | Ardrossan | |||
| 1972 | Ardrossan | |||
| 1973 | Bute | |||
| 1974 | Ardrossan | |||
| 1975 | Port Victoria | |||
| 1976 | Wallaroo | |||
| 1977 | Port Vicotria | |||
| 1978 | Bute | |||
| 1979 | Port Victoria | |||
| 1980 | Maitland | |||
| 1981 | Maitland | |||
| 1982 | Arthurton | |||
| 1983 | Wallaroo | Kadina | ||
| 1984 | Kadina def Arthurton | Kadina | Maitland | |
| 1985 | Paskeville def Kadina | Paskeville | Ardrossan | |
| 1986 | Arthurton (after drawn Grand Final) | Port Victoria | ||
| 1987 | Paskeville | Arthurton | ||
| 1988 | Arthurton | Arthurton | ||
| 1989 | Ardrossan | |||
| 1990 | Wallaroo | |||
| 1991 | Bute | Wallaroo | ||
| 1992 | Wallaroo | |||
| 1993 | Bute | Arthurton | ||
| 1994 | Maitland | |||
| 1995 | Southern Eagles | |||
| 1996 | Wallaroo | Wallaroo | ||
| 1997 | Wallaroo | Wallaroo | CY Cougars | |
| 1998 | Wallaroo | Wallaroo | ||
| 1999 | CMS Crows | CMS Crows | CMS Crows | CMS Crows |
| 2000 | Wallaroo | CMS Crows | ||
| 2001 | Paskeville | Kadina | ||
| 2002 | Kadina | Kadina | ||
| 2003 | CMS Crows | Kadina | ||
| 2004 | Ardrossan | Kadina | Kadina | Southern Eagles |
| 2005 | Moonta | Kadina | CY Cougars | CMS Crows |
| 2006 | CMS Crows | Moonta | CMS Crows | |
| 2007 | CY Cougars | CY Cougars | Southern Eagles | Moonta |
| 2008 | Southern Eagles | Southern Eagles | Ardrossan | CMS Crows |
| 2009 | Southern Eagles | Moonta | Kadina | Moonta |
| 2010 | Kadina | Southern Eagles | CMS Crows | Kadina |
| 2011 | Kadina | Southern Eagles | Kadina | Southern Eagles |