Western Eyre Football League
The Western Eyre Football League (WEFL), formerly Far West Football League (FWFL), is an Australian rules football competition based in the Ceduna area of the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. As of March 2021, the league includes clubs in Ceduna, Thevenard, Koonibba Aboriginal community, Penong (Western United FC), Streaky Bay (West Coast Hawks) and Wirrulla.
It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League.
Brief history[]
The Far West Football Association was formed in 1909, with founding clubs including Charra, Denial Bay, Goode, Koonibba, Murat and Penong. Prior to World War I in 1914, the League changed its name firstly to County Of Way Football Association and then to Murat Bay Football League.
In 1962 The Murat Bay Football League changed name to the Far West Football League.
The Koonibba Roosters are the oldest continuing Aboriginal football club in Australia, having named their Team of the Century in 2009.[1]
The West Coast Hawks of Streaky Bay and Wirrulla club joined the league in March 2021, after the Mid West Football League was wound up permanently. Around the same time, the Far West Football League changed its name to the Western Eyre Football League.[2]
Current Clubs[]
Jumper | Club | Nickname | Years in comp | FWFL premierships | Premiership years[3] |
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Ceduna | Blues | 4 | 1997, 1999, 2009, 2016 | ||
Koonibba | Roosters | 1909- | 35 | 1925-26-27-28, 1938-39-40, 1946-47-48-49, 1951, 1954, 1956–57, 1960–61, 1963, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1994-95-96, 1998, 2001–02, 2010-11-12, 2014, 2017 | |
Thevenard | Magpies | 1927- | 23 | 1959, 1967-68-69-70-71-72-73-74, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1983-84-85-86-87, 1989, 1991-92-93, 2013, 2015 | |
Western United | Tigers | 1974- | 10 | 1980, 2000, 2003-04-05-06-07-08, 2018-19 | |
West Coast | Hawks | 2021- | 1 | 2021 | |
Wirrulla | Bombers | 2021- | 0 |
Premiers[]
List of Premiership teams of the Far West Football League.[4]
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Ladders[]
2011 Ladder[]
Far West | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Koonibba | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1470 | 520 | 73.87% | 22 | 1st Semi | Thevenard | 11 | 13 | 79 | Ceduna-Smoky Bay Blues | 5 | 14 | 44 | |
Western United | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1401 | 729 | 65.77% | 18 | 2nd Semi | Koonibba | 19 | 11 | 125 | Western United | 10 | 2 | 62 | |
Ceduna-Smoky Bay Blues | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 545 | 1539 | 26.15% | 6 | Preliminary | Western United | 19 | 25 | 139 | Thevenard | 7 | 7 | 49 | |
Thevenard | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 684 | 1312 | 34.27% | 2 | Grand | Koonibba | 17 | 11 | 113 | Western United | 11 | 2 | 68 |
2012 Ladder[]
Far West | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Koonibba | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1438 | 840 | 63.13% | 20 | 1st Semi | Ceduna-Smoky Bay Blues | 14 | 12 | 96 | Thevenard | 10 | 11 | 71 | |
Western United | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1239 | 871 | 58.72% | 16 | 2nd Semi | Koonibba | 20 | 14 | 134 | Western United | 13 | 6 | 84 | |
Ceduna-Smoky Bay Blues | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 992 | 1154 | 46.23% | 12 | Preliminary | Ceduna-Smoky Bay Blues | 13 | 8 | 86 | Western United | 11 | 5 | 71 | |
Thevenard | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 723 | 1527 | 32.13% | 0 | Grand | Koonibba | 24 | 17 | 161 | Ceduna-Smoky Bay Blues | 12 | 9 | 81 |
2013 Ladder[]
Far West | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Western United | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1278 | 820 | 60.92% | 16 | 1st Semi | Koonibba | 36 | 17 | 233 | Ceduna-Smoky Bay Blues | 11 | 9 | 75 | |
Thevenard | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1227 | 989 | 55.37% | 14 | 2nd Semi | Thevenard | 12 | 9 | 81 | Western United | 10 | 7 | 67 | |
Koonibba | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1347 | 1089 | 55.30% | 14 | Preliminary | Koonibba | 19 | 17 | 131 | Western United | 6 | 11 | 47 | |
Ceduna-Smoky Bay Blues | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 790 | 1744 | 31.18% | 4 | Grand | Thevenard | 12 | 17 | 89 | Koonibba | 10 | 22 | 82 |
References[]
- ^ "Koonibba unveils 100-year team - Aboriginal Football". Aboriginal Football : The Indigenous Game. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Mid West Football League has folded". BigFooty. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Country Footy 2010 Archived 2012-07-22 at archive.today
- ^ "A Grade Premiers - Western Eyre Football League".
Further reading[]
- Country Footy
- Encyclopedia of South Australian country football clubs, compiled by Peter Lines. ISBN 9780980447293
- South Australian country football digest, by Peter Lines ISBN 9780987159199
- Eyre Peninsula
- Australian rules football competitions in South Australia