Yarra Ranges Football & Netball League

Yarra Ranges Football & Netball League
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1966
CEO	Luke McCormack
President	Tony Mitchell
No. of teams	19
Official website	YVMDFL on SportingPulse

The AFL Yarra Ranges was an Australian rules football and netball organisation based in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges within Victoria. The organisation operated the Yarra Ranges Senior Football league and the Yarra Ranges Junior Football league.

History[]

The Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League was formed in 1966, from the amalgamation of the Mountain District Football League and the Yarra Valley Football Association (1907–1954).

South Belgrave transferred to the Eastern Football League for the 2008 season, followed by Silvan for the 2011 season. Thornton-Eildon Football Club went into recess at the start of 2011.

Most of the teams in the league are based in the outer fringes of north-east and east Melbourne. However, the addition in recent years of Thornton-Eildon, Yea and Alexandra from the Kyabram District Football League has seen the league expand into the Goulburn Valley area of central Victoria.

In 2016, following a review, the league decided to change its name to the AFL Yarra Ranges. At the conclusion of the 2018 season, the league merged with the South East Football Netball League to form the Outer East Football Netball League.^[1]

Structure[]

Clubs fielded football teams in seniors, reserves and under-18s. Clubs played in a two division structure in both the seniors and reserves, with the club winning the senior flag in division two promoted and the bottom division one senior club relegated each season. Since 2013, the under-18s has been played as a single division. A netball competition was introduced in 2005, with the competition subsequently expanded to cater for A, B and C grades.

Clubs - Division One[]

Club	Nickname	Founded	YVMDFL Senior Premierships^[2]
Belgrave	Magpies	1909	Div 1: 1975-76 Div 2: 1999, 2012, 2017
	Bombers	1905	Div 2: 1981, 1983, 1997, 2015
	Bloods	1888	Div 1: 1968-69, 1972, 1977, 1985, 1988, 2016 Div 2: 2013
	Hawks	1895	Div 1: 1983, 1997–98, 2005-06 Div 2: 1987, 1991
	Rovers	1931	-
Olinda-Ferny Creek	Bloods	1908	Div 1:' 2017 Div 2: 1988, 2005, 2009
	Tigers	1946	Div 1: 1966-67, 1978-79-80, 1989-90-91, 1993–94, 1999, 2009, 2011
	Bulldogs	1909	Div 1: 1992, 2001–02, 2015 Div 2: 1978-79
	Burras	1967	Div 1: 1995, 2000 Div 2: 2006
	Tigers	1905	Div 1: 1970-71, 1973–74, 1981, 1984, 1987, 2003, 2010, 2012-13-14

Clubs - Division Two[]

Club	Nickname	Founded	YVMDFL Senior Premierships
	Rebels	1884	Div 2: 1980, 2008
	Brookers	1906	Div 1: 1986 Div 2: 2000, 2004, 2016
Kinglake	Lakers	1930	Div 2: 1994
	Demons	1922	Div 2: 1989
	Blues	1972	Div 1: 1982, 1996 Div 2: 1995, 2003
Thornton-Eildon	Shinboners	1951	Div 2: 2007
	Thunder	1888	Div 2: 1986, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2010, 2014
	Eagles	1909	Div 2: 1990, 2018
Yea	Tigers	1893	Div 2: 1982, 1984

Previous Clubs[]

Boronia Park (folded)
Fair Park (renamed Eastern Lions, transferred to Eastern Football League)
Marysville (folded)
Millgrove merged with Warburton in 1967
Warburton merged with Millgrove in 1967
Panton Hill (transferred to Northern Football League)
Silvan Football (transferred to Eastern Football League)
South Belgrave (transferred to Eastern Football League)
Worawa (folded)

Premierships[]

Division 1[]

**Results since 1989**
Year	Seniors	Reserves	Under 18s
2017	Olinda-Ferny Creek	Wandin	Wandin
2016	Healesville	Olinda-Ferny Creek	Mount Evelyn
2015	Wandin	Upwey-Tecoma	Healesville
2014	Woori Yallock	Upwey-Tecoma	Healesville
2013	Woori Yallock	Upwey-Tecoma	Woori Yallock
2012	Woori Yallock	Healesville	Wandin
2011	Upwey-Tecoma	Warburton-Millgrove	Upwey-Tecoma
2010	Woori Yallock	Monbulk	Olinda-Ferny Creek
2009	Upwey-Tecoma	Upwey-Tecoma	Monbulk
2008	Silvan	Upwey-Tecoma	Warburton-Millgrove
2007	Silvan	Warburton-Millgrove	Healesville
2006	Monbulk	Upwey-Tecoma	Upwey-Tecoma
2005	Monbulk	Upwey-Tecoma	Healesville
2004	Silvan	Upwey-Tecoma	Woori Yallock
2003	Woori Yallock	Healesville	Upwey-Tecoma
2002	Wandin	Upwey-Tecoma	Upwey-Tecoma
2001	Wandin	Healesville	Upwey-Tecoma
2000	Warburton-Millgrove	Wandin	Upwey-Tecoma
1999	Upwey-Tecoma	Woori Yallock	Healesville
1998	Monbulk	Upwey-Tecoma	Woori Yallock
1997	Monbulk	Woori Yallock	Woori Yallock
1996	Seville	Woori Yallock	Woori Yallock
1995	Warburton-Millgrove	Woori Yallock	Woori Yallock
1994	Upwey-Tecoma	Warburton-Millgrove	Upwey-Tecoma
1993	Upwey-Tecoma	Healesville	Upwey-Tecoma
1992	Wandin	Woori Yallock	Monbulk
1991	Upwey-Tecoma	Warburton-Millgrove	Upwey-Tecoma
1990	Upwey-Tecoma	Woori Yallock	Woori Yallock
1989	Upwey-Tecoma	Healesville	Upwey-Tecoma

**Total Premierships Won**
Club	Seniors	Reserves	Under 18s	Total
	13	8	9	30
	12	13	11	36
	7	8	8	23
	5	2	1	8
	2	4	2	8
	2	1	2	5
	3	0	0	3
	3	2	4	9
Belgrave	2	0	0	2
	0	0	1	1
	1	0	0	1
Olinda-Ferny Creek	1	1	1	3

Division 2[]

**Results since 1997**
Year	Seniors	Reserves	Under 18s
2017	Belgrave	Belgrave
2016	Gembrook-Cockatoo	Yarra Glen
2015	Emerald	Yarra Junction
2014	Yarra Glen	Seville
2013	Healesville	Healesville
2012	Belgrave	Seville	Seville
2011	Emerald	Seville	Seville
2010	Yarra Glen	Seville	Emerald
2009	Olinda-Ferny Creek	Olinda-Ferny Creek	Olinda-Ferny Creek
2008	Alexandra	Alexandra	Emerald
2007	Thornton Eildon	Alexandra	Yarra Junction
2006	Warburton-Millgrove	Warburton-Millgrove	South Belgrave
2005	Olinda-Ferny Creek	South Belgrave
2004	Gembrook-Cockatoo	South Belgrave
2003	Seville	Yarra Junction
2002	Silvan	Yarra Junction	South Belgrave
2001	Yarra Glen	Yarra Junction
2000	Warburton-Millgrove	Gembrook-Cockatoo	Emerald
1999	Belgrave	Yarra Junction
1998	Yarra Glen	Yarra Junction
1997	Emerald	Emerald

**Total Premierships Won**
Club	Seniors	Reserves	Under 18s	Total
Belgrave	3	4	7	14
	5	2	5	12
	3	5	1	9
	1	6	2	9
	1	3	3	7
	2	3	0	5
	2	7	2	11
	1	3	1	5
	2	1	1	4
	2	1	0	3
Olinda-Ferny Creek	3	1	1	5
	2	0	0	2
Yea	2	0	0	2
Thornton Eildon^a	1	0	1	2
	1	1	0	2
	2	0	0	2
Kinglake	1	0	0	1
	1	1	0	2
	0	0	2	2

^a Under 18s won as Thornton

References[]

^ "AFL Outer East takes shape". Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

[1] "AFL Outer East takes shape". Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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