Kyabram & District Football League

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The Kyabram & District Football League (KDFL) is an Australian rules football league in Victoria. It is made up of 12 teams as Yea left in 2007 to join the Yarra Valley Mountain League. The KDFL is made up of smaller country town football clubs in the Goulburn Valley. The majority of these towns have a population base of around 500 people, each of these clubs fields three football sides in the Senior, Reserve and Under 18 divisions of the KDFL as well as four netball sides in A-Grade, B-Grade, C-Grade and Under 16 divisions of the KDNL.

The KDFL season is made up of 20 rounds in the home and away season, with each side playing 18 games, at the conclusion of the home and away season, the top five teams in each division face off in the finals series. The top three teams in this series are assured a second chance at making the Grand Final, however the fourth and fifth placed teams have no such luxury and are eliminated after any loss, this system works to reward the teams who have performed better over the home and away season.

During the season, each club will play nine home games and nine away games, in finals however, venues are designated to different clubs on a cycle. In 2007, for the first time, the grand final was staged in the larger Goulburn Valley Football League ground, Mooroopna in the hope that it would attract a larger crowd, in excess of 3,000 people turned up to watch the game.

[edit] History

Originally the Kyabram District Football Association, that name has since been changed to the present Kyabram & District Football League

[edit] Current Clubs

Club, Location, Official Website

• Ardmona Football Club, Ardmona, http://ardmonafc.vcfl.com.au

• Avenel Football Club, Avenel, http://avenelfc.vcfl.com.au

• Girgarre Football Club, Girgarre, http://girgarrefc.vcfl.com.au

• Lancaster Football Club, Lancaster, http://lancasterfc.vcfl.com.au

• Merrigum Football Club, Merrigum, http://merrigumfc.vcfl.com.au

• Murchison Football Club, Murchison, http://murchisonfc.vcfl.com.au

• Nagambie Football Club, Nagambie, http://nagambiefc.vcfl.com.au

• Rushworth Football Club, Rushworth, http://rushworthfc.vcfl.com.au

• Stanhope Football Club, Stanhope, http://stanhopefc.vcfl.com.au

• Tallygaroopna Football Club, Tallygaroopna, http://tallygaroopnafc.vcfl.com.au

• Undera Football Club, Undera, http://underafc.vcfl.com.au

• Violet Town Football Club, Violet Town, http://violettown.vcfl.com.au

[edit] Former Clubs

• Tongala (1932-1945)
• Wyuna (1932-1952)
• Kyabram (1932-1958)
• Corop (1936)
• Camp 1 (1946)
• Cooma (1949-1954)
• Miepoll (1945-1952)
• Congupna (1956-1961)
• Shepparton East (1956-1961)
• Yea (1986-1997) & (2006-2007)

[edit] Awards

[edit] Premierships

[edit] Best & Fairest Winners

• 1946- K.Dunstall (Girgarre)
• 1947- B.Tyndall (Undera)
• 1948- K.Betson (Kyabram Imperials)
• 1949- P.Humphrey (Kyabram Imperials)
• 1950- J.Brown (Girgarre)
• 1951- L.Pell (Wyuna)
• 1952- E.Wade (Lancaster)
• 1953- I.Perry (Cooma)
• 1954- L.Doolan (Girgarre)
• 1955- P.Fry (Merrigum)
• 1956- F.Salmon (Lancaster) & D.McKenna (Shepparton East)
• 1957- W.Roe (Congupna)
• 1958- I.Hughes (Miepoll)
• 1959- G.Arthur (Girgarre)
• 1960- J.Sellwood (Undera)
• 1961- K.James (Miepoll)
• 1962- J.Neal (Undera)
• 1963- R.Doolan (Girgarre)
• 1964- G.Cross (Murchison)
• 1965- R.Moore (Nagambie)
• 1966- A.Carson (Girgarre)
• 1967- P.Sleeth (Undera)
• 1968- C.Barnes (Ardmona)
• 1969- M.Varcoe (Girgarre) & N.Hosie (Tallygaroopna)
• 1970- K.Chapman (Merrigum)
• 1971- N.Langley (Girgarre)
• 1972- D.McKellar (Ardmona)
• 1973- P.Sleeth (Undera)
• 1974- M.Black (Nagambie) & P.Sleeth (Undera)
• 1975- B.Finnigan (Nagambie)
• 1976- K.Atkinson (Murchison)
• 1977- T.Gallagher (Nagambie)
• 1978- L.Casey (Girgarre)
• 1979- G.Saunders (Ardmona)
• 1980- C.Gundrill (Undera)
• 1981- N.Whittaker (Tallygaroopna)
• 1982- G.Wallis (Girgarre)
• 1983- W.Lee (Tallygaroopna)
• 1984- E.Shiels (Nagambie)
• 1985- M.Black (Nagambie)
• 1986- E.Shiels (Nagambie) & N.Whittaker (Tallygaroopna)
• 1987- M.Rijs (Murchison) & P.White (Merrigum)
• 1988- R.Aldous (Avenel)
• 1989- M.Power (Tallygaroopna)
• 1990- P.Cunningham (Yea)
• 1991- P.Thorpe (Avenel)
• 1992- E.Shiels (Nagambie)
• 1993- E.Shiels (Nagambie)
• 1994- R.Demarte (Lancaster)
• 1995- R.Martin (Yea)
• 1996- R.Martin (Yea)
• 1997- L.O'Brien (Undera)
• 1998- R.Aldous (Nagambie)
• 1999- R.Aldous (Nagambie)
• 2000- R.Aldous (Nagambie)
• 2001- A.Thomas (Lancaster)
• 2002- J.Waasdorp (Rushworth)
• 2003- D.Harrison (Stanhope)
• 2004- T. Sidebottom (Tallygaroopna)
• 2005- Bradley Lowe (Ardmona)
• 2006- A. Molisak (Tallygaroopna)
• 2007- M. Shiels (Nagambie)

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[edit] Leading Goal Kickers

• 1974- S.Florence 101 (Ardmona)
• 1975- W.Leppard 52 (Merrigum)
• 1976- A.Jones 87 (Girgarre)
• 1977- M.Kick 73 (Murchison)
• 1978- D.Patterson 72 (Merrigum)
• 1979- B.Freer 65 (Undera)
• 1980- P.Law 71 (Merrigum)
• 1981- P.Law 57 (Merrigum)
• 1982- T.Coulstock 79 (Lancaster)
• 1983- T.Coulstock 65 (Lancaster)
• 1984- W.Hannam 83 (Avenel)
• 1985- B.MacGibbon 73 (Tallygaroopna)
• 1986- R.Ivey 120 (Yea)
• 1987- R.Walters 84 (Murchison)
• 1988- R.Walters 84 (Murchison) & B.Barnes 84 (Nagambie)
• 1989- R.Walters 95 (Murchison)
• 1990- R.Walters 100 (Merrigum)
• 1991- D.Turner 115 (Tallygaroopna)
• 1992- P.Meka 151 (Ardmona)
• 1993- P.Meka 143 (Ardmona)
• 1994- D.Brock 77 (Avenel)
• 1995- S.Loveless 125 (Ardmona)
• 1996- S.Loveless 140 (Ardmona)
• 1997- D.Giles 117 (Undera)
• 1998- J.Canavan 116 (Stanhope)
• 1999- D.Irwin 119 (Rushworth)
• 2000- G.Exell 104 (Stanhope)
• 2001- G.Exell 112 (Stanhope)
• 2002- D.Yze 129 (Ardmona)
• 2003- G.Exell 115 (Stanhope)
• 2004- J.Canavan 98 (Rushworth)
• 2005- Travis Wayman 109 (Tallygaroopna)
• 2006- P. Meka 138 (Ardmona)
• 2007- P. Meka 105 (Ardmona)

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[edit] External links

• Official Kyabram and District Football League Website