Black Diamond Australian Football League

The Black Diamond Australian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the Newcastle, Hunter Region and Central Coast regions of New South Wales.

History

The league was formed in 2000 from a merger of the Newcastle Australian Football League and the Central Coast Australian Football League. The name "Black Diamond AFL" derives from the Black Diamond Cup which has been awarded to the Newcastle AFL Premiers since 1888.[1]

The Black Diamond AFL were successful in winning the Southern NSW AFL Championships in 2007, defeating the Riverina Football League.

In 2008 both Woy Woy and Singleton were removed from the First Grade competition and Lake Macquarie Crows were promoted to First Grade, meaning nine clubs competed for the premiership.

In 2011, Singleton will return to first grade, after winning the reserve premierships for 2009 and 2010. Nelsons Bay however will only compete in Reserve Grade. Woy Woy, now known as the Peninsula Swans, will compete as a joint venture with the Gosford Tigers, allowing players at both clubs to compete in First Grade, Reserve Grade and Under 18s in 2011.

Gosford left the league to join the Sydney AFL and compete in Division 4 from 2012.

The Maitland Saints also entered a senior side in 2012. From 2012, the competition was restructured to allowed clubs to enter teams across Premier, 1st, 2nd and 3rd divisions. This allowed smaller or newer clubs to field their firsts against the reserves or even third senior side of the stronger clubs.

Current Senior Clubs

Jumper Club Nickname Premiership Years
Cardiff Hawks NAFL: 1979-80, 1998
BDAFL: 2002, 2004-05-06
 Killarney Vale Bombers CCAFL: 1981-82, 1986–87, 1997-98
BDAFL: 2007
Lake Macquarie Dockers -
Nelson Bay Marlins NAFL: 1994, 1996–97, 1999
 Newcastle City Blues NAFL: 1950, 1953, 1961, 1963–66, 1968, 1970–71, 1973, 1975–76, 1981, 1995
BDAFL: 2003, 2008-09-10-11, 2013
Singleton Roosters -
 Terrigal-Avoca Panthers CCAFL: 1976, 1988–91, 1994, 1996, 1999
BDAFL: 2000, 2012, 2014
Warners Bay Bulldogs NAFL: 1984, 1988, 1990–93
 Wyong Lakes Magpies CCAFL: 1978, 1979
Maitland Saints -

Former Clubs

Jumper Club Nickname Premierships Years in competition
Gosford Tigers CCAFL: 1977, 1980, 1983–84 2000-2011
(Moved to Sydney AFL)
West Newcastle-Wallsend Demons BDAFL: 2001 2000-2002
Woy Woy Peninsula Swans 2008

Black Diamond Australian Football League Premiers

Year Premiers Runners Up Score
2000 Terrigal-Avoca Cardiff TA (17.16-118) d CAR (10.18-78)
2001 West Newcastle-Wallsend Cardiff WEST (21.9-135) d CAR (18.13-121)
2002 Cardiff Terrigal-Avoca CAR (11.15-81) d TA (7.10-52)
2003 Newcastle City Cardiff NC (17.16-118) d CAR (11.10-76)
2004 Cardiff Terrigal-Avoca CAR (16.13-109) d TA (15.9-99)
2005 Cardiff Killarney Vale CAR (17.11-113) d KV (11.6-72)
2006 Cardiff Newcastle City CAR (8.9-57) d NC (2.4-16)
2007 Killarney Vale Newcastle City KV (9.9-63) d NC (4.17-41)
2008 Newcastle City Cardiff NC (14.12-96) d CAR (8.11-59)
2009 Newcastle City Cardiff NC (12.15-87) d CAR (11.14-80)
2010 Newcastle City Cardiff NC (17.21-123) d CAR (10.12-72)
2011 Newcastle City Cardiff NC (14.20-104) d CAR (10.11-71)
2012 Terrigal-Avoca Cardiff TA (10.8-68) d CAR (7.12-54)
2013 Newcastle City Terrigal-Avoca NC (18.9-117) d TA (14.9-93)
2014 Terrigal-Avoca Killarney Vale TA (17.12-114) d KV (9.5-59)

2013 Ladders

Black Diamond AFL Premier Division Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Win%
Terrigal Avoca 13 3 2 0 1818 587 309.71% 86.67%
Newcastle City 12 3 4 0 1807 866 208.66% 75.00%
Killarney Vale 10 3 6 0 1262 1039 121.46% 62.50%
Cardiff 8 3 8 0 1247 1479 84.31% 50.00%
Warners Bay 7 3 8 0 1123 1058 106.14% 46.67%
Singleton 3 3 13 0 888 1785 49.75% 18.75%
Lake Macquarie 2 3 14 0 808 2139 37.77% 12.50%

FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
1st Semi Killarney Vale 10 8 68 Cardiff 17 7 109
2nd Semi Terrigal Avoca 10 12 72 Newcastle City 15 14 104
Preliminary Terrigal Avoca 26 12 168 Cardiff 6 12 48
Grand Newcastle City 18 9 117 Terrigal Avoca 14 9 93
Black Diamond AFL 1st Div Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Nelson Bay 16 0 0 0 2153 528 407.77% 64
Terrigal Avoca 13 0 3 0 1363 806 169.11% 52
Newcastle City 12 0 4 0 1589 881 180.36% 48
Maitland 8 0 8 0 1118 1182 94.59% 32
Wyong Lakes 6 0 10 0 1048 1348 77.74% 24
Warners Bay 5 0 11 0 827 1297 63.76% 20
Cardiff 3 0 13 0 719 1538 46.75% 12
Killarney Vale 1 0 15 0 518 1755 29.52% 4

FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
1st Semi Newcastle City 21 10 136 Maitland 12 8 80
2nd Semi Nelson Bay 24 11 155 Terrigal Avoca 10 6 66
Preliminary Terrigal Avoca 7 4 46 Newcastle City 20 14 134
Grand Nelson Bay 13 15 93 Newcastle City 4 4 28
Black Diamond AFL 2nd Div Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Win%
Nelson Bay 14 3 2 0 1892 535 353.64% 87.50%
Terrigal Avoca 13 3 3 0 1342 723 185.62% 81.25%
Newcastle City 12 3 3 1 1655 550 300.91% 78.12%
Lake Macquarie 8 3 7 1 1127 900 125.22% 53.12%
Maitland 5 3 11 0 701 1362 51.47% 31.25%
Warners Bay 2 3 14 0 688 1526 45.09% 12.50%
Singleton 1 3 15 0 263 2072 12.69% 6.25%

FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
1st Semi Nelson Bay 8 10 58 Terrigal Avoca 10 10 70
2nd Semi Newcastle City 24 18 162 Lake Macquarie 5 8 38
Preliminary Nelson Bay 6 8 44 Newcastle City 15 13 103
Grand Terrigal Avoca 7 9 51 Newcastle City 13 14 92

Umpires Association

The Black Diamond AFL Umpires Association is officially known as the Newcastle Central Coast Umpires Association (NCCUA). The president of the umpires' group is Roger Crowhurst, who is also a life member. The umpires' group train at Number One Sportsground and Bateau Bay Sport Centre and are always looking for more members to join its ranks. The NCCUA provides umpires for all BDAFL matches where possible and the current coach is Christine Burrows, who is regarded as one of the best coaches of umpiring in NSW.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Black Diamond AFL Inc

External links