Leven Football Association

The Leven Football Association (LFA) is an Australian rules football competition in Tasmania, Australia. Four clubs from small communities in northern Tasmania compete for the premiership every year. The games were played on Saturday and both matches were at the same ground in the form of a double header.

History

Founded 1924 to provide a competition for teams in the Ulverstone Municipality.

This Association succeeded various earlier Associations, it has been a valuable feeder ground for NWFU and NTFL clubs in particular Ulverstone.

Forth won the first premiership of the competition in 1924. Several clubs started in this association before moving into a stronger competition after establishing themselves, Turners Beach and West Ulverstone are now both in the NWFA however Railton and Mole Creek both moved the other way.

Clubs

Current

Club	Nickname	Years in LFA	LFA Premierships
Castra	Magpies	1925-1932, 1940-1992, 1999-	1926, 1930, 1965, 1967, 1980, 1984-85, 1988, 2014
Mole Creek	Bulldogs	2004-	2004, 2006, 2008, 2010-11, 2013
Railton	Tigers	1990- (Reformed)	1990-91-92, 1994-95, 1997-98-99, 2001-02-03, 2005, 2007 2009
Wilmot	Robins	1975-	-

Previous

Club	Nickname	Years in LFA	LFA Premierships
Latrobe Saints	Saints	1987-2011	1989, 2000
Meander Valley Suns	Suns	2012 - 2013	2012
Motton Rovers	Rovers	1924-2000	1926, 1928, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1993,
Preston		1924, 1966	1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1964
Prospect Hawks	Hawks	2010
Sprent		1924-1981	1944, 1962, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981
Turners Beach	Kangaroos	1971-1975	1972, 1973, 1974
West Ulverstone	Lions	1973-1981	-
Zeehan		1994-1998	1996

2011 Ladder

Leven FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Mole Creek	14	3	0	0	3734	354	1054.80%	56		1st Semi	Railton	35	19	229	Latrobe Saints	3	3	21
Wilmot	8	4	5	0	1356	1455	93.20%	32		2nd Semi	Mole Creek	25	17	167	Wilmot	8	2	50
Railton	6	4	7	0	1395	1611	86.59%	24		Preliminary	Railton	15	13	103	Wilmot	9	8	62
Latrobe Saints	6	3	8	0	1369	2138	64.03%	24		Grand	Mole Creek	21	15	141	Railton	11	10	76
Castra	0	3	14	0	491	2787	17.62%	0

2012 Ladder

Leven FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Meander Valley Suns	11	3	3	0	1825	810	225.31%	44		1st Semi	Mole Creek	27	14	176	Wilmot	8	8	56
Railton	11	3	3	0	1594	962	165.70%	44		2nd Semi	Meander Valley Suns	15	18	108	Railton	12	6	78
Mole Creek	9	4	4	0	1334	928	143.75%	36		Preliminary	Mole Creek	13	7	85	Railton	11	18	84
Wilmot	3	4	10	0	938	1475	63.59%	12		Grand	Meander Valley Suns	13	9	87	Mole Creek	10	10	70
Castra	0	3	14	0	462	1978	23.36%	0

2013 Ladder

Leven FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Mole Creek	14	0	2	0	2581	760	339.61%	56		1st Semi	Meander Valley Suns	26	20	176	Wilmot	5	1	31
Railton	12	0	4	0	2070	1174	176.32%	48		2nd Semi	Mole Creek	21	13	139	Railton	12	11	83
Meander Valley Suns	10	0	6	0	1688	1064	158.65%	40		Preliminary	Meander Valley Suns	18	14	122	Railton	11	10	76
Wilmot	4	0	12	0	830	2005	41.40%	16		Grand	Mole Creek	12	12	84	Meander Valley Suns	13	4	82
Castra	0	0	16	0	375	2541	14.76%	0

2014 Ladder

Leven FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Castra	13	0	3	0	2716	795	341.64%	52		1st Semi	Mole Creek	25	17	167	Wilmot	5	2	32
Railton	13	0	3	0	2310	839	275.33%	52		2nd Semi	Castra	27	18	180	Railton	7	8	50
Mole Creek	6	0	10	0	1393	1844	75.54%	24		Preliminary	Railton	25	9	159	Mole Creek	11	10	76
Wilmot	0	0	16	0	379	3320	11.42%	0		Grand	Castra	17	17	119	Railton	9	6	60

Leading Goal Kickers

Year	Player	H&A goals	Finals goals	Total Goals
1982	Nazza Haywood (Motton Preston)	100		100
1983	David Banner (Castra)	55	7	62
1984	David Banner (Castra)	37	12	49
1985
1986	Robbie Campbell (Wilmot)	49	0	49
1987
1988	Mark Harris (Motton Rovers)	53	0	53
1989	B Wolfe (Wilmot)	47	0	47
1990	Kerry Jackson (Mersey Valley)	33	0	33
1991	Darren Cowburn (Railton)	49	0	49
1992	Kerry Jackson (Mersey Valley)
1993	Kerry Jackson (Mersey Valley)
1994	Ricky Jefferies (Railton)	65	0	65
1995	Paul Lawrence (Railton)	44	3	47
1996	Brian Powe (Zeehan)	96	7	103
1997	Darren Wall (Devonport Saints)	102		102
1998	Michael Schultz (Zeehan)	78	20	98
1999	Peter Coventry (Devonport Saints)
2000	Leigh Clarke (Devonport Saints)	80	0	80
2001	Corey Bissett (Wilmot)	81	0	81
2002	Mark Alford (Railton)	129	0	129
2003	Craig Horton (Latrobe Saints)	40	0	40
2004	Paul Burford (Mole Creek)	69	0	69
2005	Michael Leedham (Railton)	64	5	69
2006	Gary Latham (Latrobe Saints)	87	5	92
2007	Andrew Stretton (Railton)	129	0	129
2008	Paul Hampton (Mole Creek)	166		166
2009	Tim West (Mole Creek)	101		101
2010	Chris Bray (Railton)	110	6	116
2011	Shane Campbell (Mole Creek)	146	13	159
2012	Alex Wadley (Meander VS)	100	0	100
2013
2014	Darren Jenkins (Railton)	108	1	109

Web site

• Official Association Site

Published books

• Australian rules football in Tasmania, John Stoward, 2002, ISBN 0-9577515-7-5

References

Australian rules football in Tasmania Governing body AFL Tasmania Proposed AFL clubs Tasmanian AFL bid State-wide leagues Tasmanian State League Former representative teams Tasmanian Devils (VFL) Former state-wide leagues Winfield Statewide Cup Tasmanian State Premiership TFL Statewide League Current leagues Circular Head FA Darwin FA King Island FA Leven FA NEFU NTFA NTFL NWFA ODFA Old Scholars FA SFL Former leagues GNFL NWFU NTFA (original) Tasman FA WTFA Peninsula FA Fingal District Football Association List of Former Australian Rules Football Competitions in Tasmania Junior leagues Northern Tasmanian Junior Football Association Southern Tasmania Junior Football League Masters leagues Masters Australian Football Tasmania Women's leagues Tasmanian Women's Football League