AFL Hunter Central Coast explained

AFL Hunter Central Coast
Sport:Australian rules football
Teams:15
Champion:Newcastle City
Most Champs:Newcastle City
(9 premierships)
Sponsor:Hunter HAVAL

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

The Black Diamond Australian Football league was formed in 2000 from the merger of the Newcastle Australian Football League (founded 1886) and the Central Coast Australian Football League (founded 1976) and ran until the end of the 2018 season. Following the end of the 2018 season, the league was disbanded and a new league under the AFL NSW/ACT banner was formed; AFL Hunter Central Coast (AFLHCC). Teams in the AFLHCC's top division still play for the Black Diamond Cup.

The competition is technically Hunter Central Coast's division of the New South Wales Australian Football League.

History

Foundation of Black Diamond Australian Football League

The league was formed in 2000 from a merger of the Newcastle Australian Football League (founded 1886) and the Central Coast Australian Football League (founded 1976).

The proposition of an alternate competition started from rumblings during the 1990s that both competitions were dreadfully uneven and it was generally considered the administration, although keen and resolute, was far from what was needed to sustain a viable football league/s.

Visits from AFL executives to both the Newcastle and Central Coast took place during the 1999 season where they addressed meetings of delegates to look at alternatives to their contemporary competitions. It turns out these people were more interested in a proposed regional Club to participate in the Sydney Competition.

This proposal didn't address the concerns of the general situation of the local competitions. As there was no follow-up by the AFL both boards issued invitations to senior officials of all clubs to discuss the options for the future. A meeting was held at Mt Penang, Kariong in October 1999 where it was decided to merge both leagues to create a stronger more balanced competition.

The name "Black Diamond AFL" was derived from the Black Diamond Cup which has been awarded to the Newcastle AFL Premiers since 1888.[1]

League development

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 returned to first grade, after winning the reserve premierships for 2009 and 2010. Nelson 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 in 2012, competing in the Sydney AFL for the next four seasons, before returning to the BDAFL in 2016.

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.

Further clubs have joined the league in recent years, including Muswellbrook Cats and The Entrance Bateau Bay both entering senior sides 2014. Muswellbrook had competed from 1988 until 1994 in the Newcastle AFL, and then later in the Tamworth AFL until 2013.

A women's competition started in 2015. Wyong Lakes was the first and only Central Coast club to enter the inaugural women's competition, along with Hunter-based clubs Newcastle City, Nelson Bay, Maitland, Warners Bay and Lake Macquarie. Killarney Vale and Gosford fielded their inaugural women's teams the following year. In 2018 the Ladypies, as the team came to be known, became the first and only Central Coast team to make the grand final in the women's competition.

In 2018, junior club Port Stephens fielded a Women's team, their first senior team in the club's history and Wallsend was revived as Wallsend-West Newcastle and fielded a team in the Women's competition and a team in the Black Diamond Plate.

AFL Hunter Central Coast: 2019-

The league was renamed AFL Hunter Central Coast following the conclusion of the 2018 season under the banner of AFL NSW/ACT.

The 2019 season saw Lake Macquarie, with only one senior team, drop down to Black Diamond Plate (Reserves) and Nelson Bay was also reduced to just one senior team but still continued to play in the Black Diamond Cup. Newcastle City also fielded one women's team that same year, as the club had previously fielded two women's teams for two years.

2020 saw the league indefinitely suspended due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic. Originally intending to start on April 4, the pandemic prevented football from going ahead in the region until July 18. The league was restructured with two women's divisions, respectively named Black Diamond Cup and Plate Women's, and a third men's competition, the Black Diamond Shield, introduced. The Black Diamond Plate will now consist of Terrigal-Avoca and Newcastle City's reserves sides and clubs with a single men's team with the Black Diamond Shield being the reserves competition for the rest of the clubs. Both Nelson Bay and Port Stephens are fielding a women's team as a joint venture for the 2020 season.

In late June 2021, the AFL Hunter Central Coast announced that all senior competitions, Central Coast and Hunter combined junior competitions and Central Coast-based junior competitions would cease due to the rapidly increasing number of coronavirus cases across the region, as the Central Coast was classed as part of Greater Sydney at the time. Round 10 was the last official round for the senior season with Central Coast and Hunter clubs competing. Although informal senior matches between Hunter-based clubs and Hunter-based junior competitions were able to continue, the uncertainty of the coronavirus outbreak across the Hunter region in early August eventually saw all Hunter community senior and junior competitions ceased for 2021.

Senior Clubs

ColoursClubNicknameFoundedSenior Teams FieldedHome GroundPremierships
CardiffHawks1967Senior Men Cup, Senior Men Plate, Senior Women Cup, Senior Women PlatePasterfield Sports Complex, Cameron ParkNAFL: 1969 (reserves), 1979, 1980, 1998BDAFL/AFLHCC: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
GosfordTigers1971Senior Men Shield, Senior Women PlateGarnet Adcock Memorial Park, West GosfordCCAFL: 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984
Killarney ValeBombers1978Senior Men Cup, Senior Men Plate, Senior Women Cup, Senior Women PlateAdelaide Street Oval, Killarney ValeCCAFL: 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1997, 1998BDAFL/AFLHCC: 2007, 2022
Lake MacquarieDockers1997Senior Men Shield, Senior Women CupTulkaba Park, Teralba
MaitlandSaints2006Senior Men Cup, Senior Men Shield, Senior Women PlateMax McMahon Oval, RutherfordNAFL: 1956BDAFL 1st Div/Black Diamond Plate: 2017
Nelson BayMarlins1980Senior Men CupDick Burwell Oval, Nelson BayNAFL: 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999BDAFL 1st Division/Black Diamond Plate: 2013, 2022
Newcastle CityBlues1883Senior Men Cup, Senior Men Plate, Senior Men Shield, Senior Women Cup, Senior Women PlateNewcastle No. 1 Sportsground, Newcastle WestNAFL: 1950, 1953, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1995BDAFL/AFLHCC: 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2023
Port StephensPower1999Senior Women PlateFerodale Park, Medowie
SingletonRoosterslate 1800sSenior Men Cup, Senior Men Shield, Senior Women CupRose Point Park, SingletonNAFL: 1972, 1985BDAFL 1st Division/Black Diamond Plate: 2010, 2012, 2016
Terrigal-AvocaPanthers1976Senior Men Cup, Senior Men Plate, Senior Women Cup, Senior Women PlateHylton Moore Oval, East GosfordCCAFL: 1976, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1999BDAFL/AFLHCC: 2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020
The Entrance Bateau BayBlues1983Senior Men Cup, Senior Men Shield, Senior Women PlateBateau Bay Sports Facility, Bateau BayCCAFL: 1993, 1995BDAFL 2nd Division/Black Diamond Shield: 2016
Warners BayBulldogs1974Senior Men Cup, Senior Men Plate, Senior Women CupFeighan Oval, Warners BayNAFL: 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Wyong LakesMagpies1975Senior Men PlateDon Small Oval, TacomaCCAFL: 1978, 1979BDAFL 1st Division/Black Diamond Plate: 2014

Former Clubs

ColoursClubNicknameFoundedExitedHome GroundPremierships
MuswellbrookCats19882023Weeraman Fields, MuswellbrookTamworth AFL: 2005
Wallsend-West NewcastleSwans20182022Bill Elliott Oval, Maryland
West Newcastle-WallsendDemons20002002Hawkins Oval, WickhamBDAFL: 2001
Woy Woy PeninsulaSwans19762007Rogers Park, Woy WoyCCAFL: 1985, 1992BDAFL 1st Div: 2006

Juniors-only Clubs

ColoursClubNicknameFoundedHome GroundNotes
Niagara Park OurimbahDockers1999Paddy Clifton Oval, NararaKnown as Niagara Park Demons prior to 2011 season.Did not field junior teams in 2023
Northern GiantsGiantsNorthlakes Oval, San Remo
SaratogaHawks2001Garnet Adcock Memorial Park, West Gosford

Men's BDAFL/AFLHCC Premiers

Year Premiers Runners Up Score
2000Terrigal-Avoca Cardiff TA (17.16-118) d CAR (10.18-78)
2001West Newcastle-Wallsend Cardiff WEST (21.9-135) d CAR (18.13-121)
2002Cardiff Terrigal-Avoca CAR (11.15-81) d TA (7.10-52)
2003Newcastle City Cardiff NC (17.16-118) d CAR (11.10-76)
2004Cardiff Terrigal-Avoca CAR (16.13-109) d TA (15.9-99)
2005Cardiff Killarney Vale CAR (17.11-113) d KV (11.6-72)
2006Cardiff Newcastle City CAR (8.9-57) d NC (2.4-16)
2007Killarney Vale Newcastle City KV (9.9-63) d NC (4.17-41)
2008Newcastle City Cardiff NC (14.12-96) d CAR (8.11-59)
2009Newcastle City Cardiff NC (12.15-87) d CAR (11.14-80)
2010Newcastle City Cardiff NC (17.21-123) d CAR (10.12-72)
2011Newcastle City Cardiff NC (14.20-104) d CAR (10.11-71)
2012Terrigal-Avoca Cardiff TA (10.8-68) d CAR (7.12-54)
2013Newcastle City Terrigal-Avoca NC (18.9-117) d TA (14.9-93)
2014Terrigal-Avoca Killarney Vale TA (17.12-114) d KV (9.5-59)
2015Terrigal-Avoca Newcastle City TA (14.9-93) d NC (10.11-71)
2016Newcastle City Terrigal-Avoca NC (14.13-97) d TA (5.6-36)
2017Terrigal-Avoca Cardiff TA (13.11-89) d CAR (11.14-80)
2018Newcastle City Terrigal-Avoca NC (9.11-65) d TA (5.13-43)
2019Terrigal-Avoca Newcastle City TA (8.9-57) d NC (7.5-47)
2020Terrigal-Avoca Newcastle City TA (10.16-76) d NC (7.8-50)
2021No premiership awarded
2022Killarney Vale Terrigal-Avoca KV (11.5-71) d TA (8.10-58)
2023Newcastle City Terrigal-Avoca NC (12.10-82) d TA (10.13-73)

Women's BDAFL/AFLHCC Premiers

Year Premiers Runners Up Score
2015Newcastle City Nelson Bay NC (4.5-29) d NB (1.1-7)
2016Nelson Bay Newcastle City NB (5.2-32) d NC (3.11-29)
2017Newcastle City Nelson Bay NC (10.11-71) d NB (1.6-12)
2018Newcastle City Wyong Lakes NC (5.10-40) d WL (1.1-7)
2019Newcastle City Maitland NC (8.6-54) d Mait (3.0-18)
2020Newcastle City Killarney Vale NC (6.6-42) d KV (3.7-25)
2021No premiership awarded
2022Newcastle City Killarney Vale NC (3.6-24) d KV (3.3-21)
2023Newcastle City Killarney Vale NC (7.6-48) d KV (2.5-17)

Men's First Grade (Black Diamond Cup)

2015 Ladder

Black Diamond AFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Terrigal Avoca 15 0 1 0 1992 614 324.43% 60 1st Semi Killarney Vale 16 7 103 Warners Bay 5 9 39
Newcastle City 13 0 3 0 1633 961 169.93% 52 2nd Semi Newcastle City 9 15 69 Terrigal Avoca 6 8 44
Killarney Vale 8 0 8 0 1143 1202 95.09% 32 Preliminary Terrigal Avoca 13 21 99 Killarney Vale 7 7 49
Warners Bay 6 0 10 0 881 1516 58.11% 24 Grand Terrigal Avoca 14 9 93 Newcastle City 10 11 71
Nelson Bay 5 0 11 0 939 1441 65.16% 20
Cardiff 1 0 15 0 922 1776 51.91% 4

2016 Ladder

Black Diamond AFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Newcastle City 16 0 1 0 2165 792 273.36% 64 1st Semi Nelson Bay 10 17 77 Cardiff 9 10 64
Terrigal Avoca 11 0 6 0 1577 1073 146.97% 44 2nd Semi Newcastle City 10 17 77 Terrigal Avoca 8 7 55
Nelson Bay 8 0 9 0 1459 1514 96.37% 32 Preliminary Terrigal Avoca 16 21 117 Nelson Bay 12 10 82
Cardiff 8 0 9 0 1346 1781 75.58% 32 Grand Newcastle City 14 13 97 Terrigal Avoca 5 6 36
Warners Bay 6 0 11 0 1111 1548 71.77% 24
Killarney Vale 2 0 15 0 896 1846 48.54% 8

2017 Ladder

Black Diamond AFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Terrigal Avoca 14 0 2 0 1436 772 186.01% 56 1st Semi Newcastle City 5 17 47 Nelson Bay 6 12 48
Cardiff 13 0 3 0 1375 1157 118.84% 52 2nd Semi Terrigal Avoca 17 8 110 Cardiff 9 10 64
Newcastle City 11 0 5 0 1265 1003 126.12% 44 Preliminary Cardiff 16 13 109 Nelson Bay 7 6 48
Nelson Bay 5 0 11 0 1161 1370 84.74% 20 Grand Terrigal Avoca 13 11 89 Cardiff 11 14 80
Warners Bay 3 0 13 0 970 1218 79.64% 12
Killarney Vale 2 0 14 0 817 1504 54.32% 8

2018 Ladder

Black Diamond AFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Terrigal-Avoca152102121438484.25601st EliminationSingleton5838Warners Bay71759
Cardiff142201792711252.04562nd EliminationNewcastle City11773Killarney Vale4630
Newcastle City122301795528339.96483rd EliminationCardiff101575Wyong Lakes7345
Singleton1026011021094100.73401st PrelimNewcastle City101070Cardiff51141
Warners Bay92601363662205.89362nd PrelimTerrigal-Avoca111480Warners Bay4832
Killarney Vale927011751113105.5736GrandNewcastle City91165Terrigal-Avoca51343
Wyong Lakes621001157135885.2024
Gosford62100888149159.5624
Nelson Bay32130776174044.6012
Maitland32130668178037.5312
Lake Macquarie02160412233217.670

2019 Ladder

!Black Diamond Cup!Wins!Byes!Losses!Draws!For!Against!%!Pts!!Final!Team!G!B!Pts!Team!G!B!Pts
Terrigal-Avoca170102171544399.08681st EliminationKillarney Vale7850Singleton10666
Newcastle City150301903712267.28602nd EliminationCardiff121688Warners Bay4832
Cardiff140401719838205.13561st SemiTerrigal-Avoca6642Singleton4226
Killarney Vale1107013731106124.14442nd SemiNewcastle City81058Cardiff51040
Singleton100801144146578.0940GrandTerrigal-Avoca8957Newcastle City7547
Warners Bay801001107130584.8332
Maitland50130837185745.0720
Nelson Bay40140935186150.2416
Wyong Lakes301501049166263.1212
Gosford301501063195154.4812

2020 Ladder

!Black Diamond Cup!Wins!Byes!Losses!Draws!For!Against!%!Pts!!Final!Team!G!B!Pts!Team!G!B!Pts
Terrigal-Avoca120001559430362.56481st Semi FinalNewcastle City81260Singleton8654
Newcastle City100201128694162.54402nd Semi FinalTerrigal-Avoca1513103Killarney Vale4529
Singleton9030839806104.0936GrandTerrigal-Avoca101676Newcastle City7850
Killarney Vale8040845674125.3732
Nelson Bay6060993977101.6424
Cardiff5061982844116.3522
Warners Bay407180891888.0218
Gosford3090767115366.5212
Maitland10110484119340.574
Wyong Lakes10110486120240.434

2021 Ladder (After Round 10)

Black Diamond Cup Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pct Won
Terrigal-Avoca81001117203550.25100.00
Newcastle City7110860313274.7687.50
Killarney Vale5130564382147.6462.50
Warners Bay5130556536103.7362.50
Singleton415045468366.4744.44
Gosford315048754289.8537.50
Maitland316045183154.2733.33
Cardiff217058168584.8222.22
Nelson Bay0270148104314.190.00

2022 Ladder

Black Diamond Cup Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Killarney Vale 14 2 1 0 1405 454 309.47% 56 Elimination Cardiff 9 8 62 Newcastle City 4 4 28
Terrigal-Avoca 12 2 3 0 1477 648 227.93% 48 Qualifying Killarney Vale 9 5 59 Terrigal-Avoca 5 4 34
Cardiff 9 3 6 0 1184 946 125.16% 36 Preliminary Terrigal-Avoca 10 12 72 Cardiff 3 7 25
Newcastle City 8 2 6 0 1170 744 157.26% 32 Grand Killarney Vale 11 5 71 Terrigal-Avoca 8 10 58
Warners Bay 5 3 9 0 925 996 92.87% 20
Maitland 2 3 13 0 625 1553 40.24% 8
Singleton 1 3 12 0 327 1772 18.45% 4

Men's Second Grade (Black Diamond Plate)

2015 Ladder

Black Diamond AFL Div 1 Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B M/R Team G B Pts
Terrigal Avoca 12 2 2 1 1394 567 245.86% 80 1st Semi Maitland 12 11 83 Wyong Lakes 11 11 77
Newcastle City 12 2 2 1 1351 579 233.33% 80 2nd Semi Newcastle Bay 9 8 62 Terrigal Avoca 2 10 22
Wyong Lakes 10 2 4 1 1395 801 174.16% 67 Preliminary Terrigal Avoca 15 11 101 Maitland 9 5 59
Maitland 10 2 5 0 1303 751 173.50% 67 Grand Newcastle Bay 11 6 72 Terrigal Avoca 7 8 50
Warners Bay 7 2 8 0 681 958 71.09% 47
Singleton 5 3 9 0 817 1283 63.68% 35
Cardiff 5 2 10 0 623 1250 49.84% 33
Killarney Vale 3 3 10 1 635 1252 50.72% 21
Lake Macquarie 0 3 14 0 505 1263 39.98% 0

2016 Ladder

Black Diamond AFL Div 1 Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Singleton 15 0 2 0 1875 524 357.82% 60 1st Semi Newcastle Bay 16 17 113 Gosford 1 7 13
Maitland 15 0 2 0 1636 730 224.11% 60 2nd Semi Singleton 13 15 93 Maitland 11 7 73
Newcastle City 14 0 3 0 1668 620 269.03% 56 Preliminary Maitland 13 6 84 Newcastle Bay 6 16 52
Gosford 13 0 4 0 1743 851 204.82% 52 Grand Singleton 6 7 43 Maitland 2 4 16
Terrigal Avoca 8 0 9 0 1362 960 141.88% 32
Wyong Lakes 8 0 9 0 1373 1044 131.51% 32
Warners Bay 5 0 11 1 838 1454 57.63% 22
Cardiff 3 0 14 0 629 1758 35.78% 12
Lake Macquarie 2 0 14 1 525 1637 32.07% 10
Killarney Vale 1 0 16 0 341 2412 14.14% 4

2017 Ladder

Black Diamond AFL Div 1 Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B M/R Team G B Pts
Wyong Lakes142201663695239.28561st SemiSingleton121385City139
Maitland142201468661222.09562nd SemiWyong51040Maitland91266
Singleton132301406654214.9852PreliminaryWyong7749Singleton111177
Newcastle City92701185829142.9436GrandMaitland14589Singleton91064
Gosford828012601138110.7232
Terrigal-Avoca82801006106994.1132
Lake Macquarie32130738139552.9012
Muswellbrook22140748146151.208
The Entrance-Bateau Bay12150334190617.524

2018 Ladder

Black Diamond AFL Div 1 Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Terrigal-Avoca160002170328661.59641st EliminationMuswellbrook91064TEBB6743
Newcastle City150102059323637.46602nd EliminationNewcastle City1421105Warners Bay000
Cardiff130301935545355.05523rd EliminationCardiff5737Killarney Vale 11773
Muswellbrook120311735499347.70501st PrelimNewcastle City 13684Muswellbrook7749
The Entrance-Bateau Bay110411545552279.89462nd PrelimTerrigal-Avoca111177Killarney Vale 077
Killarney Vale90701226946129.6036GrandTerrigal-Avoca6945Newcastle City4731
Warners Bay60100960120279.8724
Maitland60100685154544.3424
Gosford50110775146153.0520
Wyong Lakes50110768148751.6520
Lake Macquarie50110604176234.2820
Singleton40120560165833.7816
Wallsend-West Newcastle20140546175631.098
Nelson Bay20140429193322.198

2019 Ladder

!Black Diamond Plate!Wins!Byes!Losses!Draws!For!Against!%!Pts!!Final!Team!G!B!Pts!Team!G!B!Pts
Terrigal-Avoca162001536349440.111001st EliminationWarners Bay 61349Killarney Vale6743
Newcastle City142201691408414.4687.502nd EliminationTEBB12779Muswellbrook61450
The Entrance Bateau Bay112501472690213.3368.751st SemiTerrigal-Avoca81260Warners Bay3725
Warners Bay112501323627211.0068.752nd SemiNewcastle City3624TEBB6945
Killarney Vale112501228725169.3868.75GrandTerrigal-Avoca2013133TEBB1511
Muswellbrook102501140609187.1966.67
Cardiff82801074819131.1450.00
Lake Macquarie72901091798136.7243.75
Wallsend-West Newcastle52100716143849.7933.33
Maitland52110752117064.2731.25
Wyong Lakes22140536171431.2712.50
Singleton22140343186418.4012.50
Gosford12150218190911.426.25

2020 Ladder

Due to coronavirus concerns in the Upper Hunter, Muswellbrook withdrew their men and women's teams after Round 5 for the remainder of the season.

!Black Diamond Plate!Wins!Byes!Losses!Draws!For!Against!%!Pts!!Final!Team!G!B!Pts!Team!G!B!Pts
Newcastle City9110920312294.87901st Semi FinalTerrigal-Avoca2310148TEBB7345
Terrigal-Avoca8220938320293.12802nd Semi FinalNewcastle City2911185Wallsend-West Newcastle2214
The Entrance Bateau Bay4250630615102.4444.44Grand FinalNewcastle City7547Terrigal-Avoca111076
Wallsend-West Newcastle318041380451.3727.27
Lake Macquarie318037594539.6827.27
Muswellbrook104017045037.7820.00

2021 Ladder (After Round 10)

Black Diamond Plate Wins Losses Draws Byes For Against %Pct Won
Terrigal Avoca 8 0 0 1 753 306 246.08% 100.00
Newcastle City 6 2 0 1 807 243 332.10% 75.00
Wyong Lakes 6 2 1 1 749 423 177.07% 72.22
The Entrance Bateau Bay 5 4 0 1 682 440 155.00% 55.56
Cardiff 4 5 0 1 576 601 95.84% 44.44
Wallsend-West Newcastle 2 5 1 1 413 665 62.11% 31.25
Lake Macquarie 2 6 0 2 392 733 53.48% 25.00
Gosford 2 6 0 1 355 922 38.50% 25.00
Muswellbrook 2 7 0 1 435 829 52.47% 22.22

Men's Third Grade (Black Diamond Shield)

2015 Ladder

Black Diamond AFL Div 2 Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Newcastle City 14 1 2 0 1429 526 271.67% 60 1st Semi Lake Macquarie 15 11 101 Terrigal Avoca 6 6 42
The Entrance Bateau Bay 14 1 2 0 1334 656 203.35% 60 2nd Semi The Entrance Bateau Bay 7 10 52 Newcastle City 7 4 46
Terrigal Avoca 13 1 3 0 1531 544 281.43% 56 Preliminary Newcastle City 15 13 103 Lake Macquarie 3 4 22
Lake Macquarie 10 1 6 0 1202 777 154.70% 44 Grand Newcastle City 16 5 101 The Entrance Bateau Bay 9 11 65
Singleton 10 1 6 0 1079 1045 103.25% 44
Muswellbrook 8 1 8 0 1229 895 137.32% 36
Warners Bay 7 1 9 0 841 880 95.57% 32
Cardiff 6 1 10 0 757 1186 63.83% 28
Nelson Bay 5 1 11 0 862 1129 76.35% 24
Maitland 5 1 11 0 734 999 73.47% 24
Wyong Lakes 3 1 13 0 607 1826 33.24% 16
Killarney Vale 1 1 15 0 502 1644 30.54% 8

2016 Ladder

Black Diamond AFL Div 2 Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Muswellbrook 14 0 0 0 1866 380 491.05% 56 Elimination Warners Bay 5 5 35 Terrigal Avoca 3 12 30
The Entrance Bateau Bay 12 0 2 0 1286 443 290.29% 48 Qualifying The Entrance Bateau Bay 9 9 63 Newcastle City 7 4 46
Newcastle City 10 0 4 0 1394 446 312.56% 40 1st Semi Warners Bay 9 9 63 Newcastle City 6 9 45
Terrigal Avoca 10 0 4 0 1181 636 185.69% 40 2nd Semi Muswellbrook 8 12 60 The Entrance Bateau Bay 9 5 59
Warners Bay 7 0 7 0 673 1085 62.03% 28 Preliminary The Entrance Bateau Bay 22 11 143 Warners Bay 3 6 24
Gosford 6 0 8 0 823 1038 79.29% 24 Grand The Entrance Bateau Bay 7 10 52 Muswellbrook 5 6 36
Maitland 6 0 8 0 650 1213 53.59% 24
Nelson Bay 4 0 10 0 870 1089 79.89% 16
Singleton 3 0 11 0 663 1536 43.16% 12
Killarney Vale 3 0 11 0 488 1341 36.39% 12
Wyong Lakes 2 0 12 0 550 1237 44.46% 8

2017 Ladder

!Black Diamond AFL!Wins!Byes!Losses!Draws!For!Against!%!Pts!!Final!Team!G!B!Pts!Team!G!B!Pts
Cardiff132201850544340.0752QualifyingWarners Bay6844Killarney Vale11975
Killarney Vale131301482614241.3752EliminationTerrigal-Avoca1511101Nelson Bay2113
Warners Bay122301341639209.86481st SemiWarners Bay14892Terrigal-Avoca9862
Terrigal-Avoca112401393757184.02442nd SemiCardiff6339Killarney Vale121082
Nelson Bay7280997865115.2628PreliminaryCardiff8755Warners Bay41539
Lake Macquarie7280640127450.2428GrandKillarney Vale61046Cardiff101070
Gosford6290773131958.6124
Maitland52100581107354.1520
Newcastle City42110723106368.0216
Singleton32120531134939.3612
Wyong Lakes22130608142242.768
After the 2017 season, the league was changed from having three senior men's grade to two, consisting of the Black Diamond Cup (Premier Division) and Black Diamond Plate (Reserves), onward from the 2018 season. However, a third men's competition was reintroduced in 2020, the Black Diamond Shield, which consists of the reserves sides of every club except Terrigal-Avoca, Newcastle City, Nelson Bay, Muswellbrook, The Entrance Bateau Bay, Lake Macquarie, Wallsend-West Newcastle and Port Stephens, who currently only field a senior women's team.

2020 Ladder

!Black Diamond Shield!Wins!Byes!Losses!Draws!For!Against!%!Pts!!Final!Team!G!B!Pts!Team!G!B!Pts
Cardiff111001206248486.29100.001st Semi FinalCardiff121284Gosford7547
Killarney Vale8130813463175.5972.732nd Semi FinalKillarney Vale12981Warners Bay6440
Warners Bay7230736400184.0070.00GrandCardiff111480Killarney Vale9761
Gosford4260751631119.0240.00
Singleton327034883841.5330.00
Wyong Lakes228029896230.9820.00
Maitland129033294235.2410.00

2021 Ladder (After Round 10)

Singleton also had a Reserve Grade side competing in the 2021 Black Diamond Shield, but eventually pulled out of the competition after Round 3 after forfeiting their first two games for the year.

Black Diamond Shield Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Warners Bay 8 1 1 0 917 246 372.76% 88.89
Newcastle City Blues 6 2 2 0 788 225 350.22% 75.00
Killarney Vale 5 2 3 0 576 355 162.25% 62.50
Gosford 2 2 6 0 329 776 42.40% 25.00
Maitland 0 3 7 0 155 923 16.79% 0.00

Black Diamond Women's football competition

2015 Ladder

An open age women's competition commenced in 2015. Initially starting with 6 teams the competition expanded to 10 the following year. The 2017 season saw 2 new teams and the 2018 season saw 16 teams.

Black Diamond AFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Nelson Bay 13 0 1 0 761 95 801.05% 52 1st Semi Warners Bay 11 9 75 Lake Macquarie 1 1 7
Newcastle City 12 0 2 0 703 125 562.40% 48 2nd Semi Nelson Bay 7 7 49 Newcastle City 4 1 25
Warners Bay 8 0 6 0 480 311 154.34% 32 Preliminary Newcastle City 5 7 37 Warners Bay 4 6 30
Lake Macquarie 5 0 9 0 352 660 53.33% 20 Grand Newcastle City 4 5 29 Nelson Bay 1 1 7
Wyong Lakes 3 0 11 0 277 502 55.18% 12
Maitland 1 0 13 0 148 1028 14.40% 4

2016 Ladder

Black Diamond AFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Nelson Bay 15 0 0 0 968 141 686.52% 60 1st Semi Newcastle City 4 10 34 Cardiff 1 6 12
Gosford 12 0 3 0 1079 202 534.16% 48 2nd Semi Nelson Bay 7 12 54 Gosford 2 0 12
Newcastle City 12 0 3 0 941 197 477.66% 48 Preliminary Terrigal Avoca 16 11 107 Gosford 1 1 7
Cardiff 11 0 4 0 820 321 255.45% 44 Grand Nelson Bay 5 2 32 Newcastle City 3 11 29
Wyong Lakes 10 0 5 0 656 465 141.08% 40
Warners Bay 5 0 10 0 569 467 121.84% 20
Maitland 5 0 10 0 608 637 95.45% 20
Killarney Vale 3 0 12 0 352 798 44.11% 12
Lake Macquarie 2 0 13 0 318 969 32.82% 8
Singleton 0 0 15 0 13 2127 0.61% 0

2017 Ladder

!Black Diamond AFL!Wins!Byes!Losses!Draws!For!Against!%!Pts!!Final!Team!G!B!Pts!Team!G!B!Pts
Newcastle City1600021671161868.10641st SemiMaitland7547Wyong Lakes4125
Nelson Bay140201211307394.46562nd SemiGosford6743Killarney Vale2214
Gosford120401177405290.6248Prelim 1Newcastle City2313151Maitland011
Maitland120401069577185.2748Prelim 2Nelson Bay9761Gosford055
Wyong Lakes9070728455160.0036GrandNewcastle City101171Nelson Bay1612
Killarney Vale9070801544147.2436
Warners Bay9070642613104.7336
Singleton6010036979846.2424
Lake Macquarie4012058689065.8416
Cardiff30130370114932.2012
Newcastle Novas20140272158917.128
Muswellbrook001601619650.810

2018 Ladder

!Black Diamond AFL!P!W!L!D!F!A!%!Pts!Final!Team!G!B!Pts!Team!G!B!Pts
Nelson Bay1614201538175878.86561st SemiKillarney Vale5434Singleton117
Newcastle City Stars1614201447298485.57562nd SemiNewcastle City Stars5332Maitland4428
Killarney Vale 1613301082349310.0352EliminationWyong Lakes6541Newcastle City Novas011
Wyong Lakes1612401174237495.36481st PrelimNelson Bay011Wyong Lakes3119
Newcastle City Novas1612401284328391.46482nd PrelimNewcastle City Stars8654Killarney Vale4125
Singleton161060807359224.7940GrandNewcastle City Stars51040Wyong Lakes117
Maitland1610601205572210.6640
Gosford169701192684174.2736
Warners Bay16970988605163.3136
Cardiff16880887644137.7332
Terrigal-Avoca16610076283091.8124
Lake Macquarie164120580116449.8316
Muswellbrook163130314138322.7012
Port Stephens162140209202710.318
The Entrance-Bateau Bay1611509121864.164
Wallsend-West Newcastle1611505918193.244

2019 Ladder

!Black Diamond AFL!Wins!Byes!Losses!Draws!For!Against!%!Pts!!Final!Team!G!B!Pts!Team!G!B!Pts
Killarney Vale1521017961481213.5193.751st EliminationNewcastle City9559Terrigal-Avoca011
Maitland132301344182738.4681.252nd EliminationWyong Lakes3220Cardiff011
Wyong Lakes132301355238569.3381.251st SemiKillarney Vale3927Newcastle City5434
Newcastle City132301141239477.4181.252nd SemiMaitland2921Wyong Lakes2618
Terrigal-Avoca122401237307402.9375.00GrandNewcastle City8654Maitland3018
Cardiff112501130390289.7468.75
Lake Macquarie927076685989.1756.25
Warners Bay82801039499208.2250.00
Nelson Bay6210048899848.9037.50
Singleton62100538114447.0337.50
Wallsend-West Newcastle52100531100752.7333.33
Port Stephens32130268145918.3718.75
Gosford22140195190610.2312.50
The Entrance Bateau Bay2214013013339.7512.50
Muswellbrook12140168141711.866.67
The 2020 season saw the introduction of a second women's competition. Known as the Black Diamond Plate Women's, it would act as the Second Division of the Black Diamond Cup Women's, which became the First Division women's competition.

2020 Ladders

Women's First Grade (Black Diamond Cup Women)

!Black Diamond Cup Women's!Wins!Byes!Losses!Draws!For!Against!%!Pts!!Final!Team!G!B!Pts!Team!G!B!Pts
Killarney Vale120001329139956.12481st Semi FinalNewcastle City14892Cardiff139
Newcastle City110101283157817.20442nd Semi FinalKillarney Vale7850Wyong Lakes106
Cardiff9030707337209.7936GrandKillarney Vale3725Newcastle City6642
Wyong Lakes5070511461110.8520
Terrigal-Avoca507044750189.2220
Warners Bay408037965158.2216
Maitland20100174126213.799
Nelson Bay/Port Stephens1201205613784.060

Women's Second Grade (Black Diamond Plate Women)

Due to coronavirus concerns in the Upper Hunter, Muswellbrook withdrew their women's and men's team after Round 5.

Black Diamond Plate Women's Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Lake Macquarie 11 0 1 0 825 255 323.53% 91.67 1st Semi Lake Macquarie 9 9 63 The Entrance Bateau Bay 1 6 12
Singleton 9 0 3 0 638 206 309.71% 75.00 2nd Semi Singleton 6 6 42 Wallsend-West Newcastle 2 3 15
Wallsend-West Newcastle 6 0 6 0 404 475 85.05% 350.00Grand Lake Macquarie 0 0 0 Singleton 0 0 0
The Entrance Bateau Bay 5 1 6 0 367 494 74.29% 45.45
Newcastle City 4 2 6 0 391 377 103.71% 40.00
Gosford 1 0 11 0 212 872 24.31% 8.33
Muswellbrook 0 2 3 0 35 193 18.13% 0.00

2021 Ladders

Women's First Grade (Black Diamond Cup Women, after Round 9)

Black Diamond Cup Women's Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Cardiff 9 0 0 0 743 114 651.75% 100.00
Newcastle City 8 0 1 0 665 92 722.83% 88.89
Terrigal-Avoca 4 1 4 0 342 305 112.13% 50.00
Wyong Lakes 4 1 4 0 331 311 106.43% 50.00
Lake Macquarie 4 1 4 0 252 462 54.55% 50.00
Killarney Vale 3 1 5 0 298 274 108.76% 37.50
Maitland 1 1 7 0 109 667 16.10% 12.50
Warners Bay 0 1 8 0 88 593 14.84% 0.00

Women's Second Grade (Black Diamond Plate Women, after Round 10)

Black Diamond Plate Women's Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Cardiff 8 1 1 0 456 126 361.90% 88.89
Singleton 7 1 1 0 303 72 420.83% 87.50
Newcastle City 6 1 2 0 264 128 206.25% 75.00
Wallsend-West Newcastle 4 1 4 0 242 249 97.19% 50.00
Terrigal-Avoca 3 1 5 0 222 158 140.51% 37.50
Gosford 3 1 5 0 187 356 52.53% 37.50
Muswellbrook 3 1 6 0 166 185 89.73% 33.33
The Entrance Bateau Bay 2 1 6 0 103 338 30.47% 25.00
Nelson Bay/Port Stephens 1 1 7 0 79 410 19.27% 12.50

Newcastle Central Coast Umpires Association

The Newcastle Central Coast Umpires Association provides umpires to the following competitions: • AFL Hunter Coast (Senior Football League on the Central Coast, Newcastle and Hunter regions);

• AFL Hunter Coast:

The NCCUA not only provides umpires to these competitions but provides training and support to these umpires.

The NCCUA trains at the following locations, starting at 5:30pm:

Tuesdays - Lisarow Sports Ground, Lisarow

Wednesday - Tulkaba Park, Teralba

The Newcastle Central Coast Umpires Association is led by President Jake Lowe, Treasurer Ashley Borg, Secretary, Tomas Steward and a committee of several umpires.

The current Umpire's Coach is Christine Burrows. She works across Junior and Senior Football umpiring pathways.

There are also several people who assist both Christine in various coaching and mentoring roles.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bdafl.com.au/about.php Black Diamond AFL Inc