Yorke Peninsula Football League Explained

Yorke Peninsula Football League
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The Yorke Peninsula Football League (YPFL) is an Australian rules football competition based in the Yorke Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League. The league was known as the Yorke Valley Football League until 1996, having previously absorbed the Yorke Peninsula Football Association in 1961, and the Southern Yorke Peninsula Football League in 1994.

Media

At the moment there are several different services covering the YPFL, the main one being the Yorke Peninsula Country Times (Newspaper)

Brief history

The current Yorke Peninsula Football League developed over a number of years and involved the gradual amalgamation of the Yorke Valley Football Association, Yorke Peninsula Football Association, and Southern Yorke Peninsula Football League.

Current clubs

Colors	Club	Nickname	Years in YVFL/YPFL	Premiers won	Premierships years^[1]
	Ardrossan	Kangaroos	1961–		1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1989, 2004
	Bute	Roosters	1962–2019; 2021–^[2]		1969, 1973, 1978, 1991, 1993
	Central Yorke	Cougars	1997–		2007
	CMS	Crows	1994–		1999, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2021
	Kadina	Bloodhounds	1961–		1984, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2023
	Moonta	Demons	1961–		1963, 2005, 2016, 2018, 2022
	Paskeville	Magpies	1961–		1962, 1964, 1985, 1987, 2001, 2014, 2015
	Southern Eagles	Eagles	1994–		1995, 2008, 2009, 2019
	Wallaroo	Bulldogs	1961–		1976, 1983, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000

Former clubs

Colors	Club	Nickname	Years in YVFL/YPFL	Premiers won	Premierships years
	Arthurton	Tigers	1961–96		1982, 1986, 1988
	Maitland	Lions	1961–96		1980, 1981, 1994
	Port Victoria	Maroons	1961–85		1961, 1966, 1975, 1977, 1979
	Price	Eagles	1961–64, 1968–71
	Point Pearce	Tigers	1961–62
	Alford	?	1962

Notes

Yorke Peninsula Football Association

The Yorke Peninsula Football Association was formed in 1888.

The founding clubs were:

• Cross Roads
• Moonta
• Moonta Mines Turks
• East Moonta
• Wallaroo
• Wallaroo Mines (renamed from Kadina).

The final year of the Yorke Peninsula Football Association was in 1960 when the competing clubs were:

• Kadina,
• Moonta,
• Paskeville
• Wallaroo

These clubs then joined the Yorke Valley Football Association in 1961.

Southern Yorke Peninsula Football League

The Southern Yorke Peninsula Football League was formed in 1908 with 5 founding clubs, and after World War 2 the league remained largely structurally unchanged until it was absorber in 1993. The following 7 clubs remained for much of the competition's duration:

Jumper	Club	Nickname	Years in competition	Senior premierships	Premiership years
	Brentwood		1908–1956	4	1915, 1924, 1927, 1931
	Curramulka	Magpies	1938–1993	17	1950, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987
	Edithburgh	Peckers	1908–1993	16	1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1989, 1991, 1993
	Minlaton	Bulldogs	1908–1993	12	1922, 1933, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979
	Stansbury	Kangaroos	1908–1910, 1922–1962, 1968–1993	8	1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1951 1953, 1984, 1988
	Western United (Warooka)	Roosters	1926–1993	7	1929, 1930, 1935, 1946, 1961, 1981, 1990
	Yorketown	Redlegs	1908–1993	11	1909, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1932, 1934, 1949, 1985, 1986, 1992

In 1919 the Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association and the Central Yorke Peninsula Football Association merged to form the Central And Southern Yorke Peninsula Association. This League went into recess during World War II and in 1945 the Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association was reformed. The Southern Yorke Peninsula Football Association was renamed as the Southern Yorke Peninsula Football League in 1957.

At the end of the 1993 season, after years of diminishing player numbers, the six remaining clubs were amalgamated into two new clubs – Curramulka, Minlaton and Stansbury as the CMS Crows, and Yorketown, Edithburgh and Western United as the Southern Eagles – and the two resulting clubs joined the YVFL for the 1994 season.

Yorke Valley FA

The Yorke Valley Football Association was formed in 1930.

The Yorke Valley Football Association disbanded in 1936, but was reformed in 1945. In 1961 the Association absorbed the clubs from the Yorke Peninsula Football Association (see above). The Association changed its name to Yorke Valley Football League in 1963. In 1994 the Yorke Valley Football League absorbed the Southern Yorke Peninsula (see above). At that time the participating clubs were:

• Ardrossan
• Arthurton
• Bute
• CMS (a new club, resulting from the merger of Curramulka, Minlaton and Stansbury)
• Kadina
• Maitland
• Moonta
• Paskeville
• Southern Eagles (a new club, resulting from the merger of Edithburgh, Western United and Yorketown)
• Wallaroo

In 1996, the YVFL changed its name to the current title.

At the end of the 1996 season the Central Yorke Football Club was formed from a merger between Arthurton and Maitland.

Premierships

Yorke Valley FL

Year	A Grade Premier	A Grade Runner Up	B Grade	Senior Colts	Junior Colts
1961	Port Victoria	Kadina	Maitland	Kadina	No Comp
1962	Paskeville	Kadina	Moonta	Wallaroo	No Comp
1963	Moonta	Kadina	Moonta	Paskeville	Maitland
1964	Paskeville	Moonta	Moonta	Wallaroo	Maitland
1965	Ardrossan	Kadina	Maitland	Kadina	Port Victoria
1966	Port Victoria	Ardrossan	Paskeville	Maitland	Ardrossan
1967	Ardrossan	Maitland	Paskeville	Ardrossan	Ardrossan
1968	Ardrossan	Moonta	Maitland	Ardrossan	Bute
1969	Bute	Ardrossan	Bute	Ardrossan	Bute
1970	Ardrossan	Bute	Bute	Bute	Kadina
1971	Ardrossan	Bute	Bute	Bute	Kadina
1972	Ardrossan	Bute	Bute	Port Victoria	Moonta
1973	Bute	Ardrossan	Bute	Kadina	Maitland
1974	Ardrossan	Bute	Bute	Moonta	Kadina
1975	Port Victoria	Ardrossan	Maitland	Maitland	Maitland
1976	Wallaroo	Paskeville	Kadina	Maitland	Maitland
1977	Port Victoria	Kadina	Kadina	Maitland	Maitland
1978	Bute	Ardrossan	Ardrossan	Bute/Paskeville	Maitland
1979	Port Victoria	Maitland	Ardrossan	Maitland	Moonta
1980	Maitland	Ardrossan	Maitland	Maitland	Kadina
1981	Maitland	Ardrossan	Maitland	Wallaroo	Maitland
1982	Arthurton	Maitland	Wallaroo	Kadina	Kadina
1983	Wallaroo	Maitland	Moonta	Kadina	Ardrossan
1984	Kadina	Arthurton	Kadina	Maitland	Ardrossan
1985	Paskeville	Kadina	Paskeville	Ardrossan	Port Victoria
1986	Arthurton	Paskeville	Ardrossan	Bute	Arthurton
1987	Paskeville	Maitland	Maitland	Wallaroo	Arthurton
1988	Arthurton	Maitland	Ardrossan	Wallaroo	Paskeville
1989	Ardrossan	Paskeville	Maitland	Ardrossan	Kadina
1990	Wallaroo	Ardrossan	Wallaroo	Bute	Kadina
1991	Bute	Wallaroo	Bute	Maitland	Wallaroo
1992	Wallaroo	Bute	Maitland	Kadina	Kadina
1993	Bute	Wallaroo	Arthurton	Wallaroo	Kadina
1994	Maitland	Wallaroo	Southern Eagles	CMS Crows	CMS Crows
1995	Southern Eagles	Wallaroo	CMS Crows	Kadina	CMS Crows

Yorke Peninsula FL

Year	A Grade Premier	A Grade Runner Up	B Grade	Senior Colts	Junior Colts	Venue
1996	Wallaroo	CMS Crows	Wallaroo	Southern Eagles	Southern Eagles	Bute Oval
1997	Wallaroo	CMS Crows	Wallaroo	Central Yorke	Southern Eagles	Moonta Oval
1998	Wallaroo	CMS Crows	Wallaroo	Central Yorke	CMS Crows	Maitland Oval
1999	CMS Crows	Bute	CMS Crows	CMS Crows	CMS Crows	Kadina Oval
2000	Wallaroo	Kadina	CMS Crows	Central Yorke	Central Yorke	Minlaton Oval
2001	Paskeville	Kadina	Kadina	CMS Crows	Kadina	Wallaroo Oval
2002	Kadina	CMS Crows	Kadina	CMS Crows	CMS Crows	Yorketown Oval
2003	CMS Crows	Kadina	Kadina	Kadina	Ardrossan	Bute Oval
2004	Ardrossan	Kadina	Kadina	Kadina	CMS Crows	Ardrossan Oval
2005	Moonta	Paskeville	Kadina	Central Yorke	Ardrossan	Moonta Oval
2006	CMS Crows	Paskeville	Moonta	CMS Crows	Kadina	Paskeville Oval
2007	Central Yorke	Paskeville	Central Yorke	Southern Eagles	Moonta	Maitland Oval
2008	Southern Eagles	Moonta	Southern Eagles	Ardrossan	CMS Crows	Kadina Oval
2009	Southern Eagles 21.11 (137)	Moonta 7.8 (50)	Moonta	Kadina	Moonta	Minlaton Oval
2010	Kadina 12.11 (83)	Bute 7.8 (50)	Southern Eagles	CMS Crows	Kadina	Ardrossan Oval
2011	Kadina 13.9 (87)	Bute 9.13 (67)	Southern Eagles	Kadina	Southern Eagles	Yorketown Oval
2012	CMS Crows 23.9 (147)	Kadina 11.7 (73)	Paskeville	Southern Eagles	CMS Crows	Bute Oval
2013	CMS Crows 23.5 (143)	Kadina 11.14 (80)	Kadina	Southern Eagles	Southern Eagles	Ardrossan Oval
2014	Paskeville 15.9 (99)	CMS Crows 10.12 (72)	Kadina	Wallaroo	Bute/Paskeville	Moonta Oval
2015	Paskeville 17.15 (117)	Kadina 10.8 (68)	Moonta	Bute/Paskeville	Moonta	Maitland Oval
2016	Moonta 14.15 (99)	Central Yorke 9.8 (62)	Kadina	Southern Eagles	Bute/Paskeville	Paskeville Oval
2017	Kadina 11.8 (74)	CMS Crows 9.8 (62)	Moonta	Southern Eagles	Bute/Paskeville	Kadina Oval
2018	Moonta 15.12 (102)	Central Yorke 4.4 (28)	CMS Crows	Southern Eagles	Bute/Paskeville	Minlaton Oval
2019	Southern Eagles 12.5 (77)	CMS Crows 7.7 (49)	Southern Eagles	Kadina	Central Yorke	Wallaroo Oval
2020	-	-	-	Kadina	Central Yorke	Maitland Oval
2021	CMS Crows 13.2 (80)	Moonta 11.13 (79)	CMS Crows	Central Yorke	Wallaroo	Yorketown Oval
2022	Moonta 8.8 (56)	CMS Crows 3.4 (22)	Kadina	Wallaroo	Wallaroo	Bute Oval
2023	Kadina 15.4 (94)	Moonta 8.10 (58)	Southern Eagles	Wallaroo	Moonta	Ardrossan Oval

Southern Yorke Peninsula Football League

Year	A Grade
1950	Stansbury
1951	Stansbury
1952	Curramulka
1953	Stansbury
1954	Curramulka
1955	Edithburgh
1956	Edithburgh
1957	Curramulka
1958	Curramulka
1959	Curramulka
1960	Curramulka
1961	Western United
1962	Curramulka
1963	Curramulka
1964	Curramulka
1965	Minlaton
1966	Minlaton
1967	Minlaton
1968	Edithburgh
1969	Edithburgh
1970	Edithburgh
1971	Edithburgh
1972	Edithburgh
1973	Minlaton
1974	Minlaton
1975	Minlaton
1976	Curramulka
1977	Curramulka
1978	Curramulka
1979	Minlaton
1980	Curramulka
1981	Western United
1982	Curramulka
1983	Curramulka
1984	Stansbury
1985	Yorketown
1986	Yorketown
1987	Curramulka
1988	Stansbury
1989	Edithburgh
1990	Western United
1991	Edithburgh
1992	Yorketown
1993	Edithburgh

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2009 Ladder

Yorke Peninsula	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Moonta	14	0	1	1	1657	1146	59.12%	29		Elimination	Bute	15	8	98	Kadina	9	9	63
CMS Crows	11	0	5	0	1615	1042	60.78%	22		Qualifying	Southern Eagles	13	18	96	CMS Crows	7	7	49
Southern Eagles	10	0	5	1	1581	1146	57.98%	21		1st Semi	Bute	10	15	75	CMS Crows	10	11	71
Bute	7	0	8	1	1201	1416	45.89%	15		2nd Semi	Southern Eagles	16	7	103	Moonta	11	17	83
Kadina	7	0	9	0	1313	1271	50.81%	14		Preliminary	Moonta	16	12	108	Bute	11	9	75
Wallaroo	6	0	10	0	1024	1265	44.74%	12		Grand	Southern Eagles	21	11	137	Moonta	7	8	50
Ardrossan	6	0	10	0	1159	1440	44.59%	12
Central Yorke Cougars	5	0	10	1	1147	1569	42.23%	11
Paskeville	4	0	12	0	972	1374	41.43%	8

2010 Ladder

Yorke Peninsula	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Kadina	13	0	3	0	1784	995	64.20%	26		Elimination	Southern Eagles	22	9	141	Wallaroo	11	12	78
Paskeville	13	0	3	0	1356	1161	53.87%	26		Qualifying	Paskeville	11	8	74	Bute	8	16	64
Bute	12	0	4	0	1748	1037	62.76%	24		1st Semi	Southern Eagles	22	9	141	Paskeville	11	12	78
Southern Eagles	12	0	4	0	1588	1073	59.68%	24		2nd Semi	Kadina	6	6	42	Paskeville	3	5	23
Wallaroo	9	0	7	0	1445	1216	54.30%	18		Preliminary	Bute	14	13	97	Paskeville	11	7	73
CMS Crows	5	0	11	0	1155	1586	42.14%	10		Grand	Kadina	12	11	83	Bute	7	8	50
Ardrossan	3	0	13	0	1170	1446	44.72%	6
Moonta	3	0	13	0	995	1778	35.88%	6
Central Yorke Cougars	2	0	14	0	771	1720	30.95%	4

2011 Ladder

Yorke Peninsula	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Kadina	15	0	1	0	1787	1017	63.73%	30		Elimination	CMS Crows	16	16	112	Paskerville	8	2	50
Bute	13	0	3	0	1694	1026	62.28%	26		Qualifying	Bute	17	16	118	Moonta	7	7	49
Moonta	12	0	4	0	1786	1046	63.06%	24		1st Semi	CMS Crows	16	11	107	Moonta	13	8	86
CMS Crows	12	0	4	0	1733	1095	61.28%	24		2nd Semi	Bute	17	10	112	Kadina	16	12	108
Paskeville	7	0	9	0	1356	1408	49.06%	14		Preliminary	Kadina	23	22	160	CMS Crows	9	5	59
Southern Eagles	6	0	10	0	1223	1331	47.89%	12		Grand	Kadina	13	9	87	Bute	9	13	67
Wallaroo	3	0	13	0	1165	1677	40.99%	6
Ardrossan	3	0	13	0	984	1632	37.61%	6
Central Yorke Cougars	1	0	15	0	741	2237	24.88%	2

2012 Ladder

Yorke Peninsula	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
CMS Crows	15	0	1	0	2144	832	72.04%	30		Elimination	Moonta	15	12	102	Wallaroo	13	12	90
Kadina	13	0	3	0	1901	979	66.01%	26		Qualifying	Kadina	16	14	110	Paskerville	7	8	50
Paskeville	11	0	5	0	1424	1133	55.69%	22		1st Semi	Paskerville	20	14	134	Moonta	12	8	80
Moonta	10	0	6	0	1821	1426	56.08%	20		2nd Semi	CMS Crows	23	13	151	Kadina	8	6	54
Wallaroo	7	0	9	0	1242	1400	47.01%	14		Preliminary	Kadina	18	9	117	Paskerville	13	12	90
Bute	7	0	9	0	1239	1485	45.48%	14		Grand	CMS Crows	23	9	147	Kadina	11	7	73
Southern Eagles	5	0	11	0	988	1618	37.91%	10
Central Yorke Cougars	3	0	13	0	1068	1846	36.65%	6
Ardrossan	1	0	15	0	930	2038	31.33%	2

2013 Ladder

Yorke Peninsula	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
CMS Crows	14	0	2	0	2127	1010	67.80%	28		Elimination	Kadina	21	18	144	Moonta	11	6	72
Paskeville	14	0	2	0	1877	903	67.52%	28		Qualifying	Wallaroo	19	16	130	Paskerville	17	15	117
Wallaroo	11	0	5	0	1551	1188	56.63%	22		1st Semi	Kadina	15	17	107	Paskerville	14	10	94
Kadina	11	0	5	0	1581	1281	55.24%	22		2nd Semi	CMS Crows	21	9	135	Wallaroo	10	13	73
Moonta	7	0	9	0	1389	1725	44.61%	14		Preliminary	Kadina	17	13	115	Wallaroo	17	7	109
Central Yorke Cougars	6	0	10	0	1098	1454	43.03%	12		Grand	CMS Crows	23	5	143	Kadina	11	14	80
Southern Eagles	4	0	12	0	924	1520	37.81%	8
Ardrossan	3	0	13	0	1218	1965	38.27%	6
Bute	2	0	14	0	1122	1841	37.87%	4

2014 Ladder

Yorke Peninsula	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
CMS Crows	13	0	3	0	1802	850	67.95%	26		Elimination	Paskeville	12	11	83	Southern Eagles	5	4	34
Moonta	13	0	3	0	1910	1155	62.32%	26		Qualifying	Kadina	14	13	97	Moonta	13	11	89
Kadina	11	0	5	0	1528	1044	59.41%	22		1st Semi	Paskeville	11	12	78	Moonta	9	7	61
Paskeville	10	0	6	0	1596	1077	59.71%	20		2nd Semi	CMS Crows	14	13	97	Kadina	12	5	77
Southern Eagles	10	0	6	0	1279	1237	50.83%	20		Preliminary	Paskeville	10	8	68	Kadina	7	16	58
Wallaroo	6	0	10	0	1092	1396	43.89%	12		Grand	Paskeville	15	9	99	CMS Crows	10	12	72
Central Yorke Cougars	6	0	10	0	1254	1634	43.42%	12
Bute	3	0	13	0	961	2063	31.78%	6
Ardrossan	0	0	16	0	995	1961	33.66%	0

2015 Ladder

Yorke Peninsula	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Paskeville	14	0	2	0	1710	949	64.3%	28		Elimination	Ardrossan	12	16	88	Wallaroo	6	5	41
Moonta	14	0	2	0	1581	1039	60.34%	28		Qualifying	Kadina	15	11	101	Moonta	9	10	64
Kadina	13	0	3	0	1630	1039	61.07%	26		1st Semi	Moonta	12	13	85	Ardrossan	9	9	63
Ardrossan	10	0	6	0	1320	1095	54.66%	20		2nd Semi	Paskeville	9	13	67	Kadina	7	11	53
Wallaroo	7	0	9	0	1280	1192	51.78%	14		Preliminary	Kadina	15	12	102	Moonta	11	9	75
Central Yorke	6	0	10	0	1005	1175	46.1%	12		Grand	Paskeville	17	15	117	Kadina	10	8	68
Southern Eagles	5	0	11	0	986	1154	46.07%	10
CMS Crows	2	0	14	0	820	1802	31.27%	4
Bute	1	0	15	0	785	1672	31.95%	2

2017 Ladder

Yorke Peninsula	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Kadina	15	0	1	1	1286	928	138.58%	29		Elimination	Central Yorke	15	9	99	Southern Eagles	5	8	38
CMS Crows	13	0	3	0	1543	993	155.39%	26		Qualifying	CMS Crows	15	6	96	Moonta	13	10	88
Moonta	11	0	5	0	1676	1154	145.23%	22		1st Semi	Moonta	13	6	84	Central Yorke	11	5	71
Central Yorke	10	0	5	1	1444	890	162.25%	21		2nd Semi	Kadina	12	3	75	CMS Crows	8	4	52
Southern Eagles	9	0	7	0	1115	1039	107.31%	18		Preliminary	CMS Crows	13	7	85	Moonta	11	12	78
Wallaroo	7	0	9	0	1119	1253	89.31%	14		Grand	Kadina	11	8	74	CMS Crows	9	8	62
Paskeville	3	0	12	1	961	1359	70.71%	7
Ardrossan	2	0	14	0	855	1681	50.86%	4
Bute	1	0	14	1	879	1581	55.6%	3

2016 Ladder

Yorke Peninsula	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Moonta	15	0	1	0	1775	757	70.1%	30		Elimination	Kadina	11	10	76	Paskeville	7	7	49
Central Yorke	12	0	4	0	1322	790	62.59%	24		Qualifying	Central Yorke	10	16	76	CMS Crows	8	10	58
CMS Crows	12	0	4	0	1394	1034	57.41%	24		1st Semi	CMS Crows	15	7	97	Kadina	6	10	46
Kadina	11	0	5	0	1138	953	54.42%	22		2nd Semi	Moonta	8	6	54	Central Yorke	7	7	49
Paskeville	10	0	6	0	1268	890	58.75%	20		Preliminary	Central Yorke	18	13	121	CMS Crows	9	10	64
Southern Eagles	4	0	12	0	929	1392	40.02%	8		Grand	Moonta	14	15	99	Central Yorke	8	7	55
Wallaroo	4	0	12	0	859	1476	36.79%	8
Ardrossan	2	0	14	0	792	1644	32.51%	4
Bute	1	0	15	0	848	1389	37.9%	2

Books

• Encyclopedia of South Australian country football clubs compiled by Peter Lines.
• South Australian country football digest by Peter Lines

Notes and References

1. http://countryfooty2010.realviewtechnologies.com/default.aspx?iid=34749&startpage=page0000012 Country Footy 2010
2. Web site: Dillon . Nick . 2020-07-24 . You ‘Butey’: first win for Roosters in Adelaide Plains FL . 2024-06-07 . . en-US.
3. Yorke Peninsula Country Times