West Kimberley Football Association

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West Kimberley Football League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022 WKFA Season
FormerlyBroome Football Association
SportAustralian rules football
Founded1921
No. of teams8 Men's, 7 Women's
CountryAustralia
Venue(s)Broome, Western Australia
Most recent
champion(s)
Men's: Cable Beach (11th premiership), Women's: Cable Beach
Most titlesTowns (23)
Sponsor(s)Kimberley Physiotherapy
Official websitewfkl.asn.au

The West Kimberley Football Association is an Australian rules football competition in the far North West of Western Australia.

The league covers an area from Bidyadanga in the west to Derby in the east. Games are played during the day in Broome and Derby with the majority of games and all finals taking place on Haynes Oval in Broome. At the end of the 2005 season there were eight teams participating – Broome Bulls, Broome Saints, Towns, Bidyadanga Emus, Peninsula Bombers, Cable Beach Greenbacks, Derby Lightning and Mowanjum Hawks. In 2006 the Looma Eagles joined the competition after leaving the Central Kimberley Football League (CKFL).

History

In 1921 the Broome Football Club was formed, local citizens signed up and two teams were formed. Using the residences of the players to divide the town in two. A line was drawn across the town and players living to the North of the line were zoned to North, and players living South of the line played for South. For six seasons this was the rule and it was a lopsided competition, South was the dominate team. In 1927 a redrawing of the zones resulted in two new teams, Marsh Rovers and the Wanderers. This was an attempt to revitalise the game in town but when the Great Depression hit it caused a downturn in economic activity and resulted in the lack of workers coming to town. Lack of workers meant lack of players and the game when into recess. 3 years later an attempt of revival the game the club returned to the original boundaries and origin teams. This lasted only a season and a half before the game was kaput.

After WWII there was an influx of workers to the town, The Japanese had bombed Broome during the war and the town needed rebuilding, The State and Federal Governments were involved and with the slogan of Populate or persist the game of Australian rules was revived. The first season was in 1949, three teams were formed, Commonwealth, Meatworks and Towns. This continued until 1955 when a fourth team was included, Broome Saints.

Current Clubs[1]

List of clubs competing in the WKFA (correct as of 2022 Season):

Colours Club Mascot Home ground Years in Comp. Premierships Premiership years Notes
Bidyadanga Emus Father McMahon Oval 1983– 3 1990, 2004, 2016
Broome Bulls Bulls Father McMahon Oval/Haynes Oval 1949- 14 1954, 1957, 1962–64, 1970, 1982, 1989, 1995, 1997–99, 2001, 2017, Known as Meatworks prior to 1995
Broome Saints Saints Father McMahon Oval 1955– 11 1960, 1965–67, 1971–73, 1979, 2005–06, 2010
Cable Beach Greenbacks Father McMahon Oval 1991– 11 1996, 2007, 2009, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2019, 2021–22-23 Formerly known as Nyul Nyul
Derby Tigers Tigers Derby Oval 1978– 1 1984 Formerly known as Derby Hawks, Derby Lightning,
Looma Eagles Eagles Father McMahon Oval 2006– 2 2013, 2018
Peninsula Bombers Bombers Haynes Oval 1976– 4 1980, 1988, 1992, 2000 Formerly known as Beagle Bay prior to 1999.
Towns Falcons Haynes Oval 1949– 23 1951–53, 1955–56, 1959, 1961, 1969, 1974–78, 1981, 1983, 1985–86, 1991, 1993–94, 2002–03, 2008

WFKA Seasons

2012 Season

Team Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Cable Beach 11 0 2 1 1392 768 181.25% 46 1st semi Derby Tigers 14 6 90 Towns 10 6 66
Towns 9 0 4 1 1221 818 149.27% 38 2nd semi Cable Beach 15 5 95 Looma 9 5 59
Looma 9 0 5 0 1057 855 123.63% 36 Preliminary Derby Tigers 10 8 68 Looma 6 8 44
Broome 8 0 6 0 1091 912 119.63% 32 Grand Cable Beach 8 10 58 Derby Tigers 7 10 52
Derby 8 0 6 0 1107 995 111.26% 32
Saints 5 0 7 2 951 935 101.71% 24
Bidyadanga 2 0 12 0 825 1479 55.78% 8
Peninsula 2 0 12 0 565 1500 37.67% 8

2013 Season

Team Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Cable Beach 12 0 2 0 1509 760 198.55% 48 1st semi Looma 24 10 154 Saints 7 4 46
Derby 11 0 3 0 1662 788 210.91% 44 2nd semi Cable Beach 18 7 115 Derby 9 7 61
Looma 11 0 3 0 1447 889 162.77% 44 Preliminary Looma 11 11 77 Derby 9 8 62
Saints 9 0 5 0 1369 1017 134.61% 36 Grand Looma 14 12 96 Cable Beach 14 10 94
Bidyadanga 5 0 9 0 1215 1201 101.17% 20
Broome 5 0 9 0 1077 1228 87.70% 20
Towns 2 0 12 0 502 1788 28.08% 8
Peninsula 1 0 13 0 681 1792 38.00% 4

2014 Season

Team Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Cable Beach 13 0 1 0 1335 695 192.09% 52 1st semi Derby 8 9 57 Bidyadanga 14 10 94
Looma 10 0 3 1 1201 790 152.03% 42 2nd semi Cable Beach 13 8 86 Looma 13 6 84
Derby 9 0 4 1 1209 873 138.49% 38 Preliminary Looma 12 8 80 Bidyadanga 12 5 77
Bidyadanga 8 0 4 2 1228 922 133.19% 36 Grand Cable Beach 15 12 102 Looma 2 3 15
Saints 6 0 8 0 855 879 97.27% 24
Broome 4 0 10 0 799 1175 68.00% 16
Peninsula 3 0 11 0 720 1317 54.67% 12
Towns 1 0 13 0 522 1344 38.84% 4

2015 Season

Team Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Cable Beach 12 0 2 0 1351 560 241.25% 48 1st semi Peninsula 10 6 66 Looma 5 14 44
Bidyadanga 12 0 2 0 1269 758 167.41% 48 2nd semi Cable Beach 13 8 86 Bidyadanga 6 6 42
Looma 10 0 4 0 1143 689 165.89% 40 Preliminary Peninsula 14 6 90 Bidyadanga 5 14 44
Peninsula 8 0 6 0 931 865 107.63% 32 Grand Cable Beach 15 9 99 Peninsula 4 8 32
Derby 7 0 7 0 1112 840 132.38% 28
Broome 5 0 9 0 713 1114 64.00% 20
Towns 1 0 13 0 614 1147 53.53% 4
Saints 1 0 13 0 520 1680 30.95% 4

2016 Season

Men's Competition

Premiers: Bidyadanga Emus

Bullen Medal (Best & Fairest): Angelo Thomas (Bidyadanga) & Hayden McLeod (Bulls)

Team Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Bidyadanga 11 0 2 1 1229 734 167.44% 46 1st semi Broome 8 12 60 Saints 6 8 44
Looma 10 0 4 0 1008 723 139.42% 40 2nd semi Bidyadanga 12 6 78 Looma 8 6 54
Broome 10 0 4 0 909 684 132.89% 40 Preliminary Looma 9 10 64 Broome 9 1 55
Saints 7 0 6 1 859 829 103.62% 30 Grand Bidyadanga 8 8 56 Looma 6 12 48
Peninsula 6 0 6 2 1034 849 121.79% 28
Cable Beach 7 0 7 0 916 855 107.13% 28
Towns 2 0 12 0 618 1313 47.07% 8
Derby 1 0 13 0 597 1183 50.46% 4

2017 Season

Men's Competition

Premiers: Broome Bulls

Bullen Medal (Best & Fairest): Wade Wundungin (Derby Tigers)

Team Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Derby 11 0 3 0 1293 657 196.80% 44 1st semi Bidyadanga 11 3 69 Cable Beach 8 11 59
Broome 11 0 3 0 1103 634 173.97% 44 2nd semi Derby 9 6 60 Broome 6 8 44
Cable Beach 10 0 4 0 1210 732 165.30% 40 Preliminary Looma 10 10 70 Bidyadanga 10 7 67
Bidyadanga 9 0 5 0 1060 816 129.90% 36 Grand Broome 11 6 72 Derby 10 4 64
Looma 7 0 7 0 1071 800 133.88% 28
Peninsula 6 0 8 0 1093 1137 96.13% 24
Towns 2 0 12 0 663 1396 47.49% 8
Saints 0 0 14 0 429 1750 24.51% 0

2018 Season

2019 Season

2020 Season

  • Cancelled due to State Government travel restrictions.

2021 Season

Men's Competition

Premiers: Cable Beach

Bullen Medal (Best & Fairest): Tristram Pigram (Saints)

Team Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Cable Beach 14 0 1 0 1490 496 300.4% 52 1st semi Bulls 9 5 59 Looma 7 9 51
Derby 12 0 2 0 1258 799 156.95% 48 2nd semi Cable Beach 11 10 76 Derby 11 7 73
Looma 7 0 5 0 911 712 127.95% 34 Preliminary Derby 15 8 98 Bulls 8 10 58
Bulls 8 0 6 0 850 887 95.83% 32 Grand Cable Beach 16 7 103 Derby 8 7 55
Bidyadanga 6 0 6 0 1009 879 114.79% 30
Peninsula 4 0 9 0 783 1052 74.43% 16
Saints 3 0 11 0 786 1011 77.74% 12
Towns 0 0 13 0 366 1617 22.63% 0

Women's competition

West Kimberley Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Cable Beach 14 0 0 0 719 132 544.70% 56 1st Semi Looma 7 22 64 Peninsula Bombers 2 1 13
Towns 11 0 3 0 647 259 249.81% 44 2nd Semi Cable Beach 10 5 65 Towns 6 1 37
Looma 8 0 5 1 495 308 160.71% 34 Preliminary Looma 8 6 54 Towns 8 5 53
Peninsula Bombers 6 0 7 1 199 442 45.02% 26 Grand Cable Beach 7 4 46 Looma 3 9 27
Broome Bulls 5 0 9 0 359 336 106.85% 20
Bidyadanga Emus 5 0 9 0 259 653 39.66% 20
Saints 3 0 11 0 176 431 40.84% 12
Derby 3 0 11 0 304 353 86.12% 12

2022 Season

Men's Competition

Premiers: Cable Beach

Bullen Medal (Best & Fairest): Benjamin Goldie (Towns)

Team Played Wins Losses Draws Byes Forfeits For Against Percentage Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Cable Beach 14 14 0 0 0 0 1189 374 317.91% 56 1st semi Towns 11 3 69 Looma 10 12 72
Derby 13 11 2 0 0 0 1425 553 257.69% 46 2nd semi Cable Beach 13 9 87 Derby 9 4 58
Towns 14 8 5 0 0 1 959 833 115.13% 32 Preliminary Derby 18 9 117 Looma 9 5 59
Looma 13 7 6 0 0 0 896 881 101.70% 30 Grand Cable Beach 10 9 69 Derby 9 8 62
Bulls 14 7 7 0 0 0 673 958 70.75% 28
Saints 14 4 10 0 0 0 771 1057 72.94% 16
Bidyadanga 14 3 10 0 0 1 751 1118 67.17% 12
Peninsula 14 1 9 0 0 4 323 1213 26.63% 4

Women's Competition

Team Played Wins Losses Draws Byes Forfeits For Against Percentage Pts
Towns 14 11 1 0 2 0 775 79 981.01% 44
Cable Beach 14 11 1 0 2 0 567 112 506.25% 44
Bulls 14 7 5 0 2 0 417 302 138.08% 28
Peninsula 13 5 5 0 2 0 295 390 75.64% 24
Saints 14 2 9 1 2 0 176 506 34.78% 10
Derby 13 2 7 0 2 2 163 587 27.77% 8
Bidyadanga 14 1 8 1 2 2 150 567 26.46% 6

2023 Season

Men's Competition

Premiers: TBC

Bullen Medal (Best & Fairest): TBC

West Kimberley Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Towns 13 0 1 0 1127 426 264.55% 52 1st Semi Derby 14 14 98 Looma 9 6 60
Cable Beach 12 0 2 0 1220 643 189.74% 48 2nd Semi Towns 7 7 49 Cable Beach 6 7 43
Looma 10 0 4 0 1074 774 138.76% 40 Preliminary Cable Beach 10 11 71 Looma 8 7 55
Derby 6 0 7 1 778 784 99.23% 26 Grand Cable Beach 11 7 73 Towns 10 4 64
Broome Bulls 6 0 8 0 796 828 96.14% 24
Saints 4 0 10 0 693 1028 67.41% 16
Peninsula Bombers 3 0 10 1 400 1051 38.06% 14
Bidyadanga Emus 1 0 13 0 623 1177 52.93% 4

Women's Competition

West Kimberley Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Towns 10 0 1 0 654 125 523.20% 40 1st Semi Looma 6 9 45 Saints 1 1 7
Cable Beach 10 0 1 0 640 135 474.07% 40 2nd Semi Cable Beach 1 8 14 Towns 1 5 11
Looma 7 0 4 0 512 246 208.13% 28 Preliminary Looma 5 6 36 Towns 2 8 20
Saints 3 0 7 0 176 431 40.84% 12 Grand Cable Beach 7 4 46 Looma 3 6 24
Derby 2 0 8 0 173 571 30.30% 8
Broome Bulls 1 0 10 0 123 771 15.95% 4

Bullen Medal Winners

2013: Joseph Dann (Cable Beach)

2014: Hayden McLeod (Bulls)

2015: Gerrick Weedon (Derby)

2016: Angelo Thomas (Bidyadanga) and Hayden McLeod (Bulls)

2017: Wade Wundungin (Derby)

2018: Wade Wundungin (Derby), Anthony Treacy (Cable Beach) & Zephenier Skinner (Looma)

2019: Angelo Thomas (Bidyadanga)

2020: Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic

2021: Tristram Pigram (Saints)

2022: Benjamin Goldie (Towns)

References

  1. ^ "Premierships".

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