Kyabram District Football Netball League

The Kyabram District Football League (KDFL) is an Australian rules football league in Victoria. It is made up of 14 teams, following Yea's departure in 2007 to join the Yarra Valley Mountain Football League, and Longwood's admission in 2010 following the collapse of the Benalla District Football League. The KDFL is made up of smaller country town football clubs in the Goulburn Valley. The majority of these towns have a population base of around 500 people, each of these clubs fields three football sides in the Senior, Reserve and Under 18 divisions of the KDFL as well as five netball sides in A-Grade, B-Grade, C-Grade, Under 17 and Under 15 divisions of the KDNL.

The KDFL season is made up of 20 rounds in the home and away season, with each side playing 18 games, at the conclusion of the home and away season, the top six teams in each division face off in the finals series. The top three teams in this series are assured a second chance at making the Grand Final, however the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams have no such luxury and are eliminated after any loss, this system works to reward the teams who have performed better over the home and away season.

During the season, each club will play nine home games and nine away games, in finals however, venues are designated to different clubs on a cycle. In 2007, for the first time, the grand final was staged in the larger Goulburn Valley Football League ground, Mooroopna in the hope that it would attract a larger crowd, in excess of 3,000 people turned up to watch the game.

In 2018 Dookie United transferred across from the Picola & District Football League.^[1]

History

The Kyabram District Football Association was formed in 1932, changing its name to Kyabram District Football League in 1960.^[2]

Current Clubs

Jumper	Club	Nickname	Years in comp	KDFL Premierships	Premiership Years
	Ardmona	Cats	1957-	5	1993, 1995–96, 2002, 2006
	Avenel	Swans	1976-	6	1978-79, 1985–86, 1989, 1994
	Dookie United	Dooks	2018-	0
	Girgarre	Kangaroos	1932-	4	1952, 1976, 1983, 1991
	Lancaster	Wombats	1932-	7	1932, 1980–81, 1988, 1992, 2001, 2011
	Longwood	Redlegs	2010-	0	-
	Merrigum	Bulldogs	1946-	9	1949-50-51, 1953, 1957, 1986–87, 1990, 2015
	Murchison	Grasshoppers	1964-	4	1964, 1966, 1982, 2013
	Nagambie	Lakers	1965-	12	1965, 1967, 1969–70, 1975, 1977, 1998–99, 2010, 2014, 2016-17
	Rushworth	Tigers	1998-	1	2004
	Stanhope	Lions	1995-	4	2000, 2003, 2007–08
	Tallygaroopna	Redlegs	1958-	5	1963, 1971, 1973, 1974, 2005
	Undera	Lions	1940-47 , 1953-	8	1946-47, 1955, 1962, 1968, 1972, 1997, 2009
	Violet Town	Towners	2006-	1	2012

Former Clubs

• Tongala (1932-1945)
• Wyuna (1932-1952)
• Kyabram (1932-1958)
• Corop (1936)
• Camp 1 (1946)
• Cooma (1949-1954)
• Miepoll (1945-1952)
• Congupna (1956-1961)
• Shepparton East (1956-1961)
• Yea (1986-1997) & (2006-2007)

Records

Highest Score

371 – Lancaster 57.29.371 (v Ardmona 1.0.6) – 2018

Most goals in a game

34 - Craig Whelan - Violet Town v Ardmona - 2012

Most goals in a season

173 - Perry Meka - Ardmona - 1992

Most wins in a row

35 - Lancaster 2001-2002

Most losses in a row

41 - Ardmona 2015-2016, 2018

Most flags in a row

4 - Shepparton East 1958-1961

Awards

2014 Ladder

2015 Ladder

2016 Ladder

2017 Ladder

References

External links

• Official Kyabram and District Football League Website