Barossa Light & Gawler

Barossa zone, 1987 to today

Formation

Following the 1986 Gawler & District football season only three clubs remained in the competition. Gawler Central, South Gawler and Willaston all successfully applied to join the Barossa & Light association for the 1987 season. With the Gawler clubs receiving the endorsement of the Barossa & Light clubs, a new league was ratified and entitled the Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association.

The new competition consisted of ten teams, the three Gawler clubs were joined by seven Barossa & Light clubs. The new competition was branded as a ‘Super League’ and possibly because of the strong competition provided it was seen as irrelevant to play inter association matches.

Barossa Light & Gawler did not play their first interleague match until 1990 in the Country Foundation Cup against the strong Southern League and thrashed them by 87 points. Barossa Light & Gawler then defeated Mid South East and Tatiara by similar margins to reach the final. They played Eyre Peninsula in the grand final as an SANFL curtain raiser at Football Park and lost 11-12 to 6-11. Barossa Light & Gawler have continued to only play interleague matches as part of the South Australian Country Championships and the Mid North Landmark carnival.

The BL & G association has produced more than its fair share of AFL players since its inception in 1987. However, it is as a valuable recruiting zone for Central District where its true worth has been shown. Many BL & G players played significant roles for the Bulldogs during their golden era from 2000-2011 when they won nine SANFL flags.

Club Timeline

Club

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Nuriootpa Rovers

Angaston

Eudunda

Freeling

Gawler Central

Kapunda

RSMU Hawks

South Gawler

Tanunda

Willaston

Barossa Districts

Playing Recess Playing elsewhere Merged Renamed Disbanded

Clubs (11)

Mileage

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	Town A	Town B	Town C
Town A	*	25	40
Town B	25	*	18
Town C	40	18	*

Records

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Player	Club	Value	Year / Period
J. Smith	Example FC	312	1985-2005
R. Jones	Another FC	298	1990-2010

Grand Finals

Year	Premier	Score	Runner-Up	Score
1987	Tanunda	10-19	Kapunda	10-6
1988	Willaston	14-13	Tanunda	5-13
1989	Tanunda	15-14	Willaston	8-7
1990	South Gawler	12-16	Tanunda	9-12
1991	Gawler Central	14-15	Tanunda	10-14
1992	South Gawler	12-9	Freeling	9-17
1993	South Gawler	19-19	Freeling	3-7
1994	Freeling	22-13	Willaston	14-17
1995	Nuriootpa Rovers	24-16	Willaston	5-16
1996	Nuriootpa Rovers	18-15	South Gawler	10-12
1997	Nuriootpa Rovers	15-19	Tanunda	13-8
1998	Nuriootpa Rovers	15-12	Tanunda	16-5
1999	Willaston	7-8	Angaston	5-12
2000	Nuriootpa Rovers	20-26	Kapunda	8-8
2001	Gawler Central	12-16	Kapunda	10-13
2002	Tanunda	14-12	Nuriootpa Rovers	13-7
2003	Angaston	18-13	Willaston	11-12
2004	Kapunda	21-16	Angaston	11-9
2005	Kapunda	17-14	Freeling	9-6
2006	Barossa Districts	11-10	Freeling	7-11
2007	Barossa Districts	11-15	Freeling	10-9
2008	Tanunda	22-7	Barossa Districts	16-10
2009	Tanunda	13-12	Angaston	10-8
2010	Tanunda	16-10	Barossa Districts	6-11
2011	Tanunda	11-30	Willaston	5-6
2012	Barossa Districts	13-11	Tanunda	8-15
2013	Barossa Districts	16-14	Gawler Central	17-3
2014	Gawler Central	20-12	South Gawler	14-14
2015	Nuriootpa Rovers	19-13	Gawler Central	14-14
2016	Barossa Districts	12-12	Gawler Central	10-13
2017	Barossa Districts	9-15	Kapunda	8-8

Medallists

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Year	Player	Club
1960	B. Thompson	Example FC
1961	K. Williams	Another FC

Leading Goalkickers

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Year	Player	Club	Goals
1990	D. Hill	Example FC	87
1991	M. Johnson	Another FC	72

Formation

Club Timeline

Clubs (11)

Mileage

Records

Grand Finals

Medallists

Leading Goalkickers

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