The Jamestown Football Association was formed in 1929 to provide an opportunity for young Jamestown footballers to progress to A grade football. The Northern Areas association had dropped their B grade competition in 1928, so Jamestown Football Club saw the starting up of their own association as vital for their clubs future.
The depth of the association began to wane by 1932 with not enough players to cater for the three Jamestown feeder clubs. To keep the association viable, clubs outside of the town needed to be drafted into the association. Belalie North in 1933 and Whyte Yarcowie in 1934 were successfully added to keep the association operating.
With the outside clubs joining, a name change to the association was required to reflect this. The competition then became known as the Belalie District association and continued to thrive with the addition of more outside clubs. The success of the competition was such that it continued to survive after WWII even despite having absolutely no representation from Jamestown based clubs.