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Woomera FL / Woomera & Districts / Far North

Northern zone, 1949 to today

Formation

The township of Woomera was established soon after WWII by the federal government as a defence and testing installation. Naturally, a football competition was formed soon after in 1948 with the founding clubs reflecting the nature of the Woomera facility. Works & Housing, Contractors, Koolymilka, Lines & Construction (LCPS), LWER (Long Range Weapons Experimental Range), RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force), RAE (Royal Australian Engineers – Army) all provided teams for the 1948 season.

The transient nature of the town meant that clubs came and went in a short period unless they built a strong membership base as Works and Village did. While the association was focused at Woomera, Koolymilka (43 Km) and Mount Gunson (64 Km) saw the association begin to expand.

With the establishment of the town of Roxby Downs and the Olympic Dam project 80 kilometres from Woomera, the league was now able to enter a new phase in its history. The league became Woomera & Districts in 1987 to reflect the geographical position of the members clubs. By the mid 1990s all involvement from Woomera based clubs had ceased. In 2011 Woomera & Districts was renamed Far North with four of five clubs based at Roxby Downs with the isolated Coober Pedy some 450 kilometres away.

Club Timeline

Club
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
Koolymilka
LCPS Signals
RAAF (WFL)
Works
Contractors
Central Sports
Village
Mount Gunson
Woomera North
JDSSC
Roxby Districts
Olympic Dam
Andamooka
Woomera
Bungala United
Leigh Creek
Umeewarra
Coober Pedy
Hornridge
East Roxby
Playing Recess Playing elsewhere Merged Renamed Disbanded

Clubs (19)

Mileage

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Town ATown BTown C
Town A*2540
Town B25*18
Town C4018*

Records

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PlayerClubValueYear / Period
J. SmithExample FC3121985-2005
R. JonesAnother FC2981990-2010

Grand Finals

Year Premier Score Runner-Up Score
1949 LCPS Signals 5-12 Works 5-11
1950 Works 15-17 RAAF (WFL) 2-5
1951 Contractors 8-9 Works 7-10
1952 Village 6-3 Works 1-7
1953 Koolymilka 5-12 Works 5-2
1954 Village 6-8 Works 5-3
1955 Works 15-14 RAAF (WFL) 10-5
1956 Works 8-12 Central Sports 1-4
1957 Village 6-15 Works 5-11
1958 Works 13-16 Central Sports 9-9
1959 Woomera 16-15 Central Sports 10-11
1960 Central Sports 18-14 Works 18-12
1961 Village 14-21 Works 6-9
1962 Works 16-19 Central Sports 7-8
1963 Village 14-12 Central Sports 4-5
1964 Works 17-18 Village 12-5
1965 Village 11-15 Works 4-12
1966 Works 18-13 Village 9-8
1967 Village 8-14 Central Sports 8-13
1968 Works 13-14 Central Sports 12-15
1969 Village 17-14 Central Sports 2-12
1970 Village 11-11 Central Sports 10-12
1971 Village 14-11 Works 11-7
1972 Koolymilka 10-13 Village 9-8
1973 Koolymilka 18-13 Village 10-13
1974 Works 13-16 Koolymilka 8-12
1975 Koolymilka 10-22 Central Sports 10-7
1976 Central Sports 19-22 Mount Gunson 14-11
1977 Woomera North 14-8 Central Sports 10-18
1978 Woomera North 17-21 Central Sports 11-12
1979 Koolymilka 12-14 Mount Gunson 12-13
1980 Central Sports 20-15 Koolymilka 14-9
1981 Mount Gunson 25-13 Woomera North 14-9
1982 Mount Gunson Woomera North Scores not recorded
1983 Koolymilka 15-17 Woomera North 11-12
1984 Central Sports 23-6 Koolymilka 17-9
1985 Koolymilka 13-14 Village 13-12
1986 Roxby Districts 19-13 Central Sports 11-14
1987 Olympic Dam 15-12 Roxby Districts 7-13
1988 Roxby Districts 26-16 Central Sports 8-2
1989 Roxby Districts 13-17 Andamooka 12-12
1990 Andamooka 29-19 Roxby Districts 11-10
1991 Roxby Districts 15-7 Andamooka 7-13
1992 Olympic Dam 16-17 Andamooka 11-12
1993 Olympic Dam 24-17 Bungala United 13-5
1994 Olympic Dam 18-8 Andamooka 11-13
1995 Andamooka 12-9 Roxby Districts 7-9
1996 Olympic Dam 12-8 Roxby Districts 9-18
1997 Olympic Dam 20-14 Andamooka 8-7
1998 Olympic Dam 12-9 Roxby Districts 12-7
1999 Roxby Districts 13-15 Hornridge 4-2
2000 Roxby Districts 16-9 Andamooka 8-7
2001 Hornridge 7-4 Roxby Districts 5-5
2002 Hornridge 11-7 Andamooka 9-8
2003 Andamooka 15-12 Olympic Dam 7-6
2004 Olympic Dam 14-5 Roxby Districts 11-11
2005 Olympic Dam 12-12 Roxby Districts 10-10
2006 Olympic Dam 15-9 Roxby Districts 4-2
2007 Andamooka 15-5 Olympic Dam 10-9
2008 Olympic Dam 11-3 Roxby Districts 9-7
2009 Olympic Dam 10-10 Roxby Districts 10-7
2010 Roxby Districts 13-7 Olympic Dam 2-6
2011 Olympic Dam 16-16 Andamooka 6-8
2012 Hornridge 11-11 Roxby Districts 8-6
2013 Roxby Districts 17-14 Hornridge 7-3
2014 Roxby Districts 17-7 Hornridge 8-11
2015 Roxby Districts 18-13 Hornridge 3-4
2016 Roxby Districts 10-10 East Roxby 8-8
2017 Roxby Districts 15-16 Hornridge 3-5

Medallists

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YearPlayerClub
1960B. ThompsonExample FC
1961K. WilliamsAnother FC

Leading Goalkickers

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YearPlayerClubGoals
1990D. HillExample FC87
1991M. JohnsonAnother FC72

Photos

Koolymilka - Premiers 1983
Koolymilka - Premiers 1983 Back row: P Hancock, D Bates (Coach), G Polkinghorne, S Evans, G McGann, M Dalby. Middle row: G Hancock (Trainer), S O'Donnell, S Durham, T Blackie (Captain), P Koenig, S,Veale, S Halls, M McDonald, G Meuller, G Blatchford (Trainer). Front row: J Ross, M Evans, M McPhael, Wally Broome, J Blatchford, B Beckman, S Grillett, P Wakefield (Team Manager).