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Mount Barker Football Club (South Australia)
The Mount Barker Football Club, nicknamed the ''Roos'', is an Australian rules football club based in the Adelaide Hills town of Mount Barker, South Australia, that competes in the Hills Football League. History The Mount Barker Football Club was formed in 1881, although at the time there was no formal football competition within the Adelaide Hills region. During the club's first twenty years of competition games were played between clubs in the Hills, Mount Lofty and Torrens Valley areas and even clubs such as Norwood and Port Adelaide who were competing in the former South Australian Football Association at the time. Despite the design and shade of blue that have both changed over time, the official colours of the Mount Barker Football Club have always been blue and white. Two ovals were used in the club's early days, one being Mr Weld's paddock, now known as Weld Park, and Dunn Park, which is now home to the Mount Barker Caravan Park. Mount Barker were one of the origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hills Football League
The Hills Football League (HFL) is an Australian rules football league, situated in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia, to the south east of the state capital Adelaide. The League has over 3000 players belonging to 20 member Clubs. The League's Clubs are divided into two playing Divisions - Division 1 (Formerly Central Division - mostly the larger towns in the Hills region); - Division 2 (Formerly Country Division - the remaining clubs in the region). Both divisions have their own programs for the season. There is a promotion and relegation system that received criticism in 2014 following the ultimately unsuccessful decision to relegate Echunga in the same season that they won the Central Division premiership. It is the second biggest league in South Australia after the South Australian Amateur Football League. In 2009 the Uraidla Districts Football Club became the first team in HFL history to secure all senior premierships (A,B&C) in a single season a feat that wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hills Central Football Association
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit. Terminology The distinction between a hill and a mountain is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is universally considered to be not as tall, or as steep as a mountain. Geographers historically regarded mountains as hills greater than above sea level, which formed the basis of the plot of the 1995 film ''The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain''. In contrast, hillwalkers have tended to regard mountains as peaks above sea level. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' also suggests a limit of and Whittow states "Some authorities regard eminences above as mountains, those below being referred to as hills." Today, a mountain is usually defined in the UK and Ireland as any summit at least high, while the official UK government's definition of a mountain is a summit of or higher. Some definitions include a topographical prominence requirement, typically o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Football Clubs In South Australia
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Thebarton Oval
Thebarton Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia currently used for a variety of sports including Australian rules football. It was the home ground of South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club West Torrens Football Club, West Torrens between 1922 and 1989, and since 2008 has been the home of the South Australian Amateur Football League (SAAFL) now called the Adelaide Footy League. The SANFL was granted 5 million dollars from the State Government towards developing Thebarton Oval for South Australian Football in 2020 however, controversially, and at odds with local residents in 2022 the Australian Football League (a body based in Melbourne which changed its name from the Victorian Football League in 1990) member, the Adelaide Football Club, Adelaide Crows Football Club are moving to take over Thebarton Oval, demolish the Bob Hank Stand and remove the Oval and neighboring Kings Park to build their facilities, which is being supported by the City of West T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Lofty District Football Club
The Mount Lofty District Football Club is an Australian rules football team based in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide which was formed in late 1978 as a merger between the former Stirling Football Club and Heathfield-Aldgate United Football Club. Adopting the moniker of "Mountain Devils", Mount Lofty initially joined the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) competition in the 1979 season and participated in that league until the end of the 1985 season. In 1986, Mount Lofty joined the Hills Football League and currently continue to field teams in both Senior and Junior grades in that competition. Mount Lofty has produced a number of Australian Football League (AFL) players including Troy Broadbridge (Melbourne), David Welsby (Geelong). Prior to amalgamation, Heathfield-Aldgate produced Robbert Klomp, who played Victorian Football League (VFL) football for Carlton and Footscray. A-Grade Premierships *South Australian Football Association A2 (1) ** 1981 * Hills Footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian Women's Football League
The South Australian Women's Football League (SAWFL) was the governing body and top level of women's Australian rules football in the state of South Australia from 1991-2016. In 2017, the SAWFL merged with the South Australian Amateur Football League to form the Adelaide Footy League, being replaced by the SANFLW. History In 1990, a group of South Australian women instigated the preparation to establish the South Australian Women's Football League (SAWFL) after an exhibition match between the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) and some sporting identities in South Australia proved to be a huge success. The founder of the SAWFL, ''Gina Dutschke'', with the assistance of ''Jenny Williams'', were then able to gather enough interest from sportswomen throughout the metropolitan region to form a league of their own in 1991. Clubs that were instrumental in the early years the League were the Cougars, Thunderbirds, Hectorville, Brighton, Modbury, Para Hills, Kilburn, Edwardstown, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uraidla Districts Football Club
The Uraidla Districts Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide which was formed in 1997 as a merger between the former Uraidla Football Club and Eastern Rangers Football Club. The combined club joined the Hills Football League Central Division and currently continue to field teams in both Senior and Junior grades in Division 1 of that league. A-Grade Premierships * Hills Football League Division 1/Central Division (5) ** 2005 ** 2009 ** 2010 ** 2011 ** 2013 Merger history Uraidla Districts was formed in 1997 through the amalgamation of Uraidla and Eastern Rangers. Uraidla The Uraidla Football Club was formed in 1905 and joined the Mount Lofty Football Association in 1921. One year later they absorbed the Summertown Football Club and in 1938 they shifted to the Hills Football Association. In 1961, Uraidla joined the Torrens Valley Football Association before becoming an inaugural member of the Hills Football League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onkaparinga Valley Football Club
The Onkaparinga Valley Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club that serves the South Australian towns of Balhannah, Woodside and Oakbank. The Bulldogs currently compete in Division 1 of the Hills Football League and play their home games in Balhannah. Club history The Onkaparinga Valley Football Club was founded in 1967 at the same time as the amalgamation of the Hills Central Football League and the Torrens Valley Football League to form the current Hills Football League. The Onkaparinga Football Club joined with the Woodside Football Club to form the Onkaparinga Valley Football Club. In 1977 the OVFC became the only club in the HFL to own their headquarters, with the changerooms and lounging area built the following year in 1978. That same year saw the Bulldogs win their first premiership over Heathfield-Aldgate and won their second premiership in 1994. Their 1978 premiership ended Heathfield-Aldgate's hopes of leaving the HFL having w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lobethal Football Club
Lobethal is a town in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area, and is nestled on the banks of a creek between the hills and up the sides of the valley. It was once the centre of the Adelaide Hills wool processing industry, which continued until around 1950. The mill buildings are now used by a number of cottage industry and handcraft businesses. At the 2016 census, Lobethal had a population of 2,135. The town is famed during the Christmas season for its display of Christmas lights and decorations, which have attracted visitors from around the state since the 1950s. History Lobethal was settled in 1842 by Prussian immigrants, who migrated to South Australia with Pastor Gotthard Fritzsche aboard the sailing vessel Skjold, who initially went to Hahndorf but were alerted to good land in the upper Onkaparinga. German Lutheran settlers provided compatriot, Johann Friedrich Krummnow, who had arrived in So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrens Valley Football Association
Torrens may refer to: Places South Australia * Electoral district of Torrens, a state electoral district * Lake Torrens, a salt lake north of Adelaide * River Torrens, which runs through the heart of Adelaide * Torrens Building, a heritage-listed government office building in the Adelaide city centre * Torrens Island (other), places associated with Torrens Island northwest of the Adelaide city centre * Torrens Linear Park, from the hills to the coast along the course of the River Torrens * Torrens Road, Adelaide * Torrens (biogeographic subregion), see Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia Australia Capital Territory * Torrens, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra Other places * Torréns Bridge, a bridge over the Rosario River in Hormigueros municipality, Puerto Rico People * Torrens (surname), a list of people * Torrens Knight (born 1969), Ulster loyalist and alleged police informer Other uses * , two ships and a shore base of the Royal A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hahndorf Football Club
Hahndorf is a small town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. Currently an important tourism spot, it has previously been a centre for farming and services. Geography It is accessible from Adelaide, the South Australian capital, via the South Eastern Freeway. Climate Hahndorf has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate abbreviated ''Csb'' on the Köppen climate classification scale. History The town was settled by Lutheran migrants largely from in and around a small village then named Kay in Prussia and now known as Kije, Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland. Many of the settlers arrived aboard the '' Zebra'' on 28 December 1838. The town is named after Dirk Meinerts Hahn, the Danish captain of the ''Zebra''. It is Australia's oldest surviving German settlement. Early German settlers During the British colonisation of South Australia, the settlers were mostly British, but some German "Old Lutherans" also emigrated in the early years. The first large group of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval ball between the central goal posts (worth six points), or between a central and outer post (worth one point, otherwise known as a "behind"). During general play, players may position themselves anywhere on the field and use any part of their bodies to move the ball. The primary methods are kicking, handballing and running with the ball. There are rules on how the ball can be handled; for example, players running with the ball must intermittently bounce or touch it on the ground. Throwing the ball is not allowed, and players must not get caught holding the ball. A distinctive feature of the game is the mark, where players anywhere on the field who catch the ball from a kick (with specific conditions) are awarded unimped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
