The Western Eyre Football League (WEFL), formerly Far West Football League (FWFL), is an

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 k ...

competition based in the

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area of the

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region of

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, Australia. As of March 2021, the league includes clubs in Ceduna, Thevenard,

Koonibba Aboriginal community Koonibba is a locality and an associated Aboriginal community in South Australia located about northwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about northwest of the municipal seat in Ceduna and north of the Eyre Highway. The settlement ...

Penong __NOTOC__ Penong ( ) is a town and locality on the Nullarbor Plain, in the far west of the state of South Australia located about north-west of the state capital of Adelaide. With no settlements between it and Border Village on the border with ...

(Western United FC),

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(West Coast Hawks) and

Wirrulla Wirrulla is a small grain belt town located 60 km from Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula. The town is a focus point for many of the surrounding agricultural districts, and features a number of silos used to store grain from the surrounding a ...

. It is an affiliated member of the

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Brief history

The County Of Way Football Association was formed in 1909, with founding clubs including Charra,

Denial Bay Denial Bay (formerly McKenzie) is a town and an associated locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state's west coast about north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about west of the municipal seat of Ceduna.T ...

, Goode, Koonibba,

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and Penong. Fowlers Bay also wished to join the league but was denied entry due to excessive travel distance. In 1948 The league changed its name to Murat Bay Football League changed and then Far West Football League in 1962. The

Koonibba Roosters Koonibba Football Club is an Australian rules football club situated in the small Aboriginal Australian community of Koonibba, South Australia. Founded in 1906, it is the oldest surviving Aboriginal football club in Australia. The players are kno ...

are the oldest continuing Aboriginal football club in Australia, having named their Team of the Century in 2009. The West Coast Hawks of Streaky Bay and Wirrulla club joined the league in March 2021, after the

Mid West Football League The Mid West Football League was an Australian rules football competition based in the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It was wound up prior to the 2021 season after Wudinna and Central Eyre merged and transferred to the Ea ...

was wound up permanently. Around the same time, the Far West Football League changed its name to the Western Eyre Football League.

Current Clubs

Premiers

List of Premiership teams of the Western Eyre Football League. *1909 Murat Bay *1910 Koonibba *1911 Murat Bay *1912 Murat Bay *1913 Murat Bay *1914 Murat Bay *1915-1921 Recess *1922 Koonibba *1923 Athenna *1924 Murat Bay *1925 Koonibba *1926 Koonibba *1927 Koonibba *1928 Koonibba *1929 Murat Bay *1930 No Competition *1931 Murat Bay *1932 Murat Bay *1933 Ceduna *1934 Ceduna *1935-1936 Recess *1937 Bookabie *1938 Ceduna *1939 Goode *1940 United *1941-1945 Recess due to WW2 *1946 Ceduna *1947 Koonibba *1948 Koonibba *1949 Koonibba *1950 Ceduna *1951 Koonibba *1952 Ceduna *1953 Ceduna *1954 Koonibba *1955 Ceduna *1956 Koonibba *1957 Koonibba *1958 Rovers *1959 Thevenard *1960 Koonibba *1961 Koonibba *1962 Penong *1963 Koonibba *1964 Charra *1965 Ceduna *1966 Penong *1967 Thevenard *1968 Thevenard *1969 Thevenard *1970 Thevenard *1971 Thevenard *1972 Thevenard *1973 Thevenard *1974 Thevenard *1975 Koonibba *1976 Thevenard *1977 Koonibba *1978 Thevenard *1979 Koonibba *1980 Western United *1981 Thevenard *1982 Koonibba *1983 Thevenard *1984 Thevenard *1985 Thevenard *1986 Thevenard *1987 Thevenard *1988 Koonibba *1989 Thevenard *1990 Koonibba *1991 Thevenard *1992 Thevenard *1993 Thevenard *1994 Koonibba *1995 Koonibba *1996 Koonibba *1997 Blues *1998 Koonibba *1999 Blues *2000 Western United *2001 Koonibba *2002 Koonibba *2003 Western United *2004 Western United *2005 Western United *2006 Western United *2007 Western United *2008 Western United *2009 Blues *2010 Koonibba *2011 Koonibba *2012 Koonibba *2013 Thevenard *2014 Koonibba *2015 Thevenard *2016 Blues *2017 Koonibba *2018 Western United *2019 Western United *2020 Recess due to

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Brief history

Current Clubs

Premiers

Ladders

2011 Ladder

2012 Ladder

2013 Ladder

References

Further reading