The Australian Country Football League (WACFL) is the governing body for the sport of

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 ...

in the non-metropolitan areas of

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. The organisation was founded in 1973 as the Western Australian National Country Football League (WANCFL), its name to the current in 1979. The WACFL is also responsible for organising the Landmark Country Football Championships, contested between the various

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sides. The Australian Country Football Championships were hosted by Bunbury in 2004.

Structure

The association is structured around eight Regional Football Development Councils which are responsible for assisting the development of the game in regional areas: *

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RFDC * Great Southern RFDC * Kimberley RFDC * Midlands RFDC *

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RFDC *

Pilbara The Pilbara () is a large, dry, thinly populated region in the north of Western Australia. It is known for its Aboriginal peoples; its ancient landscapes; the red earth; and its vast mineral deposits, in particular iron ore. It is also a glo ...

RFDC *

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RFDC * Wheatbelt RFDC Football leagues are associated individually with the WACFL. As of 2012, there are 25 football leagues which fall under the association's authority:West Australian Country Football League
– Aussie Rules International. Retrieved 9 July 2012. *

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Central Kimberley Football Association The Central Kimberley Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the Kimberley (Western Australia), Kimberley region of Western Australia. The league was formed in 1991, and a number of the clubs represent local Australian Ab ...

* Central Midlands Coastal Football League *

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Eastern Districts Football League The Eastern Districts Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the eastern Wheatbelt (Western Australia), Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The league stretches from Southern Cross, Western Australia, Southern Cross ...

* Esperance District Football Association *

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Great Northern Football League The Great Northern Football League is an Australian rules football league centred on the city of Geraldton Geraldton ( Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West region of the Australian state of We ...

* Great Southern Football League *

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* North Pilbara Football League * Ongerup Football Association * Onshore Cup Football League *

Peel Football League The Peel Football League (PFL) is a country football league based in the Peel region of Western Australia. The competition was formed in 1992 when teams from the Metropolitan Football League and Murray Districts Football League merged. There ar ...

South West Football League The South West Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the South West (Western Australia), south-west of Western Australia. The league is affiliated to the West Australian Country Football League. History The idea of cr ...

* Ravensthorpe & Districts Football League *

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* West Kimberley Football League

Presidents

* 1973–91 "Bud" Byfield * 1991–2001 John J. Lussick * 2001–08 Ken Baxter * 2008–18 Terry House * 2018–present John Shadbolt

References

{{Aussie Rules in Western Australia Australian rules football governing bodies Country football Country football Sports organizations established in 1973