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.
| General Information | |
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| Founded | 1967 in the Adelaide Hills |
| Current clubs | Birdwood Blackwood Bridgewater Callington Raiders Echunga Gumeracha Hahndorf Ironbank Kangarilla Kersbrook Macclesfield Meadows Mount Barker Mount Lofty Nairne Bremer Onkaparinga Valley Torrens Valley Uraidla Districts Milang Panthers |
The League has over 3000 players belonging to 20 member Clubs.[1] 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.[2] It is the second biggest leagues 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.
History[3]
The Hills FL was formed in 1967 as a result of the merger of the original Hills Central FL and the Torrens Valley FL. For a number of years, the competition consisted of three divisions, firstly known as the Central Zone, the Northern Zone and the Southern Zone. This later changed to Zone 1, 2 and 3 with two years also providing a Zone 4. Eventually in 1979 the two divisions that exist today was established. The one year that was an exception was 1983 when competition was played in one division.
Heathfield-Aldgate United hold the record for the most premierships won in succession from 1971 to 1977.
Grades
The HFL consists of:
- Junior Grades
- Under 14's (mini colts)
- Under 16's (junior colts)
- Under 18's (senior colts)
- Senior Grades
- A Grade(A1)
- B Grade(A2)
- C Grade(A3)
Division 1
| Jumper | Club | Nickname | Years in comp | HFL Premierships |
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| Blackwood [4] | Woods | 1987- | Div 1: 1988, 1991, 2017 | |
| Echunga | Demons | 1967- | Div 1: 2014 Div 2: 1995-96, 2000, 2011, 2013 Div 3: 1972 Southern B: 1968 | |
| Hahndorf [5] | Magpies | 1967- | Div 1: 1984-85, 1992–93, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2015-16, 2018-19-20 | |
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Lobethal [6] | Tigers | 1967- | Div 1: 1981, 1998–99, 2002 |
| Mount Barker [7] | Barkeroos | 1967- | Div 1: 1969-70, 1982–83, 2000, 2003–04, 2012 | |
| Mount Lofty District [8] | Mountain Devils | 1986- | Div 1: 1986, 1990, 2006-07-08 Div 2: 2014 | |
| Nairne Bremer United[9] | Rams | 1978–1991, 1998- | Div 2: 1985, 1989, 2017 | |
| Onkaparinga Valley [10] | Bulldogs | 1967- | Div 1: 1978, 1994 | |
| Uraidla Districts | Demons | 1997- | Div 1: 2005, 2009-10-11, 2013 | |
Premierships
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Division 2
| Colours | Club | Nickname | Years in comp | HFL Premierships |
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| Birdwood | Roosters | 1967- | Div 2: 1973, 1975-76-77, 1992, 1994 | |
| Bridgewater-Callington Raiders[13] | Raiders | 2013- * | Div 2: 1981, 2016 | |
| Gumeracha | Magpies | 1967- | Div 2: 1970, 1982, 1984, 2019 | |
| Ironbank-Cherry Gardens | Thunderers | 1986- | Div 2: 1998-99, 2018, 2020 | |
| Kangarilla | Double Blues | 1967–1978, 2006- | Div 2: 2006 Div 3: 1970, 1973–74, 1978 | |
| Kersbrook | Blues/Brookers | 1971- | Div 2: 1972, 1974, 1986, 1993, 1997, 2008–09, 2012, 2015 | |
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Macclesfield | Bloods | 1967–1983, 1987- | Div 2: 1980 Div 3: 1969 Div 4: 1972-1973 |
| Meadows | Bulldogs | 1967-1982, 2001- | Div 2: 2001-2004 Div 3: 1967 | |
| Torrens Valley | Mountain Lions | 1997- * | Div 2: 2005, 2007, 2010 | |
Premierships
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Former Clubs
| Colours | Club | Nickname | Years in comp | HFL Premierships |
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| Ashton | 1972-81 (merged with Lenswood Rangers) | - | ||
| Barossa District | Bulldogs | 1987-90 (moved to Barossa, Light & Gawler FA) | Div 2: 1987-88, 1990 | |
| Bremer | 1967-78 (merged with Nairne) | Div 3B: 1974, 1978 | ||
| Bridgewater | Raiders | 1967-2012 (merged with Callington United Eagles) | Div 2: 1981 | |
| Callington United Eagles[15] | Eagles | 1995-2012 (merged with Bridgewater) | - | |
| Eastern Rangers | Saints | 1983-96 (merged with Uraidla) | Div 1: 1987 | |
| Heathfield-Aldgate United | 1967-78 (merged with Stirling) | Div 1: 1967-68, 1971-72-73-74-75-76-77 | ||
| Langhorne Creek | 1967-77 (moved to Great Southern Football League) | Div 3: 1975-76-77 | ||
| Lenswood Rangers | 1967-82 (merged with Ashton) | Div 2: 1978-79 | ||
| Littlehampton | 1967-72 | Southern: 1968 | ||
| Milang | Panthers | 1986-2005, 2010-2017 | - | |
| Mount Torrens | Bombers | 1967-75 (merged with Sedan Cambrai) 1986-1996 (merged with Pleasant Valley) |
Div 2: 1991 | |
| Mount Torrens-Cambrai | 1976-85 | - | ||
| Mylor | 1967-72 | Southern B: 1967, 1970 | ||
| Nairne | 1967-78 (merged with Bremer) | - | ||
| Palmer | 1967-70, 1972–73 | Div 4B: 1972 | ||
| Pleasant Valley | Roos | 1967-88 (merged with Mount Torrens) | Northern: 1967-68-69, 1971 | |
| Sedan Cambrai | Magpies | 1967-75 (merged with Mount Torrens) 2010-15 (moved to Riverland Independent FL)[16] |
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| Stirling | Eagles | 1967-78 (merged with Heathfield-Aldgate United) | - | |
| Uraidla | Redlegs | 1967-96 (merged with Eastern Rangers) | Div 1: 1979-80, 1989, 1996 | |
| Williamstown | Rovers | 1967-73 | - | |
AFL Players
The following were drafted to AFL club lists having previously participated in the Hills Football League.[17]
References
- http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?assoc=6621&pID=1 About the League
- Turner, Matt (26 September 2014). "Echunga Football Club exploring ways to avoid relegation despite winning Hills Football League flag". News Limited. Messenger Community News. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- http://footypedia.isgreat.org/00002257.htm Footypedia
- "Blackwood Football Club". Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- "Hahndorf Football Club". Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- "Lobethal Football Club". Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- "Mt Barker Football Club". Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- "Mt Lofty Football Club". Archived from the original on 9 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- "Nairne Bremer Football Club". Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- "Onkaparinga Valley Football Club". Retrieved 11 August 2009.
- "Past Premiers". Hills Football League. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- "Central Div A Grade Grand FiInal". Hills Football League. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- "Bridgewater Raiders". Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- "Country Div A Grade Grand Final". Hills Football League. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- "Callington United Eagles Football Club". Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- Dillon, Nick (5 February 2016). "Sedan-Cambrai makes eight for Independents". Murray Pioneer. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- "AFL Drafted Players". Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- Rielly, Stephen (9 August 2003). "Scott Burns: Humble Pie". The Age. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- Devaney, John. "SA Football Companion - Brett James". Full Points Footy. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- Connolly, Rohan (23 November 2003). "French Plans to Stand Tall". The Age. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- Fjeldstad, Jesper (2 November 2013). "Darren Pfeiffer: It's lonely on the fringe of the AFL". Sunday Mail (SA). Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- Porter, Ashley (21 June 2008). "Cubs on song as Tigers stun Port". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- Lines, Peter (2012). South Australian Country Football Digest. Cowell: Peter Lines. pp. 227–237. ISBN 978-0-9871591-9-9.
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