South Australian Country Football Championships

The South Australian Country Football Championships is an annual Australian rules football competition run by the South Australian National Football League, played between representative teams from the six country football zones.

Current Zones

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The competing zones, which differ from the zones defined in the constitution of the South Australian Community Football League,[1] consist of the following:[2]

Zone Leagues
Central Zone

Adelaide Plains Football League
Hills Football League
North Eastern Football League
Yorke Peninsula Football League

Eastern Zone

Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association
Mallee Football League
Riverland Football League

Eyre Peninsula

Eastern Eyre Football League
Far West Football League
Great Flinders Football League
Mid West Football League
Port Lincoln Football League

Murray South East

Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League
Mid South Eastern Football League
River Murray Football League
Western Border Football League

Northern

Broken Hill Football League
Far North Football League
Northern Areas Football Association
Spencer Gulf Football League
Whyalla Football League

Southern Districts

Great Southern Football League
Kangaroo Island Football League
Southern Football League

Competition Results

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Year Location Champions [3] Runner-up 3rd 4th 5th Last
1994 Eyre Peninsula
1995 Adelaide Southern Districts South East
1996 Adelaide Southern Districts Broken Hill / Murray Mallee
1997 Adelaide Eyre Peninsula Southern Districts
1998 Adelaide Murray Mallee Southern Districts
1999 Eyre Peninusula–
2003 Southern Districts South East
2004 Southern Districts
2005 Southern Districts
2006 Central Southern Districts Eyre Peninsula Murray Mallee Barrier South East Northern Cities
2007 Port Pirie Southern Districts Central
2008 [4] Murray Mallee Barrier Barossa Central Zone South East Southern Districts Eyre Peninsula Northern Zone
2009 [5][6] Berri Oval, Berri Southern Districts Eastern Murray South East Northern Zone Eyre Peninsula Central
2010 [7][8] Berri Oval, Berri Southern Districts Eastern Central Zone Murray South East Eyre Peninsula Northern Zone
2011 [9][10] Memorial Oval, Port Pirie Western Murray South East Southern Districts Eastern Northern Central
2012 Berri Oval, Berri Southern Districts Murray South East Central Northern Eastern Eyre Peninsula
2013 [11][12][13] Memorial Oval, Port Pirie Central Murray South East Eyre Peninsula Southern Districts Eastern Northern
2014 [14] Kadina Oval, Kadina Murray South East Eastern Eyre Peninsula Northern Central Southern Districts
2015 [15][16][17] Central Oval, Port Augusta Southern Districts Murray South East Western Zone Eastern Central Northern
2016 [18][19] Centenary Oval, Port Lincoln Murray South East Southern Districts Western Northern Central Eastern
2017 [20][21] Johnstone Park, Murray Bridge Murray South East Southern Districts Western Eastern Central Northern

Don McSweeny Medal

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The Don McSweeny Medal is presented to the best player of the carnival, judged by the allocation of votes by the umpires of each game using the 3-2-1 method. The medal is named after South Australian Football Hall of Famer Don McSweeny OAM.

Name Medallist[3]
2004 Matt Joraslafsky (Southern)
2005 Justin Henscke (Southern)
2006 Adam Merrett (South East)
2007 Damien Stevens (Murray Mallee Barrier Barossa)
2008 Todd Miles (Central)
2009 Mitchell Portlock (Southern)
2010 Ben Yeomans (Central) & Josh Vick (Southern)
2011 Matthew Woolford (Northern)
2012 Tyson Wait (Murray South East)
2013 Michael Liebelt (Central)
2014 Liam O'Neil (Murray South East) & Ben McIntyre (Murray South East)
2015 Xavier Watson (Eyre Peninsula) & Jack Kenny (Eyre Peninsula)
2016[22] Brian Fenton (Murray South East)
2017[21] Jack Kelly (Murray South East)

Bill Murdoch Medal

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A Medal is presented to the Coach of the Championships. Since 2013, the medal has been named the Bill Murdoch Medal

Year Medallist
2007 Tony Fielke (Southern Districts)
2010 Simon Dennis (Southern Districts)
2011 Symon Chase (Western)
2012 Steve Hill (Southern)
2013 Andrew Michael (Central)
2014 Luke Duncan (Murray South East)
2015 [23] Barry Pilmore (Southern Districts)
2016 [22] Adam Merrett (Murray South East)
2017 [21] Adam Merrett (Murray South East)

References

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  1. ^ "South Australian Community Football League Incorporated - Constitution" (PDF). South Australian Community Football League. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. ^ "MAC SA Country Football Championships". SACFL. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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  11. ^ Argent, Peter (7 July 2013). "FINALS: SA Country Football 2013 Championship | Photos, scores". Barossa Herald. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  12. ^ Pedler, Emma (8 July 2013). "Country football weekend results". ABC Eyre Peninsula. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
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  14. ^ "2014 South Australian Country Football Championships". South Australian Country Football Championships. SportsTG. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
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  18. ^ "Port Lincoln Country Football Championships 2016". Port Lincoln Times. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
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  20. ^ "2017 South Australian Country Football Championships". South Australian Country Football Championships. SportsTG. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  21. ^ a b c Milbank, Zac (8 July 2017). "2017 MAC SA COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS". SANFL. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  22. ^ a b "2016 MAC SA COUNTRY CHAMPS". SANFL. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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