Picola and District Football League

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Founded 1934 Country Australia		No. of teams 9 (NW Div) 8 (SE Div)
Sport Australian rules football Most recent champion(s) Picola United Football Club (NW Div) Katandra Football Club (SE Div) Most titles Picola United Football Club (11 premierships)

The Picola & District Football Netball League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with AFL Victoria Country.

Map of Picola VIC 3639, Australia

The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Jerilderie in the north and consists of teams from the smaller communities and towns.

History

The league commenced in 1934, founding clubs were Barmah, Kotupna, Moira, Nathalia Seconds, Picola, and Yalca North. This league replaced the Western and Moira Football Association that operated between 1908 and 1933. Between 1945 and 1958 Nurmukah and Nathalia both field second XVIII sides in the PDFNL. In 1971 founding clubs Picola and Yalca North merged to form Picola United. In 1992 Danny Irwin of Waaia kicked 215 goals in a season. In 2006, Dookie United and Shepparton East made their debut with the league. They were previously in the now defunct Central Goulburn Football League.

Splitting the league

In the 2009 season, the Picola League split into South East and North West divisions based on the geographical location of each club. The league copped a lot of criticism by making this move but has generally been successful and has resulted in reduced travel. The exception has been Wunghnu, which inexplicably was placed in the NW division despite being surrounded by SE division clubs. Wunghnu folded less than two seasons after the split.

In 2014 Tocumwal transferred from the stronger Murray League after struggling to be competitive.

Barmah Football Club

Barmah Federals Football Club

Barooga Football Club

Kotupna Football Club

Lower Moira Football Club

Moira Football Club

Moira Ramblers Football Club

Nathalia Football Club

Nathalia Imperial Football Club

Numurkah Football Club Seconds

Picola Football Club

Tallygaroopna Football Club

Yalca North Football Club

Wunghnu Football Club

2008 Season

LADDER

FINALS

North West Division

Strathmerton won

South East Division

Tungamah won again

Premiers and Pearce Medalists

1978 - Barooga (R Adkins Waaia)

1990 - Waaia (C Duggan Mathoura)

1991 - Waaia (A Wilson Waaia)

1992 - Waaia (W Jackson Katunga)

1993 - Mathoura (S Joyce Wunghnu)

1994 - Waaia (S Gilligan Deniliquin Rovers, S Joyce Wunghnu)

1995 - Waaia (S Gilligan Deniliquin Rovers)

1996 - Katamatite (M Collins Katamatite)

1997 - Strathmerton(Bj Ryan Strathmerton)

1998 - Katandra (D Sexton Blighty)

1999 - Tungamah (D Sexton Blighty)

2000 - Blighty (D Jenkins Katunga)

2001 - Katamatite (D Sexton Blighty)

2002 - Waaia (A Waasdorp Waaia)

2003 - Katandra (H Yelland Berrigan)

2004 - Katandra (A Waasdorp Yarroweyah)

2005 - Waaia (A Brunt Picola United)

2006 - Shepparton East (A Brunt Picola United)

2007 - Dookie United (M Wellington Katunga)

2008 - Tungamah (S Scott Waaia)

2009

North West - Jerilderie (A May Deniliquin Rovers)

South East - Tungamah (J Wild Katamatite)

2010

North West - Strathmerton (M Gorman Berrigan)

South East - Shepparton East (R Frappell Shepparton East)

2011

North West - Berrigan (M Gorman Berrigan)

South East - Rennie (L Cowan Waaia)

2012

North West - Jerilderie ( J Evans Strathmerton)

South East - Shepparton East (N Doyle Tungamah)

2013

North West - Jerilderie (C.Marshall)

South East - Tungamah (N Doyle Tungamah)

2014

North West - Jerilderie (A May Jerilderie)

South East - Tungamah ( L.Minogue) (T.Saunders)

2015

North West - Strathmerton (Paul Massingham (Ber))

South East - Tungamah (Matthew McCarty (Waa)& Nicholas Doyle (Tun))

References

Picola & District Football League Wikipedia

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