King Island Football Association

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The King Island Football Association (KIFA) is an Australian rules football competition held in Tasmania, Australia. Three clubs from small communities on King Island compete for the premiership every year.

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History

The formation of the competition was originally thought to be in 1908. However the first games were played in 1903 between North and Currie football clubs. The King Island Football Association (KIFA) was formed in 1914 with the introduction of the third team the Pegarah rovers.The competition peaked at 4 teams in the 1950s with the introduction of the Grassy and Mount Stanley football clubs.In the interim Pegarah Rovers had folded, Pegarah and loorana fielded teams but disbanded by 1938. [1]

One of Australia's most isolated, and almost certainly its smallest football league, the three teams play ten games each in a fifteen round competition plus finals. [2]

The King Island Football Association played under the Victorian Football Association's rival throw-pass rules from 1946 until 1948, meaning that throwing the football in general play was legal during those years. [3]

Current clubs

ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundEst.Years in KIFAKIFA Premierships
TotalYears
Currie
Essendon Football Club colours.svg
RobinsCurrie Football Ground, Currie 19041904-431907, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1948, 1954, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2024
Grassy
Hawthorn Football Club Colours.svg
HawksGrassy Football Oval, Grassy 19191919; 1939-171946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1978, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023
North
North Football Club colours.jpg
BulldogsCurrie Football Ground, Currie 19041904-47 (Australian record)1906, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1938, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2017, 2019

Previous clubs

ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundEst.Years in KIFAKIFA Premierships
TotalYears
Loorana
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Magpies19281928–193811936
Mount Stanley
RichmondDesign.svg
Tigers19491949–19710-
PegarahRovers19141920–19270-


Premierships

List of premiership teams of KIFA. [4]

Published books

References

  1. "ABC Rural". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 10 September 2023.
  2. "League rules on King Is". Examiner. Launceston, TAS: National Library of Australia. 11 May 1949. p. 15.
  3. http://www.australianrulesfootball.com.au/pages/kifatasau