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

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]

ZoneLeagues
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
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

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.

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

Bill Murdoch Medal

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

Year Medallist
2007Tony Fielke (Southern Districts)
2010Simon Dennis (Southern Districts)
2011Symon Chase (Western)
2012Steve Hill (Southern)
2013Andrew Michael (Central)
2014Luke 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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