Western Eyre Football League

The Western Eyre Football League (WEFL), formerly Far West Football League (FWFL), is an Australian rules football competition based in the Ceduna area of the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. As of March 2021, the league includes clubs in Ceduna, Thevenard, Koonibba Aboriginal community, Penong (Western United FC), Streaky Bay (West Coast Hawks) and Wirrulla.

Western Eyre Football League
Most recent season or competition:
2023
FormerlyCounty of Way Football Association
(1909–1948)
Murat Bay Football League
(1949–1961)
Far West Football League
(1962–2020)
SportAustralian rules football
Founded1909
Inaugural season1909
No. of teams6
Most recent
champion(s)		Western United
(11th Premiership)
(2023)
Most titlesKoonibba
(37 Premierships)
Related
competitions		Mortlock Shield, SANFL
Official websitehttps://www.greatflinders.com

It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League.

Brief history

The County Of Way Football Association was formed in 1909, with founding clubs including Charra, Denial Bay, Goode, Koonibba, Murat and Penong. Fowlers Bay also wished to join the league but was denied entry due to excessive travel distance.

In 1948 The league changed its name to Murat Bay Football League changed and then Far West Football League in 1962.

The Koonibba Roosters are the oldest continuing Aboriginal football club in Australia, having named their Team of the Century in 2009.[1]

The West Coast Hawks of Streaky Bay and Wirrulla club joined the league in March 2021, after the Mid West Football League was wound up permanently. Around the same time, the Far West Football League changed its name to the Western Eyre Football League.[2]

Current Clubs
Jumper Club Location Nickname Founded Years in comp WEFL premierships Premiership years[3]
 Blues

Formally Ceduna Blues & Ceduna-Smokey Bay Blues

 Ceduna Blues 1989 1989– 5 1997, 1999, 2009, 2016, 2022
 Koonibba Koonibba Roosters 1906, 1909–1937, 1947– 37 1910, 1922, 1925–28, 1938–40, 1946–49, 1951, 1954, 1956–57, 1960–61, 1963, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1994–96, 1998, 2001–02, 2010–12, 2014, 2017
 Thevenard Thevenard Magpies 1927 1927– 23 1959, 1967–74, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1983–87, 1989, 1991–93, 2013, 2015
 Western United Penong Tigers 1974 1974– 11 1980, 2000, 2003–08, 2018–19, 2023
 West Coast Streaky Bay Hawks 1999 2021– 1 2021
 Wirrulla Wirrulla Bombers 1919 2021– 0

Premiers

List of Premiership teams of the Western Eyre Football League.[4]

Ladders

2011 Ladder
Far West Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Koonibba 11010147052073.87%221st SemiThevenard111379Ceduna-Smoky Bay Blues51444
Western United 9030140172965.77%182nd SemiKoonibba1911125Western United10262
Ceduna-Smoky Bay Blues 3090545153926.15%6PreliminaryWestern United1925139Thevenard7749
Thevenard 10110684131234.27%2GrandKoonibba1711113Western United11268

2012 Ladder
Far West Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Koonibba 10020143884063.13%201st SemiCeduna-Smoky Bay Blues141296Thevenard101171
Western United 8040123987158.72%162nd SemiKoonibba2014134Western United13684
Ceduna-Smoky Bay Blues 6060992115446.23%12PreliminaryCeduna-Smoky Bay Blues13886Western United11571
Thevenard 00120723152732.13%0GrandKoonibba2417161Ceduna-Smoky Bay Blues12981

2013 Ladder
Far West Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Western United 8040127882060.92%161st SemiKoonibba3617233Ceduna-Smoky Bay Blues11975
Thevenard 7050122798955.37%142nd SemiThevenard12981Western United10767
Koonibba 70501347108955.30%14PreliminaryKoonibba1917131Western United61147
Ceduna-Smoky Bay Blues 20100790174431.18%4GrandThevenard121789Koonibba102282

References
  1. "Koonibba unveils 100-year team - Aboriginal Football". Aboriginal Football : The Indigenous Game. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  2. "Mid West Football League has folded". BigFooty. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. Country Footy 2010 Archived 2012-07-22 at archive.today
  4. "A Grade Premiers - Western Eyre Football League".

Further reading
  • Country Footy
  • Encyclopedia of South Australian country football clubs, compiled by Peter Lines. ISBN 9780980447293
  • South Australian country football digest, by Peter Lines ISBN 9780987159199
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