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West Kimberley Football Association

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West Kimberley Football League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025 WKFA Season
FormerlyBroome Football Association
SportAustralian rules football
Founded1921
No. of teams8 Men's, 7 Women's
CountryAustralia
VenueBroome, Western Australia
Most recent
champions
Men's: Cable Beach (12)
Women's: Towns
Most titlesTowns (24)
SponsorKimberley Physiotherapy
Websitewfkl.asn.au

The West Kimberley Football Association is an Australian rules football competition in the far North West of Western Australia.

A match in the West Kimberley Football League between Towns and Looma Eagles

The league covers an area from Bidyadanga in the west to Derby in the east. Games are played during the day in Broome and Derby with the majority of games and all finals taking place on Haynes Oval in Broome. At the end of the 2005 season there were eight teams participating – Broome Bulls, Broome Saints, Towns, Bidyadanga Emus, Peninsula Bombers, Cable Beach Greenbacks, Derby Lightning and Mowanjum Hawks. In 2006 the Looma Eagles joined the competition after leaving the Central Kimberley Football League (CKFL).

History

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In 1921 the Broome Football Club was formed, local citizens signed up and two teams were formed. Using the residences of the players to divide the town in two. A line was drawn across the town and players living to the North of the line were zoned to North, and players living South of the line played for South. For six seasons this was the rule and it was a lopsided competition, South was the dominant team. In 1927 a redrawing of the zones resulted in two new teams, Marsh Rovers and the Wanderers. This was an attempt to revitalise the game in town but when the Great Depression hit it caused a downturn in economic activity and resulted in the lack of workers coming to town. Lack of workers meant lack of players and the game went into recess. 3 years later, in an attempt to revive the game the club returned to the original boundaries and origin teams. This lasted only a season and a half before the game was kaput.

After WWII there was an influx of workers to the town, The Japanese had bombed Broome during the war and the town needed rebuilding, The State and Federal Governments were involved and with the slogan of Populate or persist the game of Australian rules was revived. The first season was in 1949, three teams were formed, Commonwealth, Meatworks and Towns. This continued until 1955 when a fourth team was included, Broome Saints.

Clubs

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Source:[1]

Locations

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30km
19miles
Peninsula
Looma
Derby
Cable Beach
Broome (Bulls,
Saints, Towns)
Bidyadanga
Locations of the West Kimberley FL clubs. All clubs except Bidyadanga and Derby play home games in Broome.

Current

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Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in WKFL WKFL Premierships
Total Years
Bidyadanga (La Grange 1985, 1989)
Emus Bidyadanga Oval, Bidyadanga 1983 1983-1986, 1988 3 1990, 2004, 2016
Broome Bulls (Meatworks 1949-78, 1981-94, Demco 1979-80)
Bulls Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome 1949 1949- 14 1954, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1982, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2017,
Broome Saints
Saints Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome 1955 1955– 11 1960, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979, 2005, 2006, 2010
Cable Beach (Nyul Nyul 1991-93)
Greenbacks Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome 1991 1991- 12 1996, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
Looma
Eagles Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome CKFL 1992 2006– 2 2013, 2018
Towns
Falcons Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome 1949 1949– 24 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2024

Former

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Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in WKFL WKFL Premierships Fate
Total Years
Bardi (Lombadina 1981-82, One Arm Point 1984) Dark with light stripes on left side Sharks Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome 1981 1981-1982, 1984, 1987-1993 1 1987 Folded after 1993 season
Commonwealth
Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome 1949 1949-1959 1 1949 Folded after 1959 season
Derby Magpies
(1984-90)
(1991)
Magpies Derby Oval, Derby 1984 1984-1991 1 1984 Disbanded to form a local competition in Derby after 1991 season
Derby Lightning Lightning Derby Oval, Derby 2003 2003-2005 0 - Became Derby Tigers in 2009
Derby Tigers
Tigers Derby Oval, Derby DFA 1977 1977–1982, 2009-2025 0 - Entered recess after 2025 season
Marsh Rovers Light with dark yoke Derby Oval, Derby DFA 1977 ?-1982 0 - Left league after 1982 season. Merged with Derby Tigers to form Derby Hawks in 1984
Mowanjum
Hawks Derby Oval, Derby CKFL 2005 0 - Returned to Central Kimberley FL in 2006
North Broome
(1921-?)
(1927)
1921 1921-1927, 1933-1934 3 1921, 1926, 1933 Replaced by Rovers and Wanderers one game into 1927 season. Folded after 1934 season
Peninsula Bombers (Beagle Bay 1976-98)
Bombers Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome 1976- 1976-2025 4 1980, 1988, 1992, 2000 Entered recess after 2025 season
Roos (Swans 1983)
Roos Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome 1983 1983-1987 0 - Folded after 1987 season
Rovers
1927 1927-1928 1 1927 Folded after 1928 season
South Broome
1921 1921-1927, 1933-1934 5 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1934 Replaced by Rovers and Wanderers one game into 1927 season. Folded after 1934 season
Warriors Warriors Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome 1970 1970-1977 0 - Folded after 1977 season
Wanderers
1927 1927-1928 1 1928 Folded after 1928 season

Premierships

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Year Premier Score Runner-up Notes
2025 Cable Beach 9.6 (60) - 6.6 (42) Towns
2024 Towns 10.2 (62) - 4.9 (33) Cable Beach
2023 Cable Beach 11.7 (73) - 10.4 (64) Towns
2022 Cable Beach 10.9 (69) - 9.8 (62) Derby
2021 Cable Beach 16.7 (103) - 8.7 (55) Derby
2020 - WKFL in recess due to COVID-19
2019 Cable Beach 12.6 (78) - 8.1 (49) Bulls
2018 Looma 12.10 (82) - 11.10 (76) Cable Beach
2017 Bulls 10.10 (70) - 10.4 (64) Derby
2016 Bidyadanga 8.8 (56) - 6.12 (48) Looma
2015 Cable Beach 15.9 (99) - 4.8 (32) Bombers
2014 Cable Beach 15.12 (102) - 2.3 (15) Looma
2013 Looma 14.12 (96) - 14.10 (94) Cable Beach
2012 Cable Beach 8.10 (58) - 7.10 (52) Derby
2011 Cable Beach 8.13 (67) - 8.9 (63) Bombers
2010 Saints 11.8 (74) - 9.9 (63) Bombers
2009 Cable Beach 9.8 (62) - 5.4 (34) Bombers
2008 Towns 7.4 (46) - 5.3 (33) Saints
2007 Cable Beach 10.9 (69) - 7.6 (48) Towns
2006 Saints 12.10 (82) - 7.8 (50) Towns
2005 Saints 10.17 (77) - 6.6 (42) Bulls
2004 Bidyadanga 5.12 (42) - 4.14 (38) Towns
2003 Towns 18.14 (122) - 10.5 (65) Bidyadanga
2002 Towns 7.14 (56) - 8.6 (54) Saints
2001 Bulls
2000 Bombers
1999 Bulls 11.6 (72) - 6.9 (45) Bombers
1998 Bulls 8.10 (58) - 5.10 (40) Beagle Bay
1997 Bulls 11.12 (78) - 9.12 (66) Beagle Bay
1996 Cable Beach Margin: 18 points Beagle Bay
1995 Bulls 10.6 (66) - 7.3 (45) Towns
1994 Towns 11.12 (78) - 5.8 (38) Bidyadanga
1993 Towns
1992 Beagle Bay 8.9 (57) - 7.8 (50) Towns
1991 Towns 13.10 (88) - 9.11 (65) Beagle Bay
1990 Bidyadanga 8.18 (66) - 9.9 (63) Beagle Bay
1989 Meatworks 23.12 (150) - 8.13 (61) Bardi
1988 Beagle Bay Margin: 3 points Bardi
1987 Bardi 15.9 (99) - 9.12 (66) Beagle Bay
1986 Towns 16.3 (99) - 12.7 (79) Beagle Bay
1985 Towns Roos
1984 Derby 16.10 (106) - 11.8 (74) Saints
1983 Towns Margin: 1 point Saints
1982 Meatworks Beagle Bay
1981 Towns Saints
1980 Beagle Bay Towns
1979 Saints Margin: 11 points Beagle Bay
1978 Towns 17.16 (118) - 10.9 (79) Derby
1977 Towns 13.11 (89) - 9.16 (70) Derby
1976 Towns Beagle Bay
1975 Towns Margin: 15 goals Meatworks
1974 Towns Meatworks
1973 Saints Meatworks
1972 Saints 7.12 (54) - 3.10 (34) Meatworks
1971 Saints
1970 Meatworks
1969 Towns
1968 - WKFA in recess
1967 Saints
1966 Saints
1965 Saints
1964 Meatworks
1963 Meatworks
1962 Meatworks Saints
1961 Towns Saints
1960 Saints Towns
1959 Towns
1958 Commonwealth
1957 Meatworks
1956 Towns
1955 Towns
1954 Meatworks 15.10 (100) - 5.8 (38) Towns
1953 Towns 15.14 (104) - 8.4 (52) Commonwealth
1952 Towns 13.15 (93) - 11.10 (76) Meatworks
1951 Towns Commonwealth Grand Final drawn, Towns awarded premiership (not sure if there was a replay?
1950 Meatworks 30.19 (199) - 8.7 (55) Towns
1949 Commonwealth 10.19 (79) - 6.11 (47) Towns
1935-48 WKFA in recess
1934 South Broome North Broome
1933 North Broome South Broome
1929-32 WKFA in recess
1928 Wanderers 16.16 (112) - 9.10 (64) Rovers
1927 Rovers Wanderers Rovers won on forfeit as Wanderers could not field enough players
1926 North Broome 12.12 (84) - 8.4 (52) South Broome
1925 South Broome 8.15 (63) - 7.9 (51) North Broome
1924 South Broome 5.7 (37) - 4.10 (34) North Broome
1923 South Broome 8.16 (64) - 3.20 (44) North Broome
1922 South Broome 13.13 (91) - 3.10 (34) North Broome
1921 North Broome 6.13 (49) - 6.7 (43) South Broome

WFKA Seasons

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2012 Season

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Team Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Cable Beach 110211392768181.25%461st semiDerby Tigers14690Towns10666
Towns 90411221818149.27%382nd semiCable Beach15595Looma9559
Looma 90501057855123.63%36PreliminaryDerby Tigers10868Looma6844
Broome 80601091912119.63%32GrandCable Beach81058Derby Tigers71052
Derby80601107995111.26%32
Saints5072951935101.71%24
Bidyadanga20120825147955.78%8
Peninsula20120565150037.67%8

2013 Season

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Team Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Cable Beach 120201509760198.55%481st semiLooma2410154Saints7446
Derby 110301662788210.91%442nd semiCable Beach187115Derby9761
Looma 110301447889162.77%44PreliminaryLooma111177Derby9862
Saints 905013691017134.61%36GrandLooma141296Cable Beach141094
Bidyadanga509012151201101.17%20
Broome50901077122887.70%20
Towns20120502178828.08%8
Peninsula10130681179238.00%4

2014 Season

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Team Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Cable Beach 130101335695192.09%521st semiDerby8957Bidyadanga141094
Looma 100311201790152.03%422nd semiCable Beach13886Looma13684
Derby 90411209873138.49%38PreliminaryLooma12880Bidyadanga12577
Bidyadanga 80421228922133.19%36GrandCable Beach1512102Looma2315
Saints608085587997.27%24
Broome40100799117568.00%16
Peninsula30110720131754.67%12
Towns10130522134438.84%4

2015 Season

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Team Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Cable Beach 120201351560241.25%481st semiPeninsula10666Looma51444
Bidyadanga 120201269758167.41%482nd semiCable Beach13886Bidyadanga6642
Looma 100401143689165.89%40PreliminaryPeninsula14690Bidyadanga51444
Peninsula 8060931865107.63%32GrandCable Beach15999Peninsula4832
Derby70701112840132.38%28
Broome5090713111464.00%20
Towns10130614114753.53%4
Saints10130520168030.95%4

2016 Season

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Men's Competition

Premiers: Bidyadanga Emus

Bullen Medal (Best & Fairest): Angelo Thomas (Bidyadanga) & Hayden McLeod (Bulls)

Team Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Bidyadanga 110211229734167.44%461st semiBroome81260Saints6844
Looma 100401008723139.42%402nd semiBidyadanga12678Looma8654
Broome 10040909684132.89%40PreliminaryLooma91064Broome9155
Saints 7061859829103.62%30GrandBidyadanga8856Looma61248
Peninsula60621034849121.79%28
Cable Beach7070916855107.13%28
Towns20120618131347.07%8
Derby10130597118350.46%4

2017 Season

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Men's Competition

Premiers: Broome Bulls

Bullen Medal (Best & Fairest): Wade Wundungin (Derby Tigers)

Team Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Derby 110301293657196.80%441st semiBidyadanga11369Cable Beach81159
Broome 110301103634173.97%442nd semiDerby9660Broome6844
Cable Beach 100401210732165.30%40PreliminaryLooma101070Bidyadanga10767
Bidyadanga 90501060816129.90%36GrandBroome11672Derby10464
Looma70701071800133.88%28
Peninsula60801093113796.13%24
Towns20120663139647.49%8
Saints00140429175024.51%0

2018 Season

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2019 Season

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2020 Season

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  • Cancelled due to State Government travel restrictions.

2021 Season

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Men's Competition

Premiers: Cable Beach

Bullen Medal (Best & Fairest): Tristram Pigram (Saints)

Team Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Cable Beach 140101490496300.4%521st semiBulls9559Looma7951
Derby 120201258799156.95%482nd semiCable Beach111076Derby11773
Looma 7050911712127.95%34PreliminaryDerby15898Bulls81058
Bulls 806085088795.83%32GrandCable Beach167103Derby8755
Bidyadanga60601009879114.79%30
Peninsula4090783105274.43%16
Saints30110786101177.74%12
Towns00130366161722.63%0

Women's competition

West Kimberley Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Cable Beach 14000719132544.70%561st SemiLooma72264Peninsula Bombers2113
Towns 11030647259249.81%442nd SemiCable Beach10565Towns6137
Looma 8051495308160.71%34PreliminaryLooma8654Towns8553
Peninsula Bombers 607119944245.02%26GrandCable Beach7446Looma3927
Broome Bulls5090359336106.85%20
Bidyadanga Emus509025965339.66%20
Saints3011017643140.84%12
Derby3011030435386.12%12

2022 Season

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Men's Competition

Premiers: Cable Beach

Bullen Medal (Best & Fairest): Benjamin Goldie (Towns)

Team Played Wins Losses Draws Byes Forfeits For Against Percentage Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Cable Beach 141400001189374317.91%561st semiTowns11369Looma101272
Derby 131120001425553257.69%462nd semiCable Beach13987Derby9458
Towns 1485001959833115.13%32PreliminaryDerby189117Looma9559
Looma 1376000896881101.70%30GrandCable Beach10969Derby9862
Bulls147700067395870.75%28
Saints14410000771105772.94%16
Bidyadanga14310001751111867.17%12
Peninsula1419004323121326.63%4

Women's Competition

Team Played Wins Losses Draws Byes Forfeits For Against Percentage Pts
Towns 1411102077579981.01%44
Cable Beach 14111020567112506.25%44
Bulls 1475020417302138.08%28
Peninsula 135502029539075.64%24
Saints 142912017650634.78%10
Derby 132702216358727.77%8
Bidyadanga 141812215056726.46%6

2023 Season

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Men's Competition

Premiers: TBC

Bullen Medal (Best & Fairest): TBC

West Kimberley Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Towns 130101127426264.55%521st SemiDerby141498Looma9660
Cable Beach 120201220643189.74%482nd SemiTowns7749Cable Beach6743
Looma 100401074774138.76%40PreliminaryCable Beach101171Looma8755
Derby 607177878499.23%26GrandCable Beach11773Towns10464
Broome Bulls608079682896.14%24
Saints40100693102867.41%16
Peninsula Bombers30101400105138.06%14
Bidyadanga Emus10130623117752.93%4

Women's Competition

West Kimberley Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Towns 10010654125523.20%401st SemiLooma6945Saints117
Cable Beach 10010640135474.07%402nd SemiCable Beach1814Towns1511
Looma 7040512246208.13%28PreliminaryLooma5636Towns2820
Saints 307017643140.84%12GrandCable Beach7446Looma3624
Derby208017357130.30%8
Broome Bulls1010012377115.95%4

Bullen Medal Winners

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Year Winner(s) Club(s)
1949Tom BrownCommonwealth
1953Sid TollentinoTowns
1954Ernie RahmanTowns
1955Ernie RahmanTowns
1972Joe RoeSaints
1973John CoxSaints
1974Cliff RoonanWarriors
1975Phil GranthamTowns
1976Peter MarshallSaints
1977Greg HowardTowns
1978Alec DannSaints
1979Peter JackamarraBeagle Bay
1980Alec DannBeagle Bay
1981Mark NorvalDerby
1982Ron FoyMeatworks
1983Julius BarkerTowns
1984Tommy NichollsOne Arm Point
1985Mark JamesTowns
1986Mark JamesTowns
1987Kevin EjaiBardi
1988Terry CoxBeagle Bay
1989Wayne EdgarBidyadanga
1990Glen FouldsBeagle Bay
1991Patrick Cox; Justin SampiBeagle Bay; Bardi
1992Patrick CoxBeagle Bay
1993Chad McElroyTowns
1994Gavin GreavesCable Beach
1995Revel Oakley; Stephen CoxSaints; Beagle Bay
1996Patrick CoxBeagle Bay
1997Chad McElroyBulls
1998Clem RodneyBulls
1999Brendon CoxPeninsula Bombers
2000Don CruttendenCable Beach
2001Gavin MitchellSaints
2002Brendon CoxPeninsula Bombers
2003Davo CoxPeninsula Bombers
2004Joe SaraTowns
2005Bart PigramSaints
2006Lyle BuckLooma
2007Joseph DannCable Beach
2008Lyle BuckLooma
2009Tim RichterTowns
2010Lyle BuckLooma
2011Geoff ClarkeBombers
2012Ben SaundersBulls
2013Joseph DannCable Beach
2014Hayden McCleodBulls
2015Gerrick WeedonDerby Tigers
2016Angelo Thomas; Hayden McCleodBidyadanga; Bulls
2017Wade WungundinDerby Tigers
2018Wade Wungundin; Anthony Treacy; Zephenier SkinnerDerby Tigers; Cable Beach; Looma
2019Angelo ThomasBidyadanga
2020(No award due to Covid)
2021Tristram PigramSaints
2022Benjamin GoldieTowns
2023Daniel MooreBulls
2024Kane Tribbick; Brennan GillamSaints; Looma
2025 CJ Oakley Cable Beach

References

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  1. "Premierships".
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