Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 in the Barossa Valley |
| Website | BL&GFA Sportingpulse |
| Current clubs |
Angaston Barossa District Freeling Gawler Central Kapunda Nuriootpa South Gawler Tanunda Willaston |
| Grounds | Angaston Recreational Park, Angaston Couthard Reserve, Nuriootpa Dutton Park, Kapunda Eldred Riggs Reserve, Evanston Freeling Oval, Freeling Gawler Showgrounds Oval, Gawler Goodger Reserve, Willaston Lyndoch Oval, Lyndoch Tanunda Oval, Tanunda Williamstown Oval, Williamstown |
| 2014 Season | |
| A Grade Premiers | Bailey Jones 20.12 (132) defeated South Gawler 14.14 (98) |
| Reserves Premiers | Gawler Central 17-8 (102) defeated Willaston 4-4 (28) |
| Senior Colts Premiers (U17 1/2) | Willaston defeated South Gawler by 40 points |
| Junior Colts Premiers (U15) | Gawler Central 11-4 (70) defeated Tanunda 4-8 (32) |
| Schluter Medallist | |
| Reserves Barossa and Light Herald Medallist | |
| Central Districts Senior Colts Medallist | |
| Des Shanahan Medallist | |
| A Grade Leading Goalkicker | |
| Reserves Leading Goalkicker | |
| Senior Colts Leading Goalkicker | |
| Junior Colts Leading Goalkicker | |
| The Barracker A Grade Rookie Of The Year | |
The Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association (BL&GFA) is an Australian rules football competition based chiefly in the Barossa Valley of South Australia, Australia. Only 42 kilometres north of the state capital of Adelaide, the BL&GFA is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League. In 2016, the Barossa District Bulldogs secured the A Grade premiership.[1] The president of the League currently is Mick Brien and the major sponsor of the league is the Grant Burge Winery.
The Kapunda Football Club is one of the oldest football clubs in the world to enjoy an uninterrupted identity. It was first originated by copper miners in 1866, while nearby the Gawler Football Club soon formed in 1868 - which existed until 1890.
In 1880, Gawler separated into two distinct clubs, Athenian and Havelock, followed by the Albion Football Club in 1881. Seven years later the clubs recombined to form another club bearing the name of Gawler. Along with Kapunda, this club was admitted with full senior status to the South Australian Football Association [2] state league in 1887. In 1890 Gawler left what is now the SANFL and folded, but a junior competition organised in the Gawler area to feed the main club remained to become the Gawler Football Association. In 1894, Kapunda formed an informal association with Angaston, Kapunda North, Greenock and Truro, most likely a precursor to the Barossa and Light Football Association which Kapunda later helped establish.
The Gawler Junior Football Association was formed in 1889 by founding clubs Gawler Central, South Gawler and Willaston. In 1890 the Gawler Junior Football Association changed its name to Gawler Football Association in which later early member clubs would include Roseworthy College, Salisbury and Hamley Bridge. Throughout the twentieth century a number of transient clubs from within the town - such as Shamrocks, Rivals, Imperials, North Gawler, Rovers and Gawler Colts, along with others outside of Gawler - including Greenock, Sandy Creek, Wasleys, Roseworthy, Rurals (a unification of Roseworthy and Wasleys), One Tree Hill, Kangaroo Flat and Angle Vale, would also spasmodically compete in the GFA first and second grades.
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