Lameroo Hawks
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| General information | |
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| Founded | 1994 |
| Current clubs | Border Downs Tintinara FC, Karoonda Districts FC, Lameroo FC, Murrayville FC, Peake & District FC, Pinnaroo FC |
| Former clubs | Ngallo FC, Parilla FC |
| Grounds | Coonalpyn Oval, Karoonda Showgrounds, Lameroo Oval, Murrayville Cricket Ground, Peake Oval, Pinnaroo Showgrounds, Tintinara Oval |
| 2017 MFL season | |
| Premiers | Peake & District 7.11 (53) def Pinnaroo 7.6 (48) |
| Minor Premiers | Peake & District |
| Wooden spoon | Murrayville |
| Mail Medalist | Tyson Jenner (Pinn) |
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The Mallee Football League (MFL) is an Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The league comprises teams located in south eastern South Australia and one team (Murrayville) located in western Victoria.
The football season usually starts after Easter and ends in early September. The local newspaper The Border Times has extensive coverage of each week's results of the MFL. Coverage is also provided on WIN SA and Flow FM during the season. During the Queens Holiday Weekend, the MFL selects a team to represent the Mallee against the Riverland. It has become a recent tradition and draws a fair crowd every year. The league's Best & Fairest award is called the Mail Medal. Prominent players to play at a higher level include Nathan D. Brown (Melbourne FC, Australian Football League), Trent Sporn (Carlton FC), Martin Mattner (Adelaide FC) and Rodney Maynard (Adelaide FC, AFL). The league is within the West Adelaide Football Club's regional recruiting zone.
Located in Tintinara and Coonalpyn, the Crows have been in the MFL since 2001. The BDT FC was formed after the Border Downs and the Tintinara clubs merged. BDT are one of only two teams in the league to not be on the Mallee Highway, with the other being Karoonda.
Prior to their amalgamation in 1993 Border Downs had competed in the River Murray Football League since 1955, while Tintinara had been a member of the Tatiara Football League for the same length of time. Before joining the TFL Tintinara had enjoyed premiership success on three occasions in the Lakes District Football Association. The club later added a solitary TFL flag in 1977. Border Downs’ record was undistinguished as the club’s senior grade team never once made it as far as a grand final. Following the merger the Crows spent seven seasons competing in the RMFL before crossing to the South Australian version of the Mallee Football League. Since joining the MFL the club has been successful across all levels winning more premierships than another other club since the turn of the century.
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