Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League
The Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League. One unusual aspect of the league is that it includes clubs from both South Australia and Victoria. The 2018 league medalist was Tim McIntyre and George Thring.
History
Kowree-Naracoorte FL
This league was founded in 1937 when two competitions joined to create the Kowree-Naracoorte Football League. Towns of Apsley and Edenhope from the Shire of Kowree in Victoria got together with teams from Kybybolite, Frances and Naracoorte. After World War 2 Lucindale was admitted, then the two Naracoorte clubs merged to form Naracoorte, and Frances merged with Minimay to form Border Districts. The six team competition was later joined in the 1960s by Kingston and Padthaway. Penola joined from the Western Border Football League in 1988.KNFL Premiershttp://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3798-0-0-0&sID=279066
- 1950 Edenhope
- 1951 Kybybolite
- 1952 Apsley
- 1953 Naracoorte
- 1954 Naracoorte
- 1955 Apsley
- 1956 Kybybolite
- 1957 Edenhope
- 1958 Edenhope
- 1959 Naracoorte
- 1960 Edenhope
- 1961 Kybybolite
- 1962 Border Districts
- 1963 Naracoorte
- 1964 Naracoorte
- 1965 Apsley
- 1966 Kybybolite
- 1967 Border Districts
- 1968 Kybybolite
- 1969 Lucindale
- 1970 Lucindale
- 1971 Edenhope
- 1972 Edenhope
- 1973 Kybybolite
- 1974 Kybybolite
- 1975 Border Districts
- 1976 Border Districts
- 1977 Naracoorte
- 1978 Naracoorte
- 1979 Border Districts
- 1980 Border Districts
- 1981 Border Districts
- 1982 Kingston
- 1983 Kingston
- 1984 Kingston
- 1985 Apsley
- 1986 Edenhope
- 1987 Edenhope
- 1988 Edenhope
- 1989 Penola
- 1990 Penola
- 1991 Border Districts
- 1992 Naracoorte
Tatiara FL
Kaniva and Federals merged to form Kaniva & Districts in 1948, and Serviceton and Lillimur merged to form Leeor in 1950. Tintinara replaced Wolseley and the six team competition remain stable from the mid-1950s until 1991.
In 1992 Tintinara withdrew and merged with Border Downs reducing the league to five clubs; this was thought as unworkable, therefore a league merger was sought.
TFL Premiershttp://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3798-0-0-0&sID=279085
- 1921 Mundulla
- 1922 Bordertown
- 1923 Bordertown
- 1924 Kaniva
- 1925 Mundulla
- 1926 Bordertown
- 1927 Mundulla
- 1928 Kaniva
- 1929 Mundulla
- 1930 Mundulla
- 1931 Mundulla
- 1932 Mundulla
- 1933 Serviceton
- 1934 Mundulla
- 1935 Kaniva
- 1936 Serviceton
- 1937 Mundulla
- 1938 Mundulla
- 1939 Bordertown
- 1940 Goroke
- 1946 Serviceton
- 1947 Lillimur
- 1948 Mundulla
- 1949 Bordertown
- 1950 Leeor
- 1951 Mundulla
- 1952 Leeor
- 1953 Kaniva
- 1954 Keith
- 1955 Keith
- 1956 Kaniva
- 1957 Bordertown
- 1958 Kaniva
- 1959 Mundulla
- 1960 Kaniva
- 1961 Kaniva
- 1962 Keith
- 1963 Kaniva
- 1964 Kaniva
- 1965 Kaniva
- 1966 Leeor
- 1967 Bordertown
- 1968 Bordertown
- 1969 Kaniva
- 1970 Kaniva
- 1971 Bordertown
- 1972 Bordertown
- 1973 Mundulla
- 1974 Leeor
- 1975 Bordertown
- 1976 Bordertown
- 1977 Tintinara
- 1978 Keith
- 1979 Keith
- 1980 Keith
- 1981 Keith
- 1982 Keith
- 1983 Mundulla
- 1984 Bordertown
- 1985 Kaniva
- 1986 Bordertown
- 1987 Bordertown
- 1988 Mundulla
- 1989 Mundulla
- 1990 Bordertown
- 1991 Mundulla
- 1992 Bordertown
Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League
Kaniva & Districts and Leeor merged in 1997 to form Kaniva Leeor United.
Apsley and Edenhope in 1999 merged to form Edenhope-Apsley and in 2006 moved to the Horsham & District Football League.
Current clubs
2007 Ladder
2008 Ladder
2009 Ladder
2010 Ladder
2011 Ladder
2012 Ladder
2013 Ladder
2014 Ladder
2015 Ladder
2016 Ladder
2017 Ladder
KNTFL A Grade Premierships
- 1993 Padthaway
- 1994 Mundulla
- 1995 Mundulla
- 1996 Mundulla
- 1997 Mundulla
- 1998 Mundulla
- 1999 Mundulla
- 2000 Mundulla
- 2001 Penola
- 2002 Mundulla
- 2003 Penola
- 2004 Mundulla
- 2005 Lucindale
- 2006 Naracoorte
- 2007 Keith
- 2008 Keith
- 2009 Naracoorte
- 2010 Naracoorte
- 2011 Lucindale
- 2012 Bordertown
- 2013 Penola
- 2014 Padthaway
- 2015 Padthaway
- 2016 Penola
- 2017 Lucindale
- 2018 Mundulla
- 2019 Mundulla
Medalists
- 1993 Ashley Grant,Kaniva
- 1993 Bernie Mulraney,Edenhope
- 1994 Richard Gould, Lucindale
- 1995 Terry Woodall, Keith
- 1996 Phil Forster, Naracoorte
- 1997 Jamie Walker, Penola
- 1998 Tim Beacham, Apsley
- 1999 Simon Beggs, Kingston
- 2000 Simon Beggs, Kingston
- 2001 Ben Fennell, Penola
- 2002 Aaron Smart and Phil Smith, Lucindale
- 2003 Lindsay Smith, Bordertown
- 2004 Heath Thorpe, Mundulla
- 2005 Nigel Fiegert, Lucindale
- 2006 Hamish Tamlin, Keith
- 2007 Matt Gill, Naracoorte
- 2008 Mark Snowball, Lucindale
- 2009 Adam Pitt, Lucindale
- 2010 Luke Duncan, Penola
- 2011 Craig Beggs, Naracoorte
- 2012 Jared Greenbank, Kaniva Leoor
- 2013 Dylan Coxon, Penola
Leading Goalkickers
- 1993 Andrew Zealand, Padthaway 76
- 1994 Roger Gibbs, Penola 78
- 1995 Roger Gibbs, Penola 94
- 1996 Matthew Jess, Edenhope 112
- 1997 Roger Gibbs, Penola 106
- 1998 Eric Martin, Keith 85
- 1999 Phil Pedler, Border Districts 103
- 2000 Nick Williams, Mundulla 85
- 2001 Jamie Walker, Penola 108
- 2002 Phil Smith, Lucindale 129
- 2003 Jamie Walker, Penola 136
- 2004 Tim Leach, Mundulla 98
- 2005 Phil Smith, Lucindale 127
- 2006 Stuart Cooper, Kingston 137
- 2007 Stuart Cooper, Kingston 105
- 2008 Nigel Fiegert, Lucindale 99
- 2009 Sam Logan, Naracoorte 108
- 2010 Heath Thorpe, Mundulla 97
- 2011 Simon Cox, Naracoorte 101
- 2012 Ben Gunning, Padthaway 66
- 2013 Adam Merrett, Penola 108
- 2014 Adam Merritt, Penola 120
- 2015 Ben Simound, Keith 105
- 2016 Gene Robinson, Bordertown 78
- 2017 Scott Carberry, Kybybolite 76
- 2018 Nicholas Mosey, Mundulla, 103
- 2019 Barry Macockiner, Mundulla, 130
Notable players from the area
- Aaron Fiora, Naracoorte
- John Hinge, Mitch Hinge Mundulla
- Michael Taylor, Daniel Bell, Kingston
- Glenn Hawker, Ashley Coutts, Roger Merrett and Alastair Clarkson, Kaniva,
- Jack Redden, Simon Cox Keith
- Jack Trengove, Alex Forster, Lachie Neale, Kybybolite
- Reg Burgess, Apsley
- Phil Carman, Edenhope
- Stephen Copping, Andrew McKay, Darcy Fogarty, Will Gould Lucindale
- Lincoln McCarthy, Lindsay Smith, David Grenvold Bordertown
- Tony Modra, Sudjai Cook - Keith
- Barrie Barbary, Ray Whittaker, Peter Woite - Kybybolite
- Nigel Fiegert, Steven Brosnan, Phil Smith, Tom Logan - Lucindale
- Donald Dickie, Bernie Vince, Daniel Hargraves - Border Districts
- Simon Cox, Chris Ladhams - Naracoorte
- Steven Sims, Scott Welsh, Ian Perrie, Justin Cicolella, Wade Thompson - Padthaway
- Cameron Hitchcock - Kaniva
- Matthew Lloyd - Penola
Books
- Encyclopedia of South Australian country football clubs / compiled by Peter Lines.
- South Australian country football digest / by Peter Lines