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.
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 (North Naracoorte and South 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.
Tatiara FL
Tatiara FL had its origins in 1911. Teams from Mundulla, Bordertown, Wolseley and Servicetown were later joined by Kaniva, Lillimur and Federals.
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.
Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League
In 1993 the Kowree-Naracoorte Football League and the Tatiara Football League merged to form the Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League. The founding clubs were Apsley, Border Districts, Bordertown, Edenhope, Kaniva & Districts, Keith, Kingston, Kybybolite, Leeor, Lucindale, Mundulla, Naracoorte, Padthaway and Penola.
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
| Jumper | Club | Nickname | Years in comp | KNTFL Premierships | Premiership Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Border Districts (Frances/Goroke) |
Eagles | 1993- | - | - | |
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Bordertown | Roosters | 1993- | 1 | 2012 |
| Kaniva Leeor United | Cougars | 1997- | - | - | |
| Keith | Crows | 1993- | 2 | 2007-8 | |
| Kingston | Saints | 1993- | - | - | |
| Kybybolite | Tigers | 1993- | - | - | |
| Lucindale | Kangaroos | 1993- | 2 | 2005,2011 | |
| Mundulla | Tigers | 1993- | 9 | 1994-5-6-7-8-9, 2000, 2002, 2004 | |
| Naracoorte | Demons | 1993- | 3 | 2006, 2009–10 | |
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Padthaway | Lions | 1993- | 3 | 1993, 2014-15 |
| Penola | Eagles | 1993- | 3 | 2001, 2003, 2013 |
2009 Ladder
| KNT | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naracoorte | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2288 | 1025 | 69.06% | 52 |
| Lucindale | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2145 | 1097 | 66.16% | 52 |
| Keith | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1705 | 1095 | 60.89% | 52 |
| Mundulla | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1591 | 1299 | 55.05% | 40 |
| Kingston | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1761 | 1192 | 59.63% | 36 |
| Penola | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1495 | 1463 | 50.54% | 32 |
| Bordertown | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1584 | 1466 | 51.93% | 28 |
| Kybybolite | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1306 | 1419 | 47.93% | 24 |
| Border Districts | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1115 | 2096 | 34.72% | 16 |
| Padthaway | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1058 | 1898 | 35.79% | 16 |
| Kaniva-Leeor | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 556 | 2554 | 17.88% | 0 |
FINALS
| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elimination | Kingston | 16 | 8 | 104 | Mundulla | 8 | 11 | 59 |
| Qualifying | Lucindale | 14 | 15 | 99 | Keith | 9 | 5 | 59 |
| 1st Semi | Keith | 17 | 14 | 116 | Kingston | 10 | 6 | 66 |
| 2nd Semi | Naracoorte | 19 | 19 | 133 | Lucindale | 6 | 7 | 43 |
| Preliminary | Keith | 13 | 9 | 87 | Lucindale | 7 | 15 | 57 |
| Grand | Naracoorte | 17 | 15 | 117 | Keith | 11 | 8 | 74 |
2010 Ladder
| KNT | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kybybolite | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2134 | 1057 | 66.88% | 60 |
| Naracoorte | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2097 | 1294 | 61.84% | 56 |
| Mundulla | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2045 | 1433 | 58.80% | 48 |
| Bordertown | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1909 | 1657 | 53.53% | 40 |
| Lucindale | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1709 | 1499 | 53.27% | 40 |
| Kingston | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1641 | 1538 | 51.62% | 32 |
| Keith | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1469 | 1777 | 45.26% | 24 |
| Kaniva-Leeor | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1444 | 1753 | 45.17% | 20 |
| Penola | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1261 | 1774 | 41.55% | 16 |
| Padthaway | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1118 | 1852 | 37.64% | 12 |
| Border Districts | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1232 | 2425 | 33.69% | 4 |
FINALS
| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elimination | Lucindale | 14 | 10 | 94 | Bordertown | 12 | 11 | 83 |
| Qualifying | Naracoorte | 13 | 6 | 84 | Mundulla | 9 | 14 | 68 |
| 1st Semi | Mundulla | 13 | 13 | 91 | Lucindale | 8 | 8 | 56 |
| 2nd Semi | Kybybolite | 7 | 1 | 43 | Naracoorte | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| Preliminary | Naracoorte | 17 | 9 | 111 | Mundulla | 10 | 12 | 72 |
| Grand | Naracoorte | 15 | 14 | 104 | Kybybolite | 11 | 7 | 73 |
2011 Ladder
| KNT | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naracoorte | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2231 | 1356 | 62.20% | 60 |
| Lucindale | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2104 | 1025 | 67.24% | 56 |
| Kybybolite | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1787 | 1466 | 54.93% | 44 |
| Border Districts | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1640 | 1599 | 50.63% | 36 |
| Padthaway | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1541 | 1635 | 48.52% | 36 |
| Penola | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1582 | 1443 | 52.30% | 32 |
| Kaniva-Leeor | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1674 | 1537 | 52.13% | 28 |
| Mundulla | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1677 | 1479 | 53.14% | 26 |
| Keith | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1415 | 1531 | 48.03% | 22 |
| Bordertown | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1353 | 1898 | 41.62% | 12 |
| Kingston | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 751 | 2786 | 21.23% | 0 |
FINALS
| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elimination | Padthaway | 23 | 9 | 147 | Border District | 20 | 11 | 131 |
| Qualifying | Lucindale | 19 | 13 | 127 | Kybybolite | 10 | 7 | 67 |
| 1st Semi | Kybybolite | 17 | 14 | 116 | Padthaway | 15 | 11 | 101 |
| 2nd Semi | Lucindale | 28 | 12 | 180 | Naracoorte | 8 | 10 | 58 |
| Preliminary | Naracoorte | 17 | 13 | 115 | Kybybolite | 14 | 9 | 93 |
| Grand | Lucindale | 15 | 13 | 103 | Naracoorte | 11 | 11 | 77 |
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
Medalists
Virgo Medal
- 1993 Ashley Grant,Kaniva
Mail Medal
- 1993 Bernie Mulraney,Edenhope
Mail Medalists & Virgo Medalists (Combined in 1994)
- 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
Notable players from the area
The KNFL, TFL and KNTFL have produced:
- Aaron Fiora, Naracoorte
- John Hinge, Mundulla
- Daniel Bell, Kingston
- Glenn Hawker, Roger Merrett and Alastair Clarkson, Kaniva,
- Jack Redden, Simon Cox Keith
- Jack Trengove, Alex Forster, Lachie Neale, Kybybolite
- Reg Burgess, Apsley
- Phil Carman, Edenhope
- Andrew McKay, Lucindale
- Lincoln McCarthy, Lindsay Smith, David Grenvold Bordertown
Additionally some famous SANFL and AFL footballers have played in the league, including:
- Tony Modra, Simon Cox, Sudjai Cook - Keith
- Barrie Barbary, Ray Whittaker - Kybybolite
- Nigel Fiegert, Steven Brosnan, Phil Smith - Lucindale
- Bernie Vince, Daniel Hargraves - Border Districts
- Simon Cox - Naracoorte
- Scott Welsh, Ian Perrie, Justin Cicolella - Padthaway