AFL Mackay

AFL Mackay
FormerlyMackay Australian Football League
SportAustralian rules football
Founded1970
Divisions(3) Senior Men, Senior Women, Reserve Men
No. of teams6
CountryAustralia
Most recent
champion(s)		Senior Men: Eastern Swans Senior Women: Bakers Creek
(2024)
Most titlesSenior Men: North Mackay Saints (12) MJ Miller Medal: John Price (3: 2006, 2007, 2008), Desmond Hayes (3: 2010, 2015, 2016)
Sponsor(s)Allied Pickford's
Official websiteOfficial AFL Mackay Website

AFL Mackay is an amateur Australian rules football competition formed as the Mackay Australian Football League in 1970. It is headquartered in the city of Mackay with further clubs in Airlie Beach and Bakers Creek. The representative team is known as the Crows. The Premier division is now sponsored by Allied Pickfords Australia (renaming it to Allied Pickfords Cup)

History

The first Australian rules football matches in Mackay were held in 1885, however most clubs in the region later adopted rugby rules.[1] It would be almost a century before regular competition would again be played in the region.

The Mackay Australian Football League began in 1970 with founding clubs being the East Mackay Demons, West Mackay Magpies (later Walkerston), and North Mackay Colts.

  • 1971 Bakers Creek join.
  • 1975 Moranbah joined and stayed until 1982 when they returned to the central highland due to work commitments.
  • 1977 Mackay City joined the competition.
  • 1980 Dysart joined.
  • 1982 Middlemount joined. Dysart and Middlemount along with Moranbah returned the central highlands as shift work was being the killer for the teams.
  • 1983 There came a break away from the North Mackay team and they called themselves Trend United.
  • 1985 Airlie Beach came into the competition. They changed their name to Whitsunday in 1990.
  • 1987 East Mackay and Trend United amalgamated to become known as Eastern Swans.
  • 1989 Moranbah came back but the same problems arose, shift work and in 1993 again returned to the central highlands.
  • 1990 Mackay City changed their name to Northern Beaches and then back to Mackay City in 1998.
  • 2011 Andergrove Kangaroos joined the competition, changed their name to the Northern Beaches Magpies in 2012, and then to the Mackay Magpies in 2015.

Clubs

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Moranbah
Whitsunday
North Mackay
Mackay City
Mackay
Eastern
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Bakers Creek
Locations of the teams home grounds (Yellow = Junior only)
Club Colours Nickname Home Ground(s) Joined Premierships
Bakers Creek
Tigers Etwell Park. Pattinsons Lane, Bakers Creek 1971– 9 (1971, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999)
Eastern
(Known as East Mackay Demons 1970–1986)[2]
(Merged with Trend United in 1987)
Swans Rogers Oval. Petrie Street, South Mackay 1970– 7 (1970, 1973, 1980, 1988, 1998, 2009, 2015, 2024)
Mackay
(Known as Andergrove Kangaroos 2011)
(Known as Northern Beaches Magpies also)
Magpies Magpies Sports Park. Glenella Road, Glenella 2012– 0
Mackay City
(Known as Northern Beaches Hawks 1990–1997)
Hawks Harrup Park. Juliet Street, South Mackay 1977–1978, 1980– 8 (1985, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016)
North Mackay
(Known as North Mackay Colts 1970–1973)
Saints Zeolla Park. Cutler Drive, Beaconsfield 1970– 14 (1974, 1976, 1983. 1987, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Whitsunday
(Known as Airlie Beach Bloods 1985–1989)
Sea Eagles Whitsundays Sports Park. Shute Harbour Road, Jubilee Pocket 1985– 10 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2017, 2018)

Women and Juniors Only

Club Colours Nickname Home Ground(s) Years in League Premierships
Moranbah
Bulldogs Stevenson Sports Park, Moranbah 1975–1982, 1989–1991, 2006– 3 (1977, 1978, 2014)

Former

Club Nickname Years in competition Flags Premierships Years Notes
Alligator Creek Bombers Juniors only
Pioneer Valley Power Juniors only
Sarina Demons Juniors only
Trend United 1983–1986 1 1984 Merged with Eastern in 1987
Walkerston 1971–1986 1 1975

MJ Miller Medal

The MJ Miller Medal is awarded to the best & fairest player as voted by the umpires in the senior men's competition. The award is named after Mick Miller; formerly of the Walkerston Magpies, who was a driving force behind the introduction of AFL to the Mackay Region.

Previous Winners:

Premiers

[4]

Senior Mens Leading Goal Kickers

Year Player Club Total goals
1970 David Synnott North Mackay 31
1971 Mervyn Stevens Bakers Creek 66
1972 Mervyn Stevens Bakers Creek 54
1973 Mervyn Stevens Bakers Creek 105
1974 Len Holland North Mackay 65
1975 Mervyn Stevens Bakers Creek 65
1976 Chris Mouat Moranbah 57
1977 Chris Mouat Moranbah 113
1978 Ronald Perkins Moranbah 59
1979 Ness Berding Moranbah 102
1980 Mervyn Stevens Bakers Creek 91
1981 Kevin Kimber Bakers Creek 79
1982 Mervyn Stevens Mackay City 151
1983 Gary Chapman Mackay City 76
1984 Peter Smith Bakers Creek 59
1985 Allen Newman Trend United 99
1986 Peter Smith Bakers Creek 105
1987 Brian Park Bakers Creek 49
1988 Peter Harris Eastern Swans 100
1989 Anthony Baker Bakers Creek 216
1990 Anthony Baker Bakers Creek 136
1991 Peter Harris North Mackay 228
1992 Geoffrey Reid Eastern Swans 89
1993 Todd Watson Whitsunday 103
1994 Damian Quirk Whitsunday 64
1995 Paul Tascus Whitsunday 81
1996 Ben Kingsley Whitsunday 50
1997 Ty Miller North Mackay 53
1998 Matt Cumming Whitsunday 47
1999 Daniel Archer Eastern Swans 100
2000 Barry Goodwin Mackay City 57
2001 Greg Burdett North Mackay 40
2002 Lenard Egan North Mackay 54
2003 David Johnstone Mackay City 80
2004 David Johnstone Mackay City 63
2005 Sean Reilly Mackay City 60
2006 Lenard Egan North Mackay 80
2007 David Johnstone Mackay City 80
2008 Craig Dowdell North Mackay 108
2009 Grant Evans Mackay City 74
2010 Joshua Murray Bakers Creek 56
2011 Paul Cole North Mackay 104
2012 Troy Weller Whitsundays 76
2013 Michael Fisher Moranbah Bulldogs 76
2014 Mathew Stephens Mackay Hawks 97
2015 Brodie Saltmarsh Mackay City Hawks 65
2016 Sean Reilly Mackay City Hawks
2017 Brendan Riddle North Mackay Saints 71
2018 Sean Reilly Mackay City Hawks
2019 Samuel Dunbar North Mackay Saints 70
2020 Benjamin Barba Eastern Swans 26
2021 Benjamin Barba Eastern Swans 63
2022 Cody Filewood North Mackay Saints 64
2023 Cody Filewood North Mackay Saints 50
2024 Joel Mitchell Mackay Magpies 58

2008 Ladder

AFL Mackay Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
North Mackay 18 0 2 0 2938 879 334.24% 72 1st Semi Eastern Swans 13 9 87 Mackay City 12 14 86
Whitsundays 15 0 5 0 2752 1303 211.20% 60 2nd Semi North Mackay 16 16 112 Whitsundays 8 10 58
Mackay City 12 0 8 0 2050 1680 122.02% 48 Preliminary Eastern Swans 18 6 114 Whitsundays 14 20 104
Eastern Swans 9 0 11 0 2109 2342 90.05% 36 Grand North Mackay 25 17 167 Eastern Swans 8 11 59
Moranbah 4 0 16 0 1108 2468 44.89% 16
Bakers Creek 2 0 18 0 942 3227 29.19% 8

2009 Ladder

AFL Mackay Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Whitsundays 18 0 0 0 2356 975 241.64% 72 1st Semi Eastern Swans 21 6 132 Bakers Creek 5 7 37
Mackay City 11 0 7 0 2082 1234 168.72% 44 2nd Semi Whitsundays 15 5 95 Mackay City 12 5 77
Eastern Swans 11 0 7 0 1558 1499 103.94% 44 Preliminary Eastern Swans 17 10 112 Mackay City 11 12 78
Bakers Creek 7 0 11 0 1331 1800 73.94% 28 Grand Eastern Swans 11 6 72 Whitsundays 9 9 63
North Mackay 6 0 12 0 1443 1686 85.59% 24
Moranbah 1 0 17 0 788 2364 33.33% 4

2010 Ladder

AFL Mackay Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Whitsundays 15 0 3 0 1713 850 201.53% 60 1st Semi North Mackay 7 10 52 Bakers Creek 6 6 42
Mackay City 14 0 4 0 1875 784 239.16% 56 2nd Semi Mackay City 11 9 75 Whitsundays 8 13 61
North Mackay 10 0 8 0 1494 1127 132.56% 40 Preliminary Whitsundays 17 18 120 North Mackay 6 4 40
Bakers Creek 8 0 10 0 1337 1187 112.64% 32 Grand Whitsundays 16 12 108 Mackay City 7 6 48
Eastern Swans 6 0 12 0 1151 1547 74.40% 24
Moranbah 1 0 17 0 511 2586 19.80% 4

2011 Ladder

AFL Mackay Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Mackay City 16 0 0 0 1958 434 451.15% 64 1st Semi Andergrove 10 7 67 Whitsundays 6 4 40
North Mackay 12 0 3 1 1800 706 254.96% 50 2nd Semi Mackay City 6 6 42 North Mackay 5 9 39
Andergrove 9 0 7 0 1084 1169 92.73% 36 Preliminary North Mackay 15 7 97 Andergrove 4 6 30
Whitsundays 8 0 7 1 793 1122 70.68% 34 Grand Mackay City 9 13 67 North Mackay 3 9 27
Eastern Swans 7 0 9 0 867 1185 73.16% 28
Moranbah 3 0 13 0 468 1624 28.82% 12
Bakers Creek 0 0 16 0 304 1034 29.40% 0

2012 Ladder

AFL Mackay Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Mackay City 11 3 2 1 1499 520 288.27% 58 1st Semi Eastern Swans 17 7 109 North Mackay 8 5 53
Whitsundays 11 3 3 0 1513 659 229.59% 56 2nd Semi Whitsundays 13 10 88 Mackay City 9 15 69
North Mackay 9 3 5 0 1187 873 135.97% 48 Preliminary Mackay City 10 14 74 Eastern Swans 8 5 53
Eastern Swans 8 3 6 0 1162 853 136.23% 44 Grand Mackay City 12 9 81 Whitsundays 9 6 60
Magpies Northern Beaches 6 3 7 1 1030 864 119.21% 38
Moranbah 3 3 11 0 700 1430 48.95% 24
Bakers Creek 0 3 14 0 392 2284 17.16% 12

2013 Ladder

AFL Mackay Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Mackay City 14 3 2 0 2219 631 351.66% 68 1st Semi Moranbah 14 15 99 North Mackay 15 4 94
Eastern Swans 13 3 3 0 1825 826 220.94% 64 2nd Semi Mackay City 10 11 71 Eastern Swans 6 13 49
Moranbah 11 3 5 0 1887 940 200.74% 56 Preliminary Eastern Swans 7 9 51 Moranbah 5 13 43
North Mackay 8 3 8 0 1457 970 150.21% 44 Grand Mackay City 19 14 128 Eastern Swans 7 9 51
Whitsundays 7 3 9 0 1118 1446 77.32% 40
Magpies Northern Beaches 3 3 13 0 836 2165 38.60% 24
Bakers Creek 0 3 16 0 507 2871 17.70% 12

2014 Ladder

AFL Mackay Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Mackay City 12 3 2 0 1748 644 271.43% 60 1st Semi Eastern Swans 11 14 80 North Mackay 7 6 48
Moranbah 11 3 3 0 1620 794 204.03% 56 2nd Semi Moranbah 17 6 108 Mackay City 8 13 61
North Mackay 11 3 3 0 1382 746 185.25% 56 Preliminary Mackay City 12 9 81 Eastern Swans 10 8 68
Eastern Swans 8 3 6 0 1378 992 138.91% 44 Grand Moranbah 12 8 80 Mackay City 9 11 65
Whitsundays 4 3 10 0 903 1371 65.86% 28
Bakers Creek 3 3 11 0 583 1721 33.88% 24
Magpies Northern Beaches 0 3 14 0 506 1852 27.32% 12

See also

League

References

  1. ^ History of AFL in Queensland
  2. ^ "Grand Final Report". Daily Mercury. Mackay, Queensland. 7 September 1987. p. 26.
  3. ^ "Grand Final Report". Daily Mercury. Mackay, Queensland. 19 September 1988. p. 28.
  4. ^ "none". Daily Mercury. Mackay, Queensland.