AFL Mackay


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, Bakers Creek and Moranbah. The representative team is known as the Crows. The Premier division is now sponsored by Allied Pickfords Australia

History

The first Australian rules football matches in Mackay were held in 1885, however most clubs in the region later adopted rugby rules. 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, and North Mackay Colts.
  • 1971 Bakers Creek join.
  • 1975 Moranbah join.
  • 1977 Mackay City join.
  • 1980 Dysart join.
  • 1982 Middlemount join. Dysart and Middlemount, along with Moranbah, move to the Central Highlands AFL as shift work made it difficult to consistently field teams
  • 1983 Trend United break away from North Mackay
  • 1985 Airlie Beach come into the competition. They change their name to Whitsunday in 1990.
  • 1987 East Mackay and Trend United amalgamate to become known as Eastern Swans.
  • 1989 Moranbah return but the same problems arise and in 1993 again returned to the Central Highlands.
  • 1990 Mackay City change 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

Locations

Red = senior clubs
Yellow = junior-only clubs
Club locations - MackayClub locations - Greater Mackay

Senior

Juniors only

Former

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:
  • 1970 Dave Synnott
  • 1971
  • 1972
  • 1973
  • 1974 Frank Zeolla
  • 1975
  • 1976
  • 1977
  • 1978
  • 1979
  • 1980
  • 1981
  • 1982
  • 1983
  • 1984
  • 1985 Wayne Aspland
  • 1986
  • 1987
  • 1988
  • 1989
  • 1990
  • 1991
  • 1992
  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1997 Peter Morris
  • 1998 Robert Wells
  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004 Tyrone Kovacs
  • 2005 Ben Hazell
  • 2006 John Price
  • 2007 John Price
  • 2008 John Price
  • 2009 Paul Branchflower
  • 2010 Desmond Hayes
  • 2011 Heath Thiele
  • 2012 Mark Savikauskas
  • 2013 Blake Miles
  • 2014 Nathan Peters
  • 2015 Desmond Hayes
  • 2016 Desmond Hayes
  • 2017 James Gallagher
  • 2018 Cameron Hill
  • 2019 Darcy Mealy
  • 2020 Braeden Ebert
  • 2021 Alec Townsend
  • 2022 David Manning
  • 2023 Steven Pugh
  • 2023 Jacob Wilson
  • 2024 Chris Endres

    Premiers

  • 1970 East Mackay
  • 1971 Bakers Creek
  • 1972 Bakers Creek
  • 1973 East Mackay
  • 1974 North Mackay
  • 1975 Walkerston
  • 1976 North Mackay
  • 1977 Moranbah
  • 1978 Moranbah
  • 1979 Bakers Creek
  • 1980 East Mackay
  • 1981 Bakers Creek
  • 1982 Mackay City
  • 1983 North Mackay
  • 1984 Trend United
  • 1985 Mackay City
  • 1986 Mackay City
  • 1987 North Mackay
  • 1988 Eastern Swans
  • 1989 Bakers Creek
  • 1990 Bakers Creek
  • 1991 Bakers Creek
  • 1992 Bakers Creek
  • 1993 Whitsunday
  • 1994 Whitsunday
  • 1995 Whitsunday
  • 1996 Whitsunday
  • 1997 Northern Beaches
  • 1998 Eastern Swans
  • 1999 Bakers Creek
  • 2000 Mackay City
  • 2001 North Mackay
  • 2002 North Mackay
  • 2003 North Mackay
  • 2004 Whitsunday
  • 2005 Whitsunday
  • 2006 Whitsunday
  • 2007 North Mackay
  • 2008 North Mackay
  • 2009 Eastern Swans
  • 2010 Whitsunday
  • 2011 Mackay City
  • 2012 Mackay City
  • 2013 Mackay City
  • 2014 Moranbah
  • 2015 Eastern Swans
  • 2016 Mackay City Hawks
  • 2017 Whitsunday
  • 2018 Whitsunday
  • 2019 North Mackay
  • 2020 North Mackay
  • 2021 North Mackay
  • 2022 North Mackay
  • 2023 North Mackay
  • 2024 Eastern Swans
  • 2025 North Mackay

    Senior Mens Leading Goal Kickers

YearPlayerClubTotal 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
2001Greg BurdettNorth Mackay40
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 ColeNorth Mackay 104
2012 Troy Weller Whitsundays 76
2013 Michael Fisher Moranbah Bulldogs 76
2014 Mathew Stephens Mackay Hawks 97
2015Brodie SaltmarshMackay City Hawks65
2016Sean ReillyMackay City Hawks
2017Brendan RiddleNorth Mackay Saints71
2018Sean ReillyMackay City Hawks
2019Samuel DunbarNorth Mackay Saints70
2020Benjamin BarbaEastern Swans26
2021Benjamin BarbaEastern Swans63
2022Cody FilewoodNorth Mackay Saints64
2023Cody FilewoodNorth Mackay Saints50
2024Joel MitchellMackay Magpies58
2025Cameron HillNorth Mackay Saints54

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