West Kimberley Football Association

The West Kimberley Football Association is an Australian rules football competition in the far North West of Western Australia.
The league covers an area from Bidyadanga in the west to Derby in the east. Games are played during the day in Broome and Derby with the majority of games and all finals taking place on Haynes Oval in Broome. At the end of the 2005 season there were eight teams participating – Broome Bulls, Broome Saints, Towns, Bidyadanga Emus, Peninsula Bombers, Cable Beach Greenbacks, Derby Lightning and Mowanjum Hawks. In 2006 the Looma Eagles joined the competition after leaving the Central Kimberley Football League.

History

In 1921 the Broome Football Club was formed, local citizens signed up and two teams were formed. Using the residences of the players to divide the town in two. A line was drawn across the town and players living to the North of the line were zoned to North, and players living South of the line played for South. For six seasons this was the rule and it was a lopsided competition, South was the dominant team. In 1927 a redrawing of the zones resulted in two new teams, Marsh Rovers and the Wanderers. This was an attempt to revitalise the game in town but when the Great Depression hit it caused a downturn in economic activity and resulted in the lack of workers coming to town. Lack of workers meant lack of players and the game went into recess.
3 years later, in an attempt to revive the game the club returned to the original boundaries and origin teams. This lasted only a season and a half before the game was kaput.
After WWII there was an influx of workers to the town, The Japanese had bombed Broome during the war and the town needed rebuilding, The State and Federal Governments were involved and with the slogan of Populate or persist the game of Australian rules was revived. The first season was in 1949, three teams were formed, Commonwealth, Meatworks and Towns. This continued until 1955 when a fourth team was included, Broome Saints.

Clubs

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WFKA Seasons

2016 Season

Men's Competition
Premiers: Bidyadanga Emus
Bullen Medal : Angelo Thomas & Hayden McLeod

Team	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Bidyadanga	11	0	2	1	1229	734	167.44%	46	1st semi	Broome	8	12	60	Saints	6	8	44
Looma	10	0	4	0	1008	723	139.42%	40	2nd semi	Bidyadanga	12	6	78	Looma	8	6	54
Broome	10	0	4	0	909	684	132.89%	40	Preliminary	Looma	9	10	64	Broome	9	1	55
Saints	7	0	6	1	859	829	103.62%	30	Grand	Bidyadanga	8	8	56	Looma	6	12	48
Peninsula	6	0	6	2	1034	849	121.79%	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cable Beach	7	0	7	0	916	855	107.13%	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Towns	2	0	12	0	618	1313	47.07%	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derby	1	0	13	0	597	1183	50.46%	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2017 Season

Men's Competition
Premiers: Broome Bulls
Bullen Medal : Wade Wundungin

2020 Season

Cancelled due to State Government travel restrictions.

2021 Season

Men's Competition
Premiers: Cable Beach
Bullen Medal : Tristram Pigram

Team	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Cable Beach	14	0	1	0	1490	496	300.4%	52	1st semi	Bulls	9	5	59	Looma	7	9	51
Derby	12	0	2	0	1258	799	156.95%	48	2nd semi	Cable Beach	11	10	76	Derby	11	7	73
Looma	7	0	5	0	911	712	127.95%	34	Preliminary	Derby	15	8	98	Bulls	8	10	58
Bulls	8	0	6	0	850	887	95.83%	32	Grand	Cable Beach	16	7	103	Derby	8	7	55
Bidyadanga	6	0	6	0	1009	879	114.79%	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peninsula	4	0	9	0	783	1052	74.43%	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saints	3	0	11	0	786	1011	77.74%	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Towns	0	0	13	0	366	1617	22.63%	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Women's competition

West Kimberley	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Cable Beach	14	0	0	0	719	132	544.70%	56	1st Semi	Looma	7	22	64	Peninsula Bombers	2	1	13
Towns	11	0	3	0	647	259	249.81%	44	2nd Semi	Cable Beach	10	5	65	Towns	6	1	37
Looma	8	0	5	1	495	308	160.71%	34	Preliminary	Looma	8	6	54	Towns	8	5	53
Peninsula Bombers	6	0	7	1	199	442	45.02%	26	Grand	Cable Beach	7	4	46	Looma	3	9	27
Broome Bulls	5	0	9	0	359	336	106.85%	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bidyadanga Emus	5	0	9	0	259	653	39.66%	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saints	3	0	11	0	176	431	40.84%	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derby	3	0	11	0	304	353	86.12%	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2022 Season

Men's Competition
Premiers: Cable Beach
Bullen Medal : Benjamin Goldie

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Draws	Byes	Forfeits	For	Against	Percentage	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Cable Beach	14	14	0	0	0	0	1189	374	317.91%	56	1st semi	Towns	11	3	69	Looma	10	12	72
Derby	13	11	2	0	0	0	1425	553	257.69%	46	2nd semi	Cable Beach	13	9	87	Derby	9	4	58
Towns	14	8	5	0	0	1	959	833	115.13%	32	Preliminary	Derby	18	9	117	Looma	9	5	59
Looma	13	7	6	0	0	0	896	881	101.70%	30	Grand	Cable Beach	10	9	69	Derby	9	8	62
Bulls	14	7	7	0	0	0	673	958	70.75%	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saints	14	4	10	0	0	0	771	1057	72.94%	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bidyadanga	14	3	10	0	0	1	751	1118	67.17%	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peninsula	14	1	9	0	0	4	323	1213	26.63%	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Women's Competition

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Draws	Byes	Forfeits	For	Against	Percentage	Pts	-
Towns	14	11	1	0	2	0	775	79	981.01%	44
Cable Beach	14	11	1	0	2	0	567	112	506.25%	44
Bulls	14	7	5	0	2	0	417	302	138.08%	28
Peninsula	13	5	5	0	2	0	295	390	75.64%	24
Saints	14	2	9	1	2	0	176	506	34.78%	10
Derby	13	2	7	0	2	2	163	587	27.77%	8
Bidyadanga	14	1	8	1	2	2	150	567	26.46%	6

2023 Season

Men's Competition
Premiers: TBC
Bullen Medal : TBC

West Kimberley	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Towns	13	0	1	0	1127	426	264.55%	52	1st Semi	Derby	14	14	98	Looma	9	6	60
Cable Beach	12	0	2	0	1220	643	189.74%	48	2nd Semi	Towns	7	7	49	Cable Beach	6	7	43
Looma	10	0	4	0	1074	774	138.76%	40	Preliminary	Cable Beach	10	11	71	Looma	8	7	55
Derby	6	0	7	1	778	784	99.23%	26	Grand	Cable Beach	11	7	73	Towns	10	4	64
Broome Bulls	6	0	8	0	796	828	96.14%	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saints	4	0	10	0	693	1028	67.41%	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peninsula Bombers	3	0	10	1	400	1051	38.06%	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bidyadanga Emus	1	0	13	0	623	1177	52.93%	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Women's Competition

West Kimberley	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Towns	10	0	1	0	654	125	523.20%	40	1st Semi	Looma	6	9	45	Saints	1	1	7
Cable Beach	10	0	1	0	640	135	474.07%	40	2nd Semi	Cable Beach	1	8	14	Towns	1	5	11
Looma	7	0	4	0	512	246	208.13%	28	Preliminary	Looma	5	6	36	Towns	2	8	20
Saints	3	0	7	0	176	431	40.84%	12	Grand	Cable Beach	7	4	46	Looma	3	6	24
Derby	2	0	8	0	173	571	30.30%	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Broome Bulls	1	0	10	0	123	771	15.95%	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-