# 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 (CKFL).

## 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 when 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
### Current

| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in WKFL | WKFL Premierships | WKFL Premierships |
| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in WKFL | Total | Years |
| Bidyadanga | | Emus | Bidyadanga Oval, Bidyadanga | – | 1983 | 1983–1986, 1988 | 3 | 1990, 2004, 2016 |
| Broome Bulls | | Bulls | Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome | – | 1949 | 1949- | 14 | 1954, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1982, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2017, |
| Broome Saints | | Saints | Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome | – | 1955 | 1955– | 11 | 1960, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979, 2005, 2006, 2010 |
| Cable Beach | | Greenbacks | Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome | – | 1991 | 1991- | 11 | 1996, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Derby Tigers | | Tigers | Derby Oval, Derby | DFA | 1977 | 1978–1982, 2009- | 0 | - |
| Looma Eagles | | Eagles | Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome | EKFL | 1992 | 2006– | 2 | 2013, 2018 |
| Peninsula Bombers | | Bombers | Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome | – | 1976 | 1976- | 4 | 1980, 1988, 1992, 2000 |
| Towns | | Falcons | Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome | – | 1949 | 1949– | 24 | 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2024 |

### Former

| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in WKFL | WKFL Premierships | WKFL Premierships | Fate |
| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in WKFL | Total | Years | Fate |
| Bandi | Dark with light stripes on left sie | Sharks | Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome | – | | | 1 | 1987 | Absorbed by Beagle Bay in 1999 |
| Commonwealth | | | Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome | – | 1949 | 1949-1959 | 1 | 1949 | Folded after 1959 season |
| Derby Magpies | | Magpies | Derby Oval, Derby | – | 1984 | 1984-1991 | 1 | 1984 | Disbanded to form a local competition in Derby after 1991 season |
| Derby Lightning | | Lightning | Derby Oval, Derby | – | 2003 | 2003 | 0 | - | Became Derby Tigers in 2009 |
| Marsh Rovers | Light with dark yoke | | Derby Oval, Derby | DFA | 1977 | | 0 | - | Left league after 1982 season. Merged with Derby Tigers to form Derby Hawks in 1984 |
| Mowanjum | | Hawks | Derby Oval, Derby | CKFL | | 2005 | 0 | - | Returned to Central Kimberley FL in 2006 |
| Roos | | Roos | Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome | – | | 1983-1987 | 0 | - | Folded after 1987 season |
| Warriors | | Warriors | Father McMahon and Nipper Roe Ovals, Broome | – | | 1970-1977 | 0 | - | Folded after 1977 season |

## WFKA Seasons
### 2012 Season

| Team | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
| Cable Beach | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1392 | 768 | 181.25% | 46 | 1st semi | Derby Tigers | 14 | 6 | 90 | Towns | 10 | 6 | 66 |
| Towns | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1221 | 818 | 149.27% | 38 | 2nd semi | Cable Beach | 15 | 5 | 95 | Looma | 9 | 5 | 59 |
| Looma | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1057 | 855 | 123.63% | 36 | Preliminary | Derby Tigers | 10 | 8 | 68 | Looma | 6 | 8 | 44 |
| Broome | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1091 | 912 | 119.63% | 32 | Grand | Cable Beach | 8 | 10 | 58 | Derby Tigers | 7 | 10 | 52 |
| Derby | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1107 | 995 | 111.26% | 32 |
| Saints | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 951 | 935 | 101.71% | 24 |
| Bidyadanga | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 825 | 1479 | 55.78% | 8 |
| Peninsula | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 565 | 1500 | 37.67% | 8 |

### 2013 Season

| Team | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
| Cable Beach | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1509 | 760 | 198.55% | 48 | 1st semi | Looma | 24 | 10 | 154 | Saints | 7 | 4 | 46 |
| Derby | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1662 | 788 | 210.91% | 44 | 2nd semi | Cable Beach | 18 | 7 | 115 | Derby | 9 | 7 | 61 |
| Looma | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1447 | 889 | 162.77% | 44 | Preliminary | Looma | 11 | 11 | 77 | Derby | 9 | 8 | 62 |
| Saints | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1369 | 1017 | 134.61% | 36 | Grand | Looma | 14 | 12 | 96 | Cable Beach | 14 | 10 | 94 |
| Bidyadanga | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1215 | 1201 | 101.17% | 20 |
| Broome | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1077 | 1228 | 87.70% | 20 |
| Towns | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 502 | 1788 | 28.08% | 8 |
| Peninsula | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 681 | 1792 | 38.00% | 4 |

### 2014 Season

| Team | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
| Cable Beach | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1335 | 695 | 192.09% | 52 | 1st semi | Derby | 8 | 9 | 57 | Bidyadanga | 14 | 10 | 94 |
| Looma | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1201 | 790 | 152.03% | 42 | 2nd semi | Cable Beach | 13 | 8 | 86 | Looma | 13 | 6 | 84 |
| Derby | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1209 | 873 | 138.49% | 38 | Preliminary | Looma | 12 | 8 | 80 | Bidyadanga | 12 | 5 | 77 |
| Bidyadanga | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1228 | 922 | 133.19% | 36 | Grand | Cable Beach | 15 | 12 | 102 | Looma | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| Saints | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 855 | 879 | 97.27% | 24 |
| Broome | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 799 | 1175 | 68.00% | 16 |
| Peninsula | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 720 | 1317 | 54.67% | 12 |
| Towns | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 522 | 1344 | 38.84% | 4 |

### 2015 Season

| Team | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
| Cable Beach | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1351 | 560 | 241.25% | 48 | 1st semi | Peninsula | 10 | 6 | 66 | Looma | 5 | 14 | 44 |
| Bidyadanga | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1269 | 758 | 167.41% | 48 | 2nd semi | Cable Beach | 13 | 8 | 86 | Bidyadanga | 6 | 6 | 42 |
| Looma | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1143 | 689 | 165.89% | 40 | Preliminary | Peninsula | 14 | 6 | 90 | Bidyadanga | 5 | 14 | 44 |
| Peninsula | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 931 | 865 | 107.63% | 32 | Grand | Cable Beach | 15 | 9 | 99 | Peninsula | 4 | 8 | 32 |
| Derby | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1112 | 840 | 132.38% | 28 |
| Broome | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 713 | 1114 | 64.00% | 20 |
| Towns | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 614 | 1147 | 53.53% | 4 |
| Saints | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 520 | 1680 | 30.95% | 4 |

### 2016 Season

Men's Competition
Premiers: Bidyadanga Emus
Bullen Medal (Best & Fairest): Angelo Thomas (Bidyadanga) & Hayden McLeod (Bulls)
| 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 (Best & Fairest): Wade Wundungin (Derby Tigers)
| Team | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
| Derby | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1293 | 657 | 196.80% | 44 | 1st semi | Bidyadanga | 11 | 3 | 69 | Cable Beach | 8 | 11 | 59 |
| Broome | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1103 | 634 | 173.97% | 44 | 2nd semi | Derby | 9 | 6 | 60 | Broome | 6 | 8 | 44 |
| Cable Beach | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1210 | 732 | 165.30% | 40 | Preliminary | Looma | 10 | 10 | 70 | Bidyadanga | 10 | 7 | 67 |
| Bidyadanga | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1060 | 816 | 129.90% | 36 | Grand | Broome | 11 | 6 | 72 | Derby | 10 | 4 | 64 |
| Looma | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1071 | 800 | 133.88% | 28 |
| Peninsula | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1093 | 1137 | 96.13% | 24 |
| Towns | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 663 | 1396 | 47.49% | 8 |
| Saints | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 429 | 1750 | 24.51% | 0 |

### 2020 Season

* Cancelled due to State Government travel restrictions.

### 2021 Season

Men's Competition
Premiers: Cable Beach
Bullen Medal (Best & Fairest): Tristram Pigram (Saints)
| 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 (Best & Fairest): Benjamin Goldie (Towns)
| 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 (Best & Fairest): 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 |

## Bullen Medal Winners

2013: Joseph Dann (Cable Beach)
2014: Hayden McLeod (Bulls)
2015: Gerrick Weedon (Derby)
2016: Angelo Thomas (Bidyadanga) and Hayden McLeod (Bulls)
2017: Wade Wundungin (Derby)
2018: Wade Wundungin (Derby), Anthony Treacy (Cable Beach) & Zephenier Skinner (Looma)
2019: Angelo Thomas (Bidyadanga)
2020: Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021: Tristram Pigram (Saints)
2022: Benjamin Goldie (Towns)