King Island Football Association

The King Island Football Association (KIFA) is an Australian rules football competition held in Tasmania, Australia. Three clubs from small communities on King Island compete for the premiership every year.

History

The formation of the competition was originally thought to be in 1908. However the first games were played in 1903 between North and Currie football clubs. The King Island Football Association (KIFA) was formed in 1914 with the introduction of the third team the Pegarah rovers.The competition peaked at 4 teams in the 1950s with the introduction of the Grassy and Mount Stanley football clubs.In the interim Pegarah Rovers had folded, Pegarah and loorana fielded teams but disbanded by 1938.^[1]

One of Australia's most isolated, and almost certainly its smallest football league, the three teams play ten games each in a fifteen round competition plus finals.^[2]

The King Island Football Association played under the Victorian Football Association's rival throw-pass rules from 1946 until 1948, meaning that throwing the football in general play was legal during those years.^[3]

Premierships

List of premiership teams of KIFA.^[4]

1904 unknown
1905 unknown
1906 NORTH
1907 CURRIE
1908 CURRIE
1909 Unknown
1910 CURRIE
1911 Unknown
1912 CURRIE
1913 NORTH
1914 NORTH
1915 NORTH
1916 NO PREMIERSHIP AWARDED
1917 NO PREMIERSHIP AWARDED
1918 NO PREMIERSHIP AWARDED
1919 CURRIE
1920 CURRIE
1921 CURRIE
1922 NORTH
1923 CURRIE
1924 CURRIE
1925 NORTH
1926 CURRIE
1927 NORTH
1928 NORTH
1929 CURRIE
1930 NORTH
1931 CURRIE
1932 NORTH
1933 CURRIE

1934 CURRIE
1935 CURRIE
1936 LOORANA
1937 CURRIE
1938 NORTH
1939 CURRIE
1940 NORTH
1941 NO PREMIERSHIP AWARDED
1942 NO PREMIERSHIP AWARDED
1943 NO PREMIERSHIP AWARDED
1944 NO PREMIERSHIP AWARDED
1945 NORTH
1946 GRASSY
1947 GRASSY
1948 CURRIE
1949 GRASSY
1950 NORTH
1951 NORTH
1952 NORTH
1953 GRASSY
1954 CURRIE
1955 GRASSY
1956 NORTH
1957 GRASSY
1958 GRASSY
1959 NORTH
1960 CURRIE
1961 NORTH
1962 CURRIE
1963 CURRIE

1964 CURRIE
1965 NORTH
1966 NORTH
1967 CURRIE
1968 CURRIE
1969 NORTH
1970 NORTH
1971 NORTH
1972 CURRIE
1973 NORTH
1974 NORTH
1975 CURRIE
1976 NORTH
1977 CURRIE
1978 GRASSY
1979 CURRIE
1980 NORTH
1981 CURRIE
1982 CURRIE
1983 NORTH
1984 NORTH
1985 NORTH
1986 CURRIE
1987 NORTH
1988 CURRIE
1989 CURRIE
1990 CURRIE
1991 NORTH
1992 CURRIE
1993 NORTH

1994 NORTH
1995 CURRIE
1996 CURRIE
1997 NORTH
1998 GRASSY
1999 NORTH
2000 NORTH
2001 NORTH
2002 NORTH
2003 NORTH
2004 NORTH
2005 GRASSY
2006 GRASSY
2007 NORTH
2008 NORTH
2009 GRASSY
2010 CURRIE
2011 CURRIE
2012 GRASSY
2013 NORTH
2014 GRASSY
2015 GRASSY
2016 CURRIE
2017 NORTH
2018 CURRIE
2019 NORTH
2020 No competition
2021 GRASSY
2022 GRASSY
2023 GRASSY
2024 CURRIE

Current Clubs

Club	Nickname	Joined League	Premierships
Currie	Robins	1904–	43
Grassy	Hawks	1919; 1939–	17
North	Bulldogs	1904–	47 (Australian record)

Previous Clubs

Club	Nickname	In League	Premierships
Loorana		1928–1938	1
Mount Stanley	Tigers	1949–1971
Pegarah	Rovers	1920–1927

Published books

Australian rules football in Tasmania, John Stoward, 2002, ISBN 0-9577515-7-5
Beyond the Big Sticks, Paul Daffey, 2003, ISBN 0-7344-0498-0

References

^ *Australian rules football in Tasmania , John Stoward, 2002 ,ISBN 0-9577515-7-5
^ "ABC Rural". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 September 2023.
^ "League rules on King Is". Examiner. Launceston, TAS: National Library of Australia. 11 May 1949. p. 15.
^ http://www.australianrulesfootball.com.au/pages/kifatasau

[1] *Australian rules football in Tasmania , John Stoward, 2002 ,ISBN 0-9577515-7-5

[2] "ABC Rural". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 September 2023.

[kingisland-3] "League rules on King Is". Examiner. Launceston, TAS: National Library of Australia. 11 May 1949. p. 15.

[4] ttp://www.australianrulesfootball.com.au/pages/kifatasau

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