Great Flinders Football League
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The Great Flinders Football League (GFFL) is an Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 competition based in the Eyre Peninsula
Eyre Peninsula
Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded on the east by Spencer Gulf, the west by the Great Australian Bight, and the north by the Gawler Ranges. It is named after explorer Edward John Eyre who explored some of it in 1839-1841. The coastline was first explored by...

 region of South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League
South Australian National Football League
The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....

. In 2006 Ramblers Football Club were premiers, defeating Tumby Bay Football Club.

Current clubs

Jumper Club Nickname Joined competition GFFL premierships Premiership years
Cummins Kapinnie
Cummins, South Australia
Cummins is a town on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, 67 km north of Port Lincoln and 68 m above sea level. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 705....

Cougars 1997
(Merger of Cummins and Kapinnie)
2 2000-01
Eyre United Saints 1971
(from Port Lincoln FL
Port Lincoln Football League
The Port Lincoln Football League is an Australian rules football competition based at the southern extremity of the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia...

)
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Lock
Lock, South Australia
also known as the most amazing town in AustraliaLock is a small wheatbelt town located in the centre of the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. It is central Eyre Peninsula's main grain storage hub, as it is surrounded by a predominantly farming community, with emphasis on cereal crop production...

Roos 1971
(from Le Hunte FL)
2 1996-97
Ramblers Magpies 1927 39 1930, 1932, 1935-36, 1946, 1948-49-50, 1952, 1957-58-59, 1961, 1964, 1968-69-70-71-72-73-74-75-76-77-78-79-80-81-82, 1998, 2002-03, 2006, 2008, 2010
Tumby Bay
Tumby Bay, South Australia
Tumby Bay is a coastal town situated on the Spencer Gulf, on the eastern coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, 45 km north of Port Lincoln...

Blues 1981
(from Port Lincoln FL
Port Lincoln Football League
The Port Lincoln Football League is an Australian rules football competition based at the southern extremity of the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia...

)
4 1995, 1999, 2007, 2009
United Yeelanna
Yeelanna, South Australia
Yeelanna is a locality on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The locality is in the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula local government area, west of the state capital Adelaide, via the Sea SA ferry across Spencer Gulf.-References:...

Eagles 1964
(Merger of Karkoo-Murdinga United and Yeelanna)
4 1967, 1983, 1986–87

Brief history

The Great Flinders Football League began in 1927 with founding clubs including Cummins, Cummins Ramblers, Mortlock, Mount Hope, Rovers, Shannon and Yallunda Flat.
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