Northern Tasmanian Football Association

The Northern Tasmanian Football Association 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 in northern Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

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This competition was formed in 1996 as a change of name from the Northern section of the Tasmanian Amateur Football League. This league is not related to the older version of the NTFA

Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886 - 1986)

The Northern Tasmanian Football Association was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1886 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and North West Football Union representing the rest of the state...

, which merged in 1987 with the NWFU

North West Football Union

The North West Football Union was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and Northern Tasmanian Football Association representing the rest of the state...

to form the Northern Tasmanian Football League

Northern Tasmanian Football League

The Northern Tasmanian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in northern Tasmania.-History:The Northern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1987 to replace the former Northern Tasmanian Football Association - no relation to the current NTFA - and the North Western...

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In 1998 six clubs from the defunct Esk-Deloraine FA joined the competition.

Division 1

Club	Nickname	Years in comp	NTFA Div. 1 Premierships
Bracknell Bracknell, Tasmania For the town of Bracknell in England, see BracknellBracknell is a small rural town in northern Tasmania, Australia. The town was established to serve the needs of the forestry industry but is now a centre for the local farming community. At the 2006 census, Bracknell had a population of 371...	Redlegs	1998-	-
Bridgenorth Bridgenorth Football Club Bridgenorth Football Club is a team formed in 1923 and from 1996- Now participated in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association...	Parrots	1996-	1996, 2010
Deloraine Deloraine, Tasmania Deloraine is a town on the Meander River, in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 50 km west of Launceston and 52 km south of Devonport along the Bass Highway. It is part of the Meander Valley Council. At the 2006 census, Deloraine had a population of 2,243.The region was...	Kangaroos	2004-	-
George Town George Town, Tasmania George Town is one of the larger towns in north-east Tasmania, on the eastern bank of the mouth of the Tamar River. At the 2006 census, George Town had a population of 4,266. It is the regional centre of the George Town Council Local Government Area....	Saints	1996-	2002-2009
Hillwood Hillwood, Tasmania Hillwood is a small town approximately north of Launceston with a population of just 339. Hillwood has a sports oval which is used by the Hillwood Sharks Football Club in the NTFA....	Sharks	1996-	1999-2000
Longford Longford Football Club The Longford Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Longford, Tasmania which currently compete in the modern Northern Tasmanian Football Association. From 1926 until 1986 they had played in the original Northern Tasmanian Football Association...	Tigers	1996-	-
Rocherlea Rocherlea, Tasmania Rocherlea is a northern suburb of Launceston and on the way to Lilydale, with a cluster of mainly brick suburban homes, this area is about ten minutes drive from the Launceston CBD. Services include a supermarket, local shops and schools....	Tigers	1996-	-
Scottsdale Scottsdale Football Club The Scottsdale Football Club is an Australian rules football club which competed in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association between 1948 and 1986. Scottsdale joined the Northern Tasmanian Football League in 1987...	Magpies	2000-	2001

Division Two

Club	Nickname	Years in comp	NTFA Div. 2 Premierships
Evandale Evandale, Tasmania Evandale is a small town in northern Tasmania, Australia. It sits on the banks of the South Esk River 18 km south of Launceston. A classified historic town, many of its buildings remain largely in original condition...	Eagles	1998-	-
Fingal Valley Fingal, Tasmania Fingal is a small Australian town located in Fingal Valley in the north-east of Tasmania, on the Esk Highway.-History:The Fingal area was surveyed in 1824 by Roderic O'Connor and John Helder Wedge, and is believed to have been named after Fingal's Cave in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland rather than...	Kangaroos	2002-	2007-08
Old Launcestonians	Blues	1996-	1997
Lilydale Lilydale, Tasmania Lilydale, originally known as Germantown, is a small town in northern Tasmania, Australia. The town is northeast of Launceston and is a part of the Launceston municipality. It is located near Mount Arthur. At the 2006 census, Lilydale had a population of 288...	Demons	2011-
Old Scotch Collegians	Thistles	1996-	2009-10
Perth Perth, Tasmania Perth is a town in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 20 km south of Launceston, on the Midland Highway. The town has a population of 1,984 and is averaging a 1% increase per year . Perth is part of the Northern Midlands Council. Federal Lyons MHR Dick Adams also has an office...	Magpies	1998-	-
South - Prospect Hawks	Hawks	2011-
St Patrick's Old Collegians St Patrick's Old Collegians Football Club St. Patrick's Old Collegians Football Club Inc. Est. 1931 is an Australian Rules Football Club in Prospect Vale, Tasmania, and competes in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association....	Saints	1996-	1996, 1999, 2002, 2004
Tamar Cats (Beauty Point Beauty Point, Tasmania Beauty Point is a town by the Tamar River, in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 45km north of Launceston, on the West Tamar Highway and at the 2006 census, had a population of 1,116. It is part of the Municipality of West Tamar Council.... -Beaconsfield Beaconsfield, Tasmania Beaconsfield is a town near the Tamar River, in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 40 kilometres north of Launceston on the West Tamar Highway. It is part of the Municipality of West Tamar... )	Cats	1996-	2003
University University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia... Mowbray Mowbray, Tasmania Mowbray is a suburb of Launceston in the Australian state of Tasmania, it also contains the minor suburbs of Mowbray Heights and Vermont.The name 'Vermont' was given to the area of Mowbray in about 1823 by William Effingham Lawrence, a famous Tasmanian pioneer and colonist...	Eagles	1996-	Div 1: 1997-98 Div 2: 2005-06

Former

Campbell Town - returned to Oatlands District Football Association
Oatlands District Football Association
The Oatlands District Football Association is a non-professional Australian rules football league from Tasmania, Australia.-Oatlands District Football Association Origins: 1952–1999:...

in 2009
Hagley - recess since 2001
Exeter - recess since 1991
St Marys - recess since 2002

2009 Ladders

NTFA Div 1	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Rocherlea	15	2	1	2259	1314	171.92%	62
George Town	14	4	0	1842	1261	146.07%	56
Scottsdale	13	5	0	1722	1239	138.98%	52
Bridgenorth	9	9	0	1692	1487	113.79%	36
Bracknell	9	9	0	1671	1738	96.14%	36
Longford	7	11	0	1477	1574	93.84%	28
Deloraine	2	15	1	1098	1935	56.74%	10
Hillwood	2	16	0	974	2187	44.54%	8

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	George Town	7	8	50	Scottsdale	6	4	40
Qualifying	Bridgenorth	10	11	71	Bracknell	10	9	69
1st Semi	Bridgenorth	18	12	120	Scottsdale	9	14	68
2nd Semi	Rocherlea	17	10	112	George Town	14	10	94
Preliminary	George Town	13	8	86	Bridgenorth	5	20	50
Grand	George Town	16	13	109	Rocherlea	15	17	107

Division 2
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NTFA Div 2	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Fingal Valley	14	2	2132	957	222.78%	56
Old Scotch	14	2	2112	981	215.29%	56
University/Mowbray	10	6	1862	1401	132.91%	40
Perth	10	6	1907	1647	115.79%	40
Tamar Cats	8	8	1813	1504	120.55%	32
St Patricks	5	11	1513	1752	86.36%	20
Evandale	2	14	1053	2161	48.73%	8
Old Launcestonians	1	15	897	2886	31.08%	4

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Perth	15	8	98	Tamar cats	14	7	91
Qualifying	Old Scotch	16	5	101	University/Mowbray	7	12	54
1st Semi	University/Mowbray	16	9	105	Perth	8	5	53
2nd Semi	Old Scotch	17	10	112	Fingal Valley	8	9	57
Preliminary	Fingal Valley	10	7	67	University/Mowbray	7	9	51
Grand	Old Scotch	6	8	44	Fingal Valley	2	7	19

External links

http://www.ntfa.org.au/

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