29-640: Border Downs may refer to: Border Downs, New South Wales , a town in Australia Border Downs/Tintinara Crows, an Australian rules football club in the Mallee Football League (South Australia) See also [ edit ] Border Down , a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game created in 2003 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
58-827: A grand final. Following the merger the Crows spent seven seasons competing in the RMFL before crossing to the South Australian version of the Mallee Football League. Since joining the MFL the club has been successful across all levels winning more premierships than any other club since the turn of the century. Border Downs Tintinara are considered to be one of the most successful teams in South Australian Country football, winning 5 premierships in
87-730: A microwave network connecting to Adelaide in May 2001. Agile's associated internet service provider , Internode Systems offered services through this DSLAM. Meningie has a warm-summer mediterranean climate ( Köppen: Csb), with warm, dry summers and mild, wetter winters. Mean maxima vary from 26.3 °C (79.3 °F) in February to 15.0 °C (59.0 °F) in July, while mean minima fluctuate between 14.2 °C (57.6 °F) in January and 6.8 °C (44.2 °F) in July. Annual precipitation
116-688: A port in December 1936. Boundaries for the locality were created for the "long established name" on 24 August 2000 and which include the Government Town of Meningie. Meningie was the first place in Australia to have ADSL broadband installed without using a Telstra DSLAM . Agile Communications installed their own DSLAM in Meningie in October 2003, following on from having established
145-1003: A row from 2010–14. Then adding to their total again in 2016. Border Downs Tintinara played their final season in the MFL in 2022 after agreeing to merge with Meningie to form the Coorong Cats Football Club and play in the River Murray Football League in 2023. Football started in Karoonda in the year 1914, two years after the town was settled. The first team was called Karoonda Football Club. In 1977 Borrika Football club (situated 16 km east of Karoonda) merged with Karoonda Football Club to be called Karoonda Borrika Football Club. In 1994 United (situated 12 km south of Karoonda) and Wynarka (situated 15 km west of Karoonda) Football Clubs merged with Karoonda Borrika Football Club to form Karoonda Districts Football Club. On 10 June 2005 Karoonda
174-527: Is based in Peake and include the surrounding towns of Geranium, Jabuk, Parrakie and Peake. The Club's colours are red, blue and yellow. The Peake Oval is most famous for being on a gradual downhill slant, which has created many mixed strategies to play effective football. Peake & District agreed to merge with Karoonda to join the River Murray Football League in 2023. Based in Pinnaroo , South Australia ,
203-479: Is directly opposite. In May 2013, a statue of an ostrich wearing a saddle was unveiled to commemorate the story of a local Irish bushranger, John Francis Peggotty , also known as "Birdman of the Coorong". Meningie is home to The Lakelander , a regional community newspaper whose geographical coverage includes Tailem Bend, Salt Creek, Narrung, Coonalpyn and Tintinara. The newspaper, first issued on 25 June 1976,
232-658: Is moderately low, averaging 467.5 mm (18.41 in) between 123.5 precipitation days. Despite this, the town has 61.0 clear days and 120.7 cloudy days per annum. Extreme temperatures have ranged from 46.1 °C (115.0 °F) on 24 January 2019 to −3.3 °C (26.1 °F) on 22 July 1972. Meningie has attractions and amenities for travellers and is the closest township to the Coorong National Park. The Lake provides visitors with many scenic locations and places to fish, swim, kayak, jet ski and water ski / wake-board. Bird watchers also enjoy coming to see
261-487: Is published in a magazine format. Meningie has a strong sporting culture, and has a well maintained oval, a fully watered, par 72, 18-hole golf course, bike tracks/ motocross jumps, sailing club, and also an airstrip for gliders, light aircraft and balloons. Meningie has a local Australian rules football club, founded around 1890, known as the Meningie Bears. On 12 December 2007, Meningie player Brodie Martin
290-579: Is the home of former Adelaide Crows player Rodney Maynard , who still plays an active part in the club. Based in Murrayville in Victoria , the Bulldogs are the only Victorian team in an otherwise South Australian league. The club's colours were red, white and blue. Prior to 1994 the club competed in various different competitions, with its most notable achievements coming during its stint in
319-503: The Lameroo and Districts Football League. Between 1979 and 1993 the Bulldogs qualified for the ultimate match of the season on no fewer than nine occasions, emerging victorious against Ngallo in 1980, and Lameroo North the following year as well as three seasons straight between 1984 and 1986. Since joining the MFL in 1994 Murrayville have generally been a mid-table team, however they had a great run of results between 2001–07, winning two of
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#1732801931693348-486: The Mallee League in 2002, winning 12 A grade premierships. After the majority of clubs agreed to move to neighbouring leagues, the Mallee Football League folded at the conclusion of the 2022 season. The Mallee Football League's season usually starts shortly after Easter. The season usually consists of 15 Rounds of three games, always on Saturdays (each team plays every other team three times) and two breaks during
377-756: The Pinnaroo Football Club plays its home games at the Pinnaroo Showgrounds. The Club has four teams in the Mallee Football League: "A" Grade, Reserves ("B" Grade), Senior Colts (Under 16's), and the Junior Colts (Under 13's). The colours of the Pinnaroo Supa Roos are red, white and black. The original Pinnaroo Football Club was established in 1908 and had won a total of half a dozen premierships by
406-540: The Pinnaroo Showgrounds with the Ngallo Demons Football Club in its final years until it went into recess in 2000. Ngallo's presence is still seen with the visitors rooms and interchanges bench in the navy and blue of the Demons. In 2007 the Pinnaroo Showgrounds suffered great damage after a mini-tornado hit the historic show pavilion and grandstand, fortunately after its demolition a smaller pavilion
435-732: The River Murray Football League since 1955, while Tintinara had been a member of the Tatiara Football League for the same length of time. Before joining the TFL Tintinara had enjoyed premiership success on three occasions in the Lakes District Football Association. The club later added a solitary TFL flag in 1977. Border Downs’ record was undistinguished as the club’s senior grade team never once made it as far as
464-584: The five Grand Finals they played in. Sadly in recent years junior numbers have dwindled with some of its under age teams not being able to compete due to low numbers in some years. This has seen a number of former Murrayville juniors move to neighbouring football clubs in Pinnaroo and Ouyen United (formerly Underbool-Walpeup). Murrayville agreed to join the Murray Valley Football League in 2023. The Peake & District Football club
493-696: The grand final. the winner of the Grand Final is declared the premiers. AFL Players Meningie, South Australia Meningie ( / m ə ˈ n ɪ ŋ ɡ i / mə- NING -ghee ) is a town on the south-east side of Lake Albert in South Australia . It is on the Princes Highway near The Coorong and was surveyed in 1866. The word Meningie is derived from "the Aboriginal word 'meningeng' meaning 'place of mud'". The town
522-616: The range of rare and vulnerable wildlife that the Lake and wetlands support. There are local 4WD tracks, bush walking trails, and indigenous cultural journeys at Camp Coorong. The Meningie Cheese Factory Museum Inc. is wholly owned and operated by volunteers, and is both educational and a tourist attraction for the town. It is alongside the Cheese Factory Restaurant and the Lake Albert Caravan Park which
551-545: The season for the Queens Birthday weekend and the other for the SA Country Carnival. Recently the MFL introduced one night game a year, usually at Murrayville . The finals series is based on a top four system: The top two play each other and the winner goes through to the Grand Final, the loser plays the winner of the match between the 3rd and 4th placed team. then the winner of that game goes through to
580-709: The season. During the Queens Holiday Weekend, the MFL selected a team to represent the Mallee against the Riverland. The league's Best & Fairest award was called the Mail Medal . Prominent players to play at a higher level include Nathan D. Brown (Melbourne FC, Australian Football League ), Trent Sporn (Carlton FC), Martin Mattner (Adelaide FC) and Rodney Maynard (Adelaide FC, AFL). The league
609-408: The time it split into two separate teams, North Pinnaroo and South Pinnaroo, in 1925. In 1944 these two teams amalgamated and the resultant club, known as Pinnaroo, won premierships both that year and in 1946 before splitting in two again in 1947. This is how things remained until 1974 when North and South joined forces once more, giving birth to today’s Pinnaroo Supa Roos. Between 1974 and 1993 Pinnaroo
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667-540: Was affiliated with the Lameroo and Districts Football League. The seniors won a premiership in their very first season, but thereafter the closest they got was runners-up in 1975, 1990 and 1993. Since commencing in the Mallee Football League in 1994 the Supa Roos have had mixed results across all levels, being one of the few teams in the league relying almost entirely on local players rather buying in players from other regions and Adelaide. The Pinnaroo Football Club shared
696-427: Was an Australian rules football competition in South Australia . The league comprised teams located in south eastern South Australia and one team (Murrayville) located in western Victoria . The football season started after Easter and ended in early September. The local newspaper The Border Times had extensive coverage of each week's results of the MFL. Coverage was also provided on WIN SA and Flow FM during
725-662: Was built in its place at the same time the clubrooms received a significant upgrade. Pinnaroo won the Mallee Football League's final A Grade premiership in 2022, breaking a 21 year drought. The Mallee Football League was formed in 1994 when the Lameroo & Districts Football League and the Murraylands Football League amalgamated. There were 7 clubs involved with Karoonda Districts, Lameroo, Murrayville, Ngallo, Parilla / Geranium, Peake & District and Pinnaroo. Parilla / Geranium went into recess in 1998 and Ngallo followed in 2001. Border Downs Tintinara joined
754-557: Was hit by a freak tornado which semi demolished the clubrooms. With support from the local council and many community and regional people and businesses the club rebuilt and improved the clubrooms to the excellent standard they are now, after spending the 2005 and 2006 seasons in portable rooms behind the western goals. Karoonda agreed to merge with Peake & Districts to join the River Murray Football League in 2023. Based in Lameroo , 200 kilometres east of Adelaide. Lameroo football club
783-497: Was rookie listed to Australian Football League (AFL) club Adelaide , becoming the first player from Meningie to be play for an AFL club. As of 2020 the league coach is Alex Scott. Other sporting clubs in Meningie include the Meningie Motorcycle Club, Lake Albert Golf Club, Meningie Sailing Club, Meningie Bowling Club, Meningie Pony Club, Meningie Netball Club, Meningie Aero Club and Lake Albert Gun Club. There
812-534: Was surveyed between March and June 1866 by W. Farquhar without any proclamation. Land was offered for sale on 23 August 1866. The name also was used for an "adjoining private subdivision of sections 104, 106/9 and 111" in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Bonney . A school was opened in 1869. A jetty was erected in 1867, with paddle steamers operating between Meningie and other ports on Lake Albert and Lake Alexandrina until 1927/1928. The town ceased to operate as
841-732: Was within the West Adelaide Football Club 's regional recruiting zone. Located in Tintinara and Coonalpyn , the Crows were in the MFL between 2001 and 2022. BDT FC was formed after the Border Downs and the Tintinara clubs merged. BDT were one of only two teams in the league to not be on the Mallee Highway , with the other being Karoonda. Prior to their amalgamation in 1993 Border Downs had competed in
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