14-874: GFL may refer to: Sport [ edit ] Geelong Football League , an Australian rules football league Georgia–Florida League , a defunct minor baseball league German Football League , an American football league in Germany German Football League 2 , a tier-two American football league in Germany Gibraltar Football League , an association football league in Gibraltar Gippsland Football League , an Australian rules football league Goldfields Football League , an Australian rules football league Utah Girls Football League ,
28-486: A plan that would expand the second-tier Bellarine Football Netball League to 12 teams from 2025 with a path for a team to accept an invitation for promotion to the GFNL, replacing a club that would then be relegated from the GFNL. North Geelong The Don Mathieson Medal is presented to the league's best and fairest player at the conclusion of the home-and-away season . It is named after Don Mathieson OAM , who founded
42-561: A variety of clubs. The league was formed in 1979 when twelve clubs broke away from the Geelong & District Football League . The city and country clubs of the old GDFL were divided into the major league competition of the GFL and the minor league of the GDFL. Many of the teams in the lower league wanted a system of promotion and relegation , which was fought by the GFL until the early 1980s when
56-470: A youth American football league Other uses [ edit ] GFL Environmental , a Canadian waste collection company Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport (IATA: GFL), in Warren County, New York GDNF family of ligands Ghana Federation of Labour Great Food Live , a British television programme Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited , an Indian chemical company Topics referred to by
70-459: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Geelong Football League The Geelong Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league in Victoria , Australia. It is widely regarded as the highest standard Australian rules football league in regional Victoria, with several former AFL players now playing for
84-782: The Polwarth Football League , which had six of its former teams join. The competition was renamed the Bellarine Football League in 1986, and finally the Bellarine Football Netball League in 2011 when the local netball competition was administratively aligned with the football competition for the first time. Prior to 2011, netball clubs competed in a competition overseen by the Bellarine District Netball Association. The BFNL forms
98-696: The Victorian Country Football League held a hearing in Melbourne. As a result, a trial promotion-relegation system was put into place on a voluntary basis. Today, the GDFL is opposed to the promotion-relegation system, with a three-division, three league competition of the Geelong FL, Bellarine FL and Geelong & District FL in place in the Geelong region. In March 2024, following extensive consultation AFL Barwon detailed
112-443: The 2010s, and Torquay's James Darke, whose period of success overlapped with Finch to claim the award across nine seasons. Both Finch and Darke are also members of a group of five players who have won the award in consecutive seasons. The Leading Goalkicker Award is presented to the player who has kicked the most goals at the conclusion of the home-and-away season. Barwon Heads' Stephen "Chooka" Piec, described as "a poster boy for
126-541: The Bellarine in its formative years", holds the record for the most titles (four). The magical century-mark of goals has been reached 14 times throughout the regular season. Dominant Torquay forward Wayne Tyquin's three-year run of 349 cumulative goals from 1997 to 1999 capped off a five-year consecutive period where the league had at least one centurion. Overlap between the Leading Goalkicker Award and
140-482: The GNFL. The Les Ash Medal, named after the late longtime Bellarine football administrator, is presented to the league's best and fairest player at the conclusion of the home-and-away season . It was first named after Ash in 1989; previously it was known simply as the best and fairest medal. Two players have won the award on four occasions – Modewarre's Josh Finch, whose honours spanned seven seasons throughout
154-399: The league in 1979. Two players have won the award on three occasions: John Williams for Barwon and St Mary's across four seasons in the late 1980s, and Newtown & Chilwell's Matthew McMahon in consecutive seasons in the late 2010s. The award has been shared on eight occasions, most notably during a four-way tie in 1995. The Leading Goalkicker Award is presented to the player who has kicked
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#1732775572877168-525: The most goals at the conclusion of the home-and-away season. Bellarine Football Netball League The Bellarine Football Netball League (BFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula region of Victoria , Australia. Established in 1971 as the Bellarine & District Football League , the competition was formed out of the ashes of
182-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title GFL . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GFL&oldid=1195514291 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
196-541: The second tier of football in the Geelong area, along with the Geelong Football Netball League (GFNL) and the Geelong & District Football League . In March 2024, following extensive consultation AFL Barwon detailed a plan for expanding the BFNL to 12 teams from 2025 with a path for a team to accept an invitation for promotion to the GFNL, replacing a club that would then be relegated from
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