35-1286: The North West League can refer to: North West Football League , Australian rules football league in Tasmania North West Hockey League , ice hockey minor league in the United States and Canada North West Junior Hockey League , junior ice hockey league in Canada Northwest League , Minor League Baseball League in the United States and Canada North West Men's League , rugby league competition in England North West Merit League , rugby league competition in England North West Senior League , cricket league in Ireland North West Women's League , association football league in England Pacific Northwest League , early baseball league in
70-571: A 21-point triumph to the Blues. The inaugural Grand Final was held at Bellerive Oval on 19 September between old rivals Glenorchy and Clarence resulting in a thrilling 6-point victory to the Roos in front of 7,534 fans. The 2010 season started brightly with over 12,000 attending the first round of matches but soon after there was a great deal of off-field controversy with former Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon originally accepting an unpaid role acting as
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140-407: A mediator between the clubs and AFL Tasmania as the relationship between the clubs and the governing body had become further strained. However, after only two weeks of the season, three clubs (Clarence, North Launceston and North Hobart) had decided to do their own bidding and Lennon walked away from the position. There were further controversies, namely AFL Tasmania's decision to withdraw support for
175-592: A move due to the perilous financial position most of the participating clubs were left in after the previous competition was disbanded in 2000. Many believed the push for a return of the league was a direct result of the media and the Tasmanian State Government's strong campaign in getting a Tasmanian team admitted into the AFL . Under the AFL Tasmania plan, ten (10) clubs were invited to join
210-630: A result, the two leagues were wound up, and the Northern Tasmanian Football League was established in 1987 to feature all of the remaining clubs. The NTFL was considered a lower tier than the Statewide League, unlike its predecessors, which were of equal seniority. After the collapse of the Statewide League at the end of 2000, the northern and coastal clubs from that competition returned to the NTFL and dominated
245-587: A ten club competition in 2009. In 1944, the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) directors met to discuss restructuring of the league which was scheduled to return in 1945 after three seasons in recession due to World War II . The clubs would represent their various districts rather than being individual clubs. Two new clubs ( Hobart & Sandy Bay ) would join North Hobart and New Town at
280-477: Is considered to be one of the strongest leagues in the state and has a strong supporter following. Games in the NTFL average around 500 spectators. Tasmanian Football League The Tasmanian State League ( TSL ), colloquially known as the Tasmanian Football League ( TFL ), was the highest-level Australian rules football competition in the state of Tasmania . It disbanded following
315-580: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages North West Football League The North West Football League ( NWFL ) is an Australian rules football competition in North West Tasmania . The league was previously known as the Northern Tasmanian Football League ( NTFL ) from its inception in 1987 until the end of the 2014 season. Throughout and after
350-560: The Tasmanian Devils VFL team, created in 2001 which was owned and funded by the Australian Football League and administered by AFL Tasmania . After a hiatus of eight years, AFL Tasmania announced plans for a return of the statewide league in 2009. The concept attracted widespread public and media debate on the return of a statewide competition, with many in the football world hesitant over such
385-571: The 1986 season, greater northern Tasmania's two senior football competitions – the Launceston-based Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) and the north-western coast's North Western Football Union (NWFU) – each lost several clubs to the new TFL Statewide League in 1986. The NTFA had lost North Launceston, East Launceston and City-South: and the NWFU had lost Devonport and Cooee. As
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#1732779536432420-734: The Leading Goalkicker in the Tasmanian State League from 2009. It was presented to the best and fairest player in the TFL/TANFL from 1927 until 1929. It was replaced by the William Leitch Medal in 1930. It was presented to the best and fairest player in the TANFL from 1935 until 1939. It replaced the William Leitch Medal although it ended up being replaced by it in 1940 The William Leitch medal
455-559: The Reserve grade competition after the Burnie Dockers announced only days before the start of the season that they would not be fielding a reserve grade side. Two other clubs (Hobart and Launceston) also struggled to field a reserves team throughout the season, and as a result the competition was run by the clubs themselves for the remainder of the season. It would be axed at season's end. A finals set-up that included an extra week
490-684: The South, The Examiner in Launceston and the North as well as The Advocate on the North West Coast all provide extensive coverage of TSL football in their publications. The Tasmanian Football league crowds compete heavily with AFL matches on television. Crowds at the beginning of the season are usually quite high and are up with the mainland state football competitions. Attendances usually slide considerably until it will increase during
525-464: The Statewide League reserves; this increased the league numbers up to eight. In early 2017, Burnie withdrew from this arrangement, which dropped the number of teams down to seven. Then, in 2018, Burnie and Devonport withdrew their senior teams from the Statewide League and each entered the NWFL proper. The league's senior premiership is now contested by seven clubs. The Northern Tasmanian Football League
560-464: The TANFL would be known as the "Winfield League" under a naming-rights sponsorship arrangement with a tobacco company. The league disbanded due to a dwindling of clubs able to financially cope and fell under the umbrella of Football Tasmania (which was soon renamed AFL Tasmania ). Three regional leagues absorbed the clubs from the Statewide League. This was represented by the 2 main north–south leagues and subsidiary regional leagues which underpinned
595-508: The TFL as well as other leagues around the state during the half time break of their Saturday night AFL broadcast. League matches were formerly broadcast on radio from 1931 to 2000, however there are currently no radio broadcasts of TFL football with the exception of the Grand Final and the occasional roster game on ABC Local Radio which is also streamed online. The Hobart Mercury in
630-469: The United States See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "northwest league" or "north west league" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles beginning with North West League All pages with titles containing North West League Northwestern League (19th-century), an early central U.S. baseball league Northwestern League (1905–1917) ,
665-608: The best and fairest player in the Southern Football League since 2004. Currently there is no official magazine for games during the 2014 season. A new provider and TSL Record is currently being re-designed for the 2015 season and beyond through Tall Zebra Media. Currently Southern Cross Seven shows one game a week on Saturday afternoons. Previously ABC and WIN broadcast the league. All Tasmanian based stations have news and results shown regularly in their news broadcasts. Southern Cross report full-time scores from
700-582: The club to the North Hobart identity for season 2018 and beyond. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Since the first championship held in 1879, North Hobart has won the most premiers with 27 titles. The first champion ever was City FC, a club now defunct. Formerly known as the Tassie Medal , presented to the Best and Fairest player in the Tasmanian State League from 2009. Presented to
735-457: The competition for the next eight years (Burnie and Launceston won the next eight premierships between them). With the revival of the Statewide League in 2009, the same five clubs left the NTFL again (North Launceston, South Launceston, Launceston, Burnie and Devonport), resulting in the contraction of the league to a six-club coastal composition. In the early years, the NTFL was contested by a mixture of smaller northern and north-western clubs, but
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#1732779536432770-536: The competition. Clarence , Glenorchy , Hobart and North Hobart along with former Southern amateur club Lauderdale in the South. North Launceston , South Launceston and Launceston from the North and Devonport and Burnie Dockers from the North-West Coast. The response from many clubs was initially lukewarm at best with many concerned at the lack of detail in the AFL Tasmania plan and
805-481: The competition. At the end of the 1956 season, New Town FC relocated itself to the municipality of Glenorchy and absorbed the already existing local club Glenorchy Rovers; on 8 April 1957 the TANFL ratified the club's new name as "Glenorchy District Football Club", its new home ground was the 1950-built KGV Park . This era would be the strongest one for the league with a succession of star players in its ranks, record crowds and huge public support. From 1979 to 1985
840-661: The end of the 2024 season in preparation for the Tasmania Football Club to enter the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 2026. The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 as the Tasmanian Football Association (giving it some claim to the title of the third-oldest club football league in the world ), but the name "TFL" (also the state's football governing body)
875-560: The expense of Cananore and Lefroy which went out of existence during the World War II cessation. In 1947 the TANFL voted to include a further two clubs ( Clarence –formed in 1903– and New Norfolk –formed in 1878–) from the Southern District Football Association for a three-year probationary period. On 7 August 1950, the clubs unanimously voted to retain the two clubs as permanent members of
910-584: The newest Northern Tasmanian Football Association in 2014; despite this, the club went on to win the 2013 premiership, meaning that there was no defending premier in 2014. The club was replaced by the Prospect State Football Club, which competes under the formal club name of Western Storm Football Club . At the same time, the North Hobart Football Club was forced to disband as a team by AFL Tasmania in favour of
945-706: The newly established Hobart City Football Club , whilst the Hobart Tigers left for the Southern Football League . These movements were forced upon the league to make space for a new AFL Tasmania backed TSL club, the Kingborough Tigers Football Club . Prior to 2016, the Western Storm was rebranded as the Prospect Hawks ; but it was unable to field a senior team in 2016, managing only to field an uncompetitive team in
980-512: The northern clubs gradually departed, and since 2009 the league has been contested solely by clubs from the north-western coast, all with a NWFU history. Consequently, at the end of the 2014 season, the name of the league was changed to the North West Football League (NWFL). In 2015, Burnie and Devonport rejoined the competition, each fielding its reserves team in the NWFL seniors while continuing to field its senior team in
1015-601: The remaining clubs (most notably its closest and most bitter rival Devonport) exerted considerable pressure upon the League not to alter the current makeup of teams for a period of ten years, therefore Ulverstone were excluded from joining. SFL Premier League club Kingborough also lobbied AFL Tasmania to be included in the competition, but their case for inclusion was dismissed by the game's governing body due to their inadequate facilities and poor standard Kingston Beach Oval headquarters. Former TFL club New Norfolk (1947–1999)
1050-474: The reserves, before being expelled from the league at the end of the 2016 season. Prior to 2018, both north-western clubs – Burnie and Devonport – found themselves unable to viably field teams in the competition, with withdrew, reducing the size of the competition to seven teams. On 9 October 2017 the paying members of the Hobart City Demons voted 371–118 in favour of returning the playing name of
1085-462: The rushed decision-making process of the move. Ulverstone from the North West Coast bowed to pressure from its playing list and some factional groups within the club to put in a submission to join the competition in 2009. Despite a membership vote narrowly ending in favour of joining, the Robins had missed the AFL Tasmania enforced deadline and were initially to be included in the 2010 roster, however
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1120-559: Was also not invited to join the league because of their poor financial position. Also, as a result of the new competition getting off the ground, the Tasmania Devils VFL team was disbanded. On 4 April 2009, the opening match of the reformed competition took place at King George V Park between the reigning premiers of the SFL Premier League , Glenorchy and reigning NTFL premier Launceston and resulted in
1155-673: Was presented to the best & fairest player in the TANFL/TFL Statewide League from 1930 to 1934 and 1940–2000. As of 2009 when the Tasmanian State League was revived, AFL Tasmania decided to award the Tassie Medal to the best and fairest player in the revamped competition as it was seen (particularly in the North) that the William Leitch medal was too Hobart-centric. The medal continues to be presented to
1190-654: Was removed after it was liquidated with crushing debts in February 1999 and replaced by an independent commission ( Football Tasmania ) and the competition was renamed the Tasmanian State Football League (1999) and the SWL (2000) until the number of clubs in financial difficulty made the league unsustainable and it collapsed in December 2000. After long negotiations and discussions it was reinstated as
1225-480: Was roundly criticised by football pundits across the State and it failed to garner great enthusiasm amongst the footballing public as small crowds attended, with AFL Tasmania later admitting that they would be looking at returning to the more tradition Final Five set-up in 2011. During the 2013 season, South Launceston decided that it would not pursue a new TSL licence at the end of the season, and arranged to move into
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