Biography

The Barkly Australian Football League (BAFL) is an Australian rules football competition based in Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory of Australia. The competition began in 1991 with all games played at Purkiss Reserve, Tennant Creek. BAFL season games could be played at Elliott oval from 2020 onwards due to the recent upgrade to the oval in 2019. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Current clubs

Colours	Club	Nickname	Location	Premierships	Runners Up	Notes
	Ali Curung Football Club	Kangaroos	Ali Curung	1	4
	Barkly Work Camp	All Stars	Barkly Work Camp, Tennant Creek	0	1
	Canteen Creek	Blues	Canteen Creek	0	0	Only field Senior Women's team
	Elliott Football Club	Hawks	Elliott	4	9
	Jalajirrpa Mission	Warriors	Tennant Creek	0	0
	Janapurlalki Football Club	Eagles	Tennant Creek	7	8
	Sporties Spitfires Football Club	Spitfires	Sporties Club, Tennant Creek	16	5
	YDU Football Club	Demons	Tennant Creek	0	0

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Former clubs

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Premierships

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Grand Finals

• 1991 – Sporties Spitfires 19.24 (138) def Memo Magpies 3.3 (21)
• 1992 – Sporties Spitfires 13.11 (89) def Memo Magpies 9.6 (60)
• 1993 – Sporties Spitfires 21.16 (142) def Janapurlalki Eagles 5.7 (37)
• 1994 – Sporties Spitfires 12.18 (90) def Janapurlalki Eagles 12.9 (81)
• 1995 – Janapurlalki Eagles 13.6 (84) def Sporties Spitfires 10.10 (70)
• 1996 – Sporties Spitfires 12.12 (84) def Elliott Hawks 3.8 (26)
• 1997 – Memo Magpies 11.14 (80) def Sporties Spitfires 5.8 (38)
• 1998 – Sporties Spitfires 13.9 (87) def Janapurlalki Eagles 8.10 (58)
• 1999 – Elliott Hawks 22.17 (149) def Ali Curung 9.4 (58)
• 2000 – Memo Magpies 16.10 (106) def Elliott Hawks 12.11 (83)
• 2001 – Sporties Spitfires 21.10 (136) def Ali Curung 10.6 (66)
• 2002 – Sporties Spitfires 19.13 (127) def Janapurlalki Eagles 7.5 (47)
• 2003 – Elliott Hawks 20.12 (132) def Sporties Spitfires 6.7 (43)
• 2004 – Janapurlalki Eagles 14.13 (97) def Elliott Hawks 9.9 (63)
• 2005 – Elliott Hawks 14.9 (93) def Janapurlalki Eagles 12.12 (84)
• 2006 – Janapurlalki Eagles 11.16 (82) def Elliott Hawks 9.9 (63)
• 2007 – Ali Curung 13.10 (88) def Sporties Spitfires 12.5 (77)
• 2008 – Janapurlalki Eagles 14.17 (101) def Sporties Spitfires 5.8 (38)
• 2009 – Janapurlalki Eagles 17.8 (110) def Willowra 8.5 (53)
• 2010 – Sporties Spitfires 23.7 (145) def Elliott Hawks 6.5 (41)
• 2011 – Ti Tree 9.5 (59) def Janapurlalki Eagles 7.9 (51)
• 2012 – Ti Tree 14.10 (94) def Janapurlalki Eagles 13.14 (92)
• 2013 – Janapurlalki Eagles 15.21 (111) def Ali Curung 14.7 (91)
• 2014 – Sporties Spitfires 12.9 (81) def Elliott Hawks 6.9 (45)
• 2015 – Sporties Spitfires 14.21 (105) def Janapurlalki Eagles 10.2 (62)
• 2016 – Sporties Spitfires 12.13 (85) def Barkly Work Camp (BWC) 7.8 (50)
• 2017 – Sporties Spitfires 8.10 (58) def Elliott Hawks 8.7 (55)
• 2018 – Janapurlalki Eagles 12.12 (84) def Elliott Hawks 12.8 (80)
• 2019 – Sporties Spitfires 11.13 (79) def Elliott Hawks 7.5 (47) at Purkiss Reserve, Tennant Creek on 14 September 2019.

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• 2020 - Sporties Spitfires 7.15 (57) def Elliott Hawks 8.3 (51)
• 2021 - Sporties Spitfires 17.16 (118) def Janapurlalki Eagles 8.6 (54)
• 2022 - Sporties Spitfires 11.13 (79) def Ali Curung 7.9 (51)
• 2023 - Elliot Hawks 20.6 (126) def Ali Curung 10.7 (67)

See also

• AFL Northern Territory
• Northern Territory Football League
• Australian rules football in the Northern Territory

References

External links

• Official website