- Source: AFL Queensland
AFL Queensland Limited (AFLQ) is the governing body of Australian rules football in Queensland formed in 2000 and based at Leyshon Park in the Brisbane suburb of Yeronga. AFL Queensland has over 216,000 participants (including Northern Rivers which is governed by AFLQ) playing at all levels of football from the introductory NAB AFL Auskick program to the AFL Masters Competition. AFL Queensland covers 13 regions, 24 leagues and 159 clubs.
History
In 1999 the Queensland State Football League which previously oversaw Queensland's competition went into voluntary liquidation and the Queensland Australian Football Council was dissolved. A new governing body, AFL Queensland Limited was founded adopting the AFL brand due to formally affilliating with the AFL Commission in Melbourne.
Affiliated Leagues
= Premier South East Queensland leagues
=The highest grades of men's and women's Queensland community football are/were:
QAFL (1903–present)
QWAFL (2001–present)
= Developmental Leagues
=Queensland Football Association (QFA)
= Regional AFL Queensland leagues
=All regions include their own affiliated junior leagues.
= Foreign AFL Queensland leagues
=AFL Fiji
AFL Nauru
AFL PNG
AFL Solomon Islands
AFL Vanuatu
Representative Side
The "Queensland Scorpions" are the state representative side and include under 16s, under 18s and open age groups and compete at the AFL Under 18 Championships and other state championships.
The "Country Kookaburras" represent the regional areas outside of South East Queensland, have under 14's, 16s, under 18s and open age groups and compete at the Australian Country Championships.
Due to the 2005 alignment with AFL PNG, both sides can also include players from Papua New Guinea.
Location
The league's offices are currently based at Leyshon Park, Yeronga.
Previous Australian rules governing bodies in Queensland
Brisbane Football Club, governed the code between 1870 until it deferred governance to the VFA in 1877.
Victorian Football Association (1877–1880), following this period the code was known as Victorian Association.
Queensland Football Association (1880–1890), governed the code and its regional associations as an affiliate of the Victorian Football Association.
Queensland Football League (QFL) (1903–1996), also known as the Queensland Australian National Football League (QANFL) and Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL)
Queensland Australian Football Council (1997–1999) which oversaw the Queensland State Football League (QSFL)
Grogan Medal
The Grogan Medal is awarded to the best and fairest in home and away rounds of each season's competition.
A best and fairest for the league has been awarded since 1946 however before it became a medal in 1947 and 1948 it was a trophy donated by Col Loel and Mick Byles known as the "Col Loel-Mick Byles" trophy. It was awarded to Kedron's Erwin Dornau in 1947, and Coorparoo's T. Calder in 1948 before being replaced by the Grogan Medal in 1949.
Queensland Team of the 20th Century
On 16 June 2003, the Queensland Team of the 20th Century was announced at a gala function staged by AFLQ at the Brisbane Convention Centre.
The Team of the 20th Century is selected from the best home-grown talent and read as follows History Item:
Coach of the Century: Norm Dare.
Umpire of the Century: Tom McArthur.
See also
List of Australian rules football leagues in Australia
Australian Rules football in Queensland
References
Sources
The Brisbane Courier 1903 to 1933, weekly match reports and articles
The Daily Mail 1903 to 1914, weekly match reports and articles
Saturday Sports Observer 1903 to 1912, weekly match reports and articles
John Morton's Queensland Australian Rules Year Book 1960 by John Morton, 1960
Queensland Team of the Century Football Record Official Programme, AFL Queensland, 2003
External links
Official website
List of Premiers, Best and Fairest players, Leading Goalkickers at the Full Points Footy website
List of Grand Final Results at the AFLQ State League website
Queensland Footy Discussion on BigFooty
QAFF – Queensland footy history group
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Brisbane Showgrounds
- Mount Isa
- The Gabba
- Australian Football League
- Lapangan Kriket Melbourne
- Bernard Fanning
- Agama di Australia
- Seven Network
- Orang Australia
- Nine Network
- AFL Queensland
- Queensland Australian Football League
- Gold Coast Suns
- Australian rules football in Queensland
- Ipswich, Queensland
- The Gabba
- AFL National Championships
- QAFL Women's
- Beenleigh, Queensland
- Australian rules football in South East Queensland
