Kyabram District Football Netball League

The original Kyabram District Football Association was formed in 1915 at a meeting at Mate's Hotel, Kyabram from the following clubs - Kyabram Ramblers, Kyabram Rovers, Merrigum, Tongala, Undera and Wyuna, but when several club's pulled out mid season to take up lessons in rifle shooting, by the Kyabram Rifle Club, the season was abandoned, due to the local World War One movement. The Kyabram District Football Association was formed in 1932, changing its name to Kyabram District Football League in 1960. The Kyabram District Patriotic Football League was established in 1944 and continued on in 1945 to provide some local football in the Goulburn Valley area and also raised £400 in funds for the War. In 2021, 18 home and away matches were played in the KDFNL, but no finals series was played due to the COVID-19 situation enforced by the Victorian Labor Government. ==Clubs==

Locations Current ==Former clubs==

;Seniors ;Most flags in a row : 4 – Shepparton East 1958–1961 ;Most consecutive grand finals : 7 - Merrigum: 1947 to 1953 (Premiers: 1949, 50, 51 & 53) ;Most goals in a grand final :12 - 1953: Les Pell - Merrigum ;Highest score in a grand final :1967: Nagambie: 24.19 - 163 d Merrigum: 6.3 - 39 ;Highest overall score : Stanhope: 62.30 - 402 d Ardmona 0.1 - 1. Rd. 12, 6 July 2019 ;Most McNamara Medal / KDFNL best & fairest wins :4 - Rohan Aldous: 1988, 1998, 1999, 2000. ;Most goals in a game : 34 – Craig Whelan: Violet Town: 56.22 - 358 d Ardmona: 2.5 - 17. Rd. 12, 30 June 2012 ;Most goals in a season : 173 – Perry Meka – Ardmona – 1992 ;Most wins in a row : 35 – Lancaster 2001–2002, but lost the 2002 grand final to Ardmona. ;Most losses in a row • Ardmona FC Seniors: 61 • 2015 - Losses: 5 - From Rd.16, 2015, • 2016 - Losses: 18 • 2017 - Losses: 0 (Ardmona 1sts in recess in 2017) • 2018 - Losses: 18 • 2019 - Losses:16, • 2020 - Losses: 0 KDFNL / Ardmona both in recess . COVID-19 • 2021 - Losses: 4 Ardmona won against Longwood, Rd. 5, 2021. 2121 days since their last win. ==Senior Football Grand Finals==

;Seniors In 1944 and 1945, the competition was called the Kyabram District Patriotic Football League. ==Awards==

Football Premierships Football Best & Fairest Winners ;Seniors - McNamara Medal. The Bryan McNamara Memorial Medal was instituted by Mrs Byran McNamara as her late husband was a keen supporter and volunteer of the Kyabram DFA. In 1958, Miepol's Ian Hughes polled votes in 17 out of 18 games, for a record total of 42 votes. • 1946 – Keith Dunstall (Girgarre) • 1947 – Bryan Tyndall (Undera) • 1948 – Kevin Betson (Kyabram Imperials) • 1949 – Peter Humphrey (Kyabram Imperials) & Ian Greening (Merrigum) • 1950 – J.Brown (Girgarre) • 1951 – Les Pell (Wyuna) • 1952 – Elden Wade (Lancaster) • 1953 – Ian Perry (Cooma) 19 votes • 1954 – Laurance Doolan (Girgarre) • 1955 – Peter Fry (Merrigum) • 1956 – F.Salmon (Lancaster) & D.McKenna (Shepparton East) • 1957 – W.Roe (Congupna) • 1958 – Ian Hughes (Miepoll) (father of Merv Hughes) • 1959 – G.Arthur (Girgarre) • 1960 – J.Sellwood (Undera) • 1961 – K.James (Miepoll) • 1962 – J.Neal (Undera) • 1963 – R.Doolan (Girgarre) • 1964 – G.Cross (Murchison) • 1965 – R.Moore (Nagambie) • 1966 – A.Carson (Girgarre) • 1967 – P.Sleeth (Undera) • 1968 – Colin Barnes (Ardmona) • 1969 – M.Varcoe (Girgarre) & N.Hosie (Tallygaroopna) • 1970 – K.Chapman (Merrigum) • 1971 – N.Langley (Girgarre) • 1972 – D.McKellar (Ardmona) • 1973 – P.Sleeth (Undera) • 1974 – M.Black (Nagambie) & P.Sleeth (Undera) • 1975 – B.Finnigan (Nagambie) • 1976 – K.Atkinson (Murchison) • 1977 – T.Gallagher (Nagambie) • 1978 – L.Casey (Girgarre) • 1979 – G.Saunders (Ardmona) • 1980 – C.Gundrill (Undera) • 1981 – N.Whittaker (Tallygaroopna) • 1982 – G.Wallis (Girgarre) • 1983 – W.Lee (Tallygaroopna) • 1984 – E.Shiels (Nagambie) • 1985 – Murray Black (Nagambie) • 1986 – Ed.Shiels (Nagambie) & N.Whittaker (Tallygaroopna) • 1987 – M.Rijs (Murchison) & P.White (Merrigum) • 1988 – Rohan Aldous (Avenel) • 1989 – M.Power (Tallygaroopna) • 1990 – P.Cunningham (Yea) • 1991 – P.Thorpe (Avenel) • 1992 – Ed.Shiels (Nagambie) • 1993 – Ed.Shiels (Nagambie) • 1994 – R.Demarte (Lancaster) • 1995 – R.Martin (Yea) • 1996 – R.Martin (Yea) • 1997 – L.O'Brien (Undera) • 1998 – Rohan Aldous (Nagambie) • 1999 – Rohan Aldous (Nagambie) • 2000 – Rohan Aldous (Nagambie) • 2001 – A.Thomas (Lancaster) • 2002 – J.Waasdorp (Rushworth) • 2003 – D.Harrison (Stanhope) • 2004 – T. Sidebottom (Tallygaroopna) • 2005 – B. Lowe (Ardmona) • 2006 – A. Molisak (Tallygaroopna) • 2007 – M. Shiels (Nagambie) • 2008 – C. Eddy (Lancaster)& M. Young (Ardmona) • 2009 – P. Burnett (Lancaster) • 2010 – T. Snelson (Girgarre) • 2011 – S. Thompson (Lancaster) • 2012 – R. Lee (Violet Town) • 2013 – J. Pell (Merrigum) • 2014 – M. Shiels (Nagambie) • 2015 – D. Stirling (Avenel) • 2016 – K. Duncan (Avenel) 34 votes • 2017 – S. Poole (Violet Town) • 2018 - Kaine Herbert (Undera) 28 Votes • 2019 - Kaine Herbert (Undera) 27 Votes • 2020 - KDFNL in recess > COVID-19 • 2021 - Thomas Davies (Lancaster) • 2022 - Jack Excell (Violet Town) • 2023 - Braydon Avola (Avenel) • 2024 - James Milne (Murchison-Toolamba), Blake Fothergill and Rielly Old (both Nagambie) • 2025 - Liam Francis (Rushworth) • 1940 winner, Keith Dunstall also won the GVFNL Morrison Medal in 1948 with Stanhope. • 1968 winner, Colin Barnes also won the O&KFL best and fairest ward in 1960 and 1961. • 2018 and 2019 winner, Kaine Herbert also won the O&KFL Baker Medal in 2016 with Bonnie Doon. Leading Goal Kickers • 1982- Peter Ewart 69 (Murchison) and 11 in finals • 1988- Brett Barnes 84 (Nagambie)and 3 goals in finals • 1997- Shane Loveless 111 (Ardmona) and 28 goals in finals ==Kyabram District Junior Football League==

The Kyabram District Junior Football Association was formed on Saturday evening, 14th May 1910 at the Albion Hotel, Kyabram from delegates from the following club's - Cooma, Kyabram Imperials, Merrigum and Wyuna. The KDJFA disbanded in May, 1929 due to several clubs pulling out of this Wednesday competition and entering a newly formed Saturday football competition, the Central Goulburn Valley Junior Football Association. ;Football Grand Finals ;Seniors == 2014 Ladder ==