Upper Great Southern Football League

Upper Great Southern Football League
Established	1959
Teams	8
2015 Premiers	Narrogin
Reserves Premiers	Narrogin
Thirds Premiers	Brookton Pingelly Panthers

The Upper Great Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the state of Western Australia, incorporating teams from towns located within the Great Southern, Wheatbelt and Peel regions. The league was formed in 1959 from a merger of the town competitions in Wagin and Narrogin. There are currently 8 teams covering all tiers of the league.

The representative side from the league won the 2009 WA Country Football Championships, A-Section, defeating the Avon Football Association.^[1]

Current Clubs

Club	Nickname	Years in Competition	UGSFL premierships	UGSFL Premiership years
Boddington	Eagles	1959- (Founding Club)	6	1989-90-91, 1995, 2002, 2012
Brookton/Pingelly	Panthers	1997-	1	2003
Katanning Wanderers	Tigers	1994-	-	-
Kukerin/Dumbleyung	Cougars	1991- (merged in 1989)	7	1992-93, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005-06
Narrogin	Hawks	2004- (merger)	-	-
Wagin	Bulldogs	1985-	5	1985, 1994, 1999-2000, 2004
Wickepin	Warriors	1959- (Founding Club)	7	1965, 1967, 1974–75, 1981, 2007-08
Williams	Cats	1959- (Founding Club)	7	1982-83, 1987, 1997, 2009-10-11

Club	Time in league	UGSFL premierships	UGSFL Premiership years	Notes
Cuballing	1959 (Founding Club) - 1985	9	1961, 1963, 1966, 1968-69-70-71, 1973, 1977	Folded after the 1985 season.
Narrogin Imperials	1959 (Founding Club) - 1969	-	-	Folded after the 1969 season.
Narrogin Railways	1959 (Founding Club) - 2003	2	1972, 1978	Renamed Narrogin Eagles in 1993. Merged with Narrogin Lions in 2004 to form the Hawks.
Narrogin Towns	1959 (Founding Club) - 2003	4	1959, 1960, 1986, 1988	Renamed Narrogin Lions in 1993. Merged with Narrogin Eagles in 2004 to form the Hawks.
Pingelly	1971 - 1991	2	1979, 1984	Joined from the Avon Football Association in 1971. Entered recess in 1991. Merged with Brookton FC (also from the Avon FA) in 1996/97.
Wagin Federals	1959 (Founding Club) - 1985	-	-	Merged with Wagin Rovers to become the Wagin Magpies.
Wagin Rovers	1959 (Founding Club) - 1985	1	1980	Merged with Wagin Federals to become the Wagin Magpies.
West Arthur Bulldogs	1959 (Founding Club) - 2004	3	1962, 1964, 1976	Merged with Wagin Magpies to become the Wagin Bulldogs

2011 Ladder

Upper Great Southern	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Williams	16	0	2077	973	213.46%	64
Boddington	12	4	1821	1114	163.46%	48
Wanderers	11	5	1889	1423	132.75%	44
Kukerin/Dumbleyung	10	6	1909	1387	137.64%	40
Narrogin	6	10	1310	1690	77.51%	24
Wagin	5	11	1145	1881	60.87%	20
Wickenpin	2	14	1101	1855	59.35%	8
Brookton/Pingelly	2	14	1061	1990	53.32%	8

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Kukerin/Dumbleyung	18	16	124	Wanderers	14	9	93
2nd Semi	Williams	17	16	118	Boddington	10	9	69
Preliminary	Boddington	21	8	134	Kukerin/Dumbleyung	16	11	107
Grand	Williams	19	10	124	Boddington	9	14	68

2012 Ladder

Upper Great Southern	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Williams	14	2	0	1875	1021	183.64%	56
Kukerin/Dumbleyung	11	5	0	1963	1318	148.94%	44
Boddington	11	5	0	1627	1235	131.74%	44
Narrogin	8	7	1	1767	1442	122.54%	34
Wickenpin	7	9	0	1343	1546	86.87%	28
Wanderers	6	10	0	1480	1847	80.13%	24
Brookton/Pingelly	3	12	1	1177	1786	65.90%	14
Wagin	3	13	0	1068	2105	50.74%	12

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Boddington	17	15	117	Narrogin	10	6	66
2nd Semi	Williams	10	17	77	Kukerin/Dumbleyung	11	9	75
Preliminary	Boddington	26	6	162	Kukerin/Dumbleyung	7	9	51
Grand	Boddington	8	11	59	Williams	7	9	51

Premiers of the League ^[2]

1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964
Narrogin Towns	Narrogin Towns	Cuballing	West Arthur	Cuballing	West Arthur
1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
Wickepin	Cuballing	Wickepin	Cuballing	Cuballing	Cuballing
1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976
Cuballing	Narrogin Railways	Cuballing	Wickepin	Wickepin	West Arthur
1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982
Cuballing	Narrogin Railways	Pingelly	Wagin Rovers	Wickepin	Williams
1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988
Williams	Pingelly	Wagin	Narrogin Towns	Williams	Narrogin Towns
1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Boddington	Boddington	Boddington	Kukerin-Dumbleyung	Kukerin-Dumbleyung	Wagin
1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Boddington	Kukerin-Dumbleyung	Williams	Kukerin-Dumbleyung	Wagin	Wagin
2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Kukerin-Dumbleyung	Boddington	Brookton-Pingelly	Wagin	Kukerin-Dumbleyung	Kukerin-Dumbleyung
2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Wickepin	Wickepin	Williams	Williams	Williams	Boddington
2013	2014	2015
Williams	Williams	Narrogin

References

↑ UGSFL returns to the top (13 July 2009)
↑ List of Upper Great Southern Premiers from Foundation of League

Australian rules football in Western Australia

Representative side	Sandgropers

Governing bodies	West Australian Football Commission West Australian Country Football League (regional)

Professional clubs (AFL)	West Coast Eagles Fremantle Football Club

Major leagues	West Australian Football League West Australian State Premiership (former)

Metropolitan leagues	Western Australian Amateur Football League Metro Football League

Other leagues	Avon Central Kimberley Central Midlands, Central Wheatbelt East Kimberley Eastern Districts Esperance District Fortescue Gascoyne Goldfields Great Northern Great Southern Hills Lower South West Mortlock Newman North Midlands North Pilbara Ongerup Peel Ravensthorpe South West Upper Great Southern West Kimberley

Women's leagues	West Australian Women's Football League

Principal venues	Bassendean Oval Claremont Oval Claremont Showgrounds East Fremantle Oval Fremantle Oval Arena Joondalup Lathlain Park Leederville Oval Rushton Park Subiaco Oval

Major events	Western Derby

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