Central Wheatbelt Football League
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| Central Wheatbelt Football League | |
| Established | 1968 |
| Teams | 5 |
| 2025 premiers | Kalannie |
| Most premierships | 14 – Beacon |
| Website | official website |
The Central Wheatbelt Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
The Central Wheatbelt Football League (CWFL) was formed at the end of the 1967 football season following a merger of the Dampier Football Association and the Koorda-Wyalkatchem Football Association.[1] The Dampier Football Association (1913–1967) had clubs that included Bencubbin, Kununoppin, Mukinbudin. Nungarin, Trayning, & Yelbeni.
The Koorda-Wyalkatchem Football Association (1958–1967) was an amalgamation of the Koorda Football Association (1929–1957) which had clubs included Gabbin, Cadoux, Booralaming and the Wyalkatchem Football Association (1923–1957) with clubs included Benjabbering, Korrelocking, Wyalkatchem and Yorkrakine
Clubs
Locations
Current
| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home ground | Former League | Est. | Years in CWFL | Premierships | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Years | |||||||
| Beacon |  | Bombers | Beacon Town Oval, Beacon | DFA | 1968-1969, 1976- | 14 | 1979, 1980, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2009 | |
| Bencubbin |  | Demons | Bencubbin Oval, Bencubbin | DFA | 1968- | 6 | 1985, 1987, 1988, 2001, 2002, 2013 | |
| Kalannie |  | Bulldogs | Kalannie Town Oval, Kalannie | CMFL | 1984- | 9 | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | |
| Koorda |  | Kangaroos | Koorda Showgrounds, Koorda | KWFA | 1968- | 8 | 1984, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021 | |
| Mukinbudin |  | Rams | Mukinbudin Oval, Mukinbudin | – | 1969 | 1969– | 10 | 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2015, 2018 |
Former
| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home ground | Former League | Est. | Years in CWFL | Premierships | Fate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Years | ||||||||
| Benjaberring |  | KWFA | 1968-1969 | 0 | - | Absorbed by Wyalkatchem in 1970 | |||
| Booralaming | KWFA | 1968-1976 | 0 | - | Folded | ||||
| Korrelocking |  | KWFA | 1968–1973 | 0 | - | Folded | |||
| Kununoppin |  | Kununoppin Oval, Kununoppin | DFA | 1968 | 0 | - | Merged with Trayning to form Towns in 1969 | ||
| North Mukinbudin | Mukinbudin Oval, Mukinbudin | DFA | 1968 | 0 | - | Merged with South Mukinbudin to form Mukinbudin in 1969 | |||
| Nungarin | Nungarin Oval, Nungarin | DFA | 1970–1990 | 1 | 1982 | Absorbed Towns to form Nungarin & Towns in 1991 | |||
| Nungarin & Towns |  |
Panthers | Nungarin Oval, Nungarin | – | 1991 | 1991, 2006–2021 | 0 | - | Entered recess in 1992, returned in 2006. Folded in 2022[2][3] |
| South Mukinbudin | Mukinbudin Oval, Mukinbudin | DFA | 1968 | 0 | - | Merged with North Mukinbudin to form Mukinbudin in 1969 | |||
| Southern Cross | | Bombers | Southern Cross Oval, Southern Cross | EDFL | 1987–1991 | 1 | 1990 | Returned to Eastern Districts FL in 1992[4] | |
| Towns |  | Kununoppin Oval, Kununoppin | – | 1969 | 1969–1990 | 4 | 1971, 1973, 1974, 1983 | Absorbed by Nungarin to form Nungarin & Towns in 1991 | |
| Trayning |  | Trayning Oval, Trayning | DFA | 1968 | 0 | - | Merged with Kununoppin to form Towns in 1969 | ||
| Wyalkatchem |  | Bulldogs | Wyalkatchem Oval, Wyalkatchem | KWFA | 1968–1975 | 4 | 1968, 1970, 1972, 1975 | Moved to Mortlock FL in 1976 | |