FootyWild National Championships / Footy South Africa National Championships (South Africa)
General :
While junior-age competitions exist, this documentation focuses on open-age data.
Timeline :
2003 (Footy South Africa National Championships) :[source]
This was the inaugural season of the National Championships. Rather than Province v Province, this was an invitational to domestic teams.
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
1. Itsoseng (premiers),
2. Mafikeng,
3. Pretoria,
4. Christiana,
5. Ventersdorp and
6. Vryburg.
Final - Itsoseng 3.9.27 defeated Mafikeng 0.0.0.
2004 (Inter-Provincial Championship) :
This competition was scheduled to occur in 2004.[source]
Participating clubs were (complete) :
- Gauteng A,
- Gauteng B and
- North West.
2006 - The overseeing body changed from Footy South Africa to AFL South Africa.
2008 (FootyWild National Championships) :
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General - A new National Championships competition was commenced, this time with representative teams from the four participating Provinces. The open-age competition was known as FootyWILD 'Extreme'.
General - The National Championships were held at Potchefstroom.
Participating clubs were (complete) :
- Gauteng,
- KwaZulu Natal,
- North West and
- Western Cape.
Grand Final - North West 9.11.65 defeated Western Cape 4.9.33.
2009 (FootyWild National Championships) - Grand Final : Western Cape 10.8.68 defeated North West 4.3.27.[source]
2010-12 - ?.
2013 (FootyWild National Championships) :
Note: It is not certain that the results here are for the National Championships, but unsure what other tournament it could have been. There is also a reference to a "Scope Cup", which seems to have been different again.
General - The Nationals seemed to be a multi-round competition.[source].
The National Championships were held at Durban. (If these were the Nationals)
Finals Series (If these were the Nationals) :[source]
- Semi-Final - Gauteng ?.?.73 defeated North West ?.?.16.
- Grand Final - Gauteng ?.?.36 defeated Western Cape ?.?.12.
2014 (FootyWild National Championships) :[source]
Participating clubs were (complete) :
- Gauteng,
- KwaZulu Natal,
- North West and
- Western Cape.
Other Clubs :
Other clubs to participate, season(s) unknown, included :
- Gopane (2003, junior side only) and
- Lomanyeneng (2003, junior side only).
- Ramatlabama (2003, junior side only).
Links :
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