Circular Head Football Association

The Circular Head Football Association (CHFA) is an Australian rules football competition based in the Circular Head area of north-western Tasmania, Australia. The CHFA currently features four clubs from small communities in the region and is the second oldest regional competition in Tasmania.^[1]

History

The CHFA was formed in 1900 as the West Wellington Football Association.^[2] The formation of the Smithton Football Club in 1918 prompted a reorganisation of football in the region, and the name of the competition was changed to the Circular Head Football Association in 1919. The original clubs in the West Wellington FA were Forest, Irishtown and Stanley and these three clubs and Smithton form the CHFA from 1919. During this period Irishtown won 10 premierships in a row, which is a Tasmanian record and the third longest premiership streak across Australia.^[3]

The competition remained stable and a two-year break was taken in 1942 and 1943 because of the second World War. Football resumed in 1944 with Irishtown defeating Smithton in the grand final that year.^[4] From 1947 to 1948, the CHFA was absorbed by an expansion of the North West Football Union^[5] but this ended in 1949. In 1951 Scotchtown and Marrawah joined the senior competition^[6] but they only lasted two seasons. However, as a merged entity they returned in 1962.^[7] The followed year Forest and Stanley merged to become the Forest/Stanley Football Club.^[8] Scotchtown dropped the "Marrawah" from its name after the 1975 season.

The departure of Smithton to the NWFU in 1980 prompted the promotion of Redpa, Trowutta and City from the reserve grade. Trowutta folded after the 1992 season^[9] and in 1996 they merged with City to form the Trowutta/City Football Club.^[10] The competition has remained more or less stable since then with Trowutta/City going into recess in 2010 for a year and permanently in 2015.

Premiers

'West Wellington FA 1900 Stanley 1901 Forest 1902 Forest 1903 Stanley 1904 Forest 1905 Forest 1906 Irishtown 1907 Irishtown 1908 Irishtown 1909 Irishtown 1910 Irishtown 1911 Irishtown 1912 Irishtown 1913 Irishtown 1914 Irishtown 1915 Irishtown 1916 World War 1 1917 World War 1 1918 Forest 'Circular Head FA 1919 Irishtown 1920 Irishtown 1921 Irishtown 1922 Irishtown 1923 Irishtown 1924 Irishtown 1925 Smithton 1926 Irishtown 1927 Irishtown 1928 Irishtown 1929 Smithton 1930 Irishtown 1931 Forest 1932 Irishtown 1933 Forest 1934 Forest 1935 Irishtown 1936 Stanley

1937 Irishtown 1938 Irishtown 1939 Forest 1940 Irishtown 1941 Stanley 1942 World War 2 1943 World War 2 1944 Irishtown 1945 Forest 1946 Stanley 1947 Stanley* 1948 Stanley* 1949 Smithton 1950 Forest 1951 Forest 1952 Smithton 1953 Irishtown 1954 Smithton 1955 Smithton 1956 Smithton 1957 Irishtown 1958 Smithton 1959 Smithton 1960 Smithton 1961 Stanley 1962 Smithton 1963 Smithton 1964 Smithton 1965 Forest/Stanley 1966 Smithton 1967 Smithton 1968 Smithton 1969 Irishtown 1970 Irishtown 1971 Smithton 1972 Forest/Stanley 1973 Forest/Stanley 1974 Irishtown 1975 Irishtown

1976 Irishtown 1977 Scotchtown 1978 Smithton 1979 Forest/Stanley 1980 Forest/Stanley 1981 Forest/Stanley 1982 Irishtown 1983 Irishtown 1984 Forest/Stanley 1985 Forest/Stanley 1986 Forest/Stanley 1987 Scotchtown 1988 Scotchtown 1989 Redpa 1990 Redpa 1991 Forest/Stanley 1992 Redpa 1993 City 1994 Redpa 1995 Irishtown 1996 Irishtown 1997 Trowutta/City 1998 Trowutta/City 1999 Forest/Stanley 2000 Redpa 2001 Forest/Stanley 2002 Forest/Stanley 2003 Trowutta/City 2004 Scotchtown 2005 Forest/Stanley 2006 Redpa 2007 Trowutta/City 2008 Irishtown 2009 Irishtown 2010 Forest/Stanley 2011 Irishtown 2012 Redpa 2013 Redpa 2014 Redpa 2015 Forest-Stanley

* - As the Circular Head Division of the North West FU

Clubs

Current

Club	Nickname	Entered competition	Premierships
Forest/Stanley	Demons	1963	1965, 1972, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2015
Irishtown	Canaries	1900	1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1953, 1957, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1995, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2011
Redpa	Redlegs	1980	1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2013
Scotchtown	Tigers	1950	1977, 1987, 1988, 2004

Previous

• City 1980-1995 merged with Trowutta
• Forest 1900-1962 merged with Stanley
• Smithton 1918-1979 moved to NWFU in 1980
• Stanley 1900-1962 merged with Forest
• Trowutta 1980-1992 recess and then merged with City
• Trowutta-City 1996-2014 disbanded

2009 Ladder

Circular Head FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Irishtown	11	3	1	0	1401	424	330.42%	44	1st Semi	Redpa	23	11	149	Scotchtown	9	7	61
Forest/Stanley	8	3	4	0	1561	612	255.07%	32	2nd Semi	Irishtown	12	4	76	Forest/Stanley	10	10	70
Redpa	8	3	4	0	1233	685	180.00%	32	Preliminary	Redpa	7	7	49	Forest/Stanley	6	9	45
Scotchtown	3	3	9	0	690	1364	50.59%	12	Grand	Irishtown	6	15	51	Redpa	6	6	42
Trowutta/City	0	3	12	0	281	2081	13.50%	0

2010 Ladder

Circular Head FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Forest/Stanley	14	0	1	0	1802	428	421.03%	56	1st Semi	Irishtown	20	18	138	Scotchtown	5	3	33
Redpa	10	0	5	0	1188	911	130.41%	40	2nd Semi	Forest/Stanley	9	8	62	Redpa	5	11	41
Irishtown	6	0	9	0	1233	1037	118.90%	24	Preliminary	Irishtown	15	10	100	Redpa	13	12	90
Scotchtown	0	0	15	0	437	2284	19.13%	0	Grand	Forest/Stanley	5	7	37	Irishtown	1	9	15

2011 Ladder

Circular Head FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Forest/Stanley	10	3	2	0	1315	641	205.15%	40	1st Semi	Trowutta/City	14	9	93	Redpa	8	6	54
Irishtown	8	3	4	0	1103	783	140.87%	32	2nd Semi	Irishtown	20	10	130	Forest/Stanley	9	5	59
Redpa	5	3	7	0	684	1042	65.64%	20	Preliminary	Trowutta/City	8	9	57	Forest/Stanley	8	4	52
Trowutta/City	4	3	8	0	759	1042	72.84%	16	Grand	Irishtown	11	16	82	Trowutta/City	11	10	76
Scotchtown	3	3	9	0	785	1138	68.98%	12

2012 Ladder

Circular Head FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Irishtown	11	3	1	0	1006	375	268.27%	44	1st Semi	Trowutta/City	12	12	84	Forest/Stanley	8	9	57
Redpa	7	3	5	0	794	737	107.73%	28	2nd Semi	Redpa	6	8	44	Irishtown	4	6	30
Forest/Stanley	7	3	5	0	606	603	100.50%	28	Preliminary	Irishtown	6	14	50	Trowutta/City	4	12	36
Trowutta/City	4	3	8	0	676	700	96.57%	16	Grand	Redpa	7	6	48	Irishtown	5	9	39
Scotchtown	1	3	11	0	424	1091	38.86%	4

2013 Ladder

Circular Head FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Redpa	11	3	1	0	1208	339	356.34%	44	1st Semi	Trowutta/City	15	14	104	Forest/Stanley	6	10	46
Irishtown	9	3	3	0	1385	463	299.14%	36	2nd Semi	Redpa	7	5	47	Irishtown	1	6	12
Trowutta/City	5	3	7	0	913	928	98.38%	20	Preliminary	Irishtown	12	13	85	Trowutta/City	4	5	29
Forest/Stanley	5	3	7	0	719	882	81.52%	20	Grand	Redpa	12	8	80	Irishtown	5	7	37
Scotchtown	0	3	12	0	264	1877	14.06%	0

2014 Ladder

Circular Head FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Irishtown	12	0	0	0	1981	356	556.46%	48	1st Semi	Scotchtown	13	13	91	Forest/Stanley	10	9	69
Redpa	9	0	3	0	1749	412	424.51%	36	2nd Semi	Redpa	24	10	154	Irishtown	6	3	39
Scotchtown	5	0	7	0	718	1213	59.19%	20	Preliminary	Irishtown	20	16	136	Scotchtown	3	7	25
Forest/Stanley	4	0	8	0	910	983	92.57%	16	Grand	Redpa	14	9	93	Irishtown	13	7	85
Trowutta/City	0	0	12	0	207	2601	7.96%	0

References

1. Stoward, John. Australian rules football in Tasmania. Digital Print Tasmania, 2002, p. 23. ISBN 0-9577515-7-5
2. Stoward, John. Australian rules football in Tasmania. Digital Print Tasmania, 2002, p. 23. ISBN 0-9577515-7-5
3. Phil's World
4. Stoward, John. Australian rules football in Tasmania. Digital Print Tasmania, 2002, p. 23. ISBN 0-9577515-7-5
5. Burnie Advocate 1947 to 1948
6. Burnie Advocate 1951 to 1952
7. Burnie Advocate 1962
8. Burnie Advocate 1963
9. Burnie Advocate 1993
10. Burnie Advocate 1996