- AFL Capricornia
AFL Capricornia is anAustralian rules football competition in the Rockhampton andGladstone regions ofCentral Queensland ,Australia ,it is an amateur league, it is the only competition inQueensland outside ofCairns andBrisbane to run a full league that includes seniors to juniors at all six clubs.The competition includes senior, reserves, under 17's, under 15's and Under 13's.Representative teams
The regions representative team originally had colours that consisted of Yellow, Black and White, and were known as the TAIPANS, until the reconfiguration of the
AFL Queensland . In the mix up another representative team closer to Brisbane was given the nickname Taipans, this forced theAFL Capricornia to choose a different identity. It has been a hard decision, but it has been one that people are starting to accept. A new era started for the region so a new entity had to emerge, there colours were changed to Dark Blue, and White, and eventually they will choose a newlogo , insignia.
AFL Capricornia.History
The league began in the late 1960s as the Rockhampton Football Association with clubs from Parkhurst, Wandal, Parkana and Gladstone. The league was not recognised by any other competition until 1972 when it changed its name to Rockhampton Australian Football Association, with clubs playing in Rockhampton, Gladstone,
Biloela and Blackwater. At one stage AFL there were nine teams in the competition.The RAFA again changed its name from Rockhampton to Capricornia, then a few years later changed the word "Association" to "League", becoming the Capricornia AFL. With the restructuring of Australian football competitions at the instigation of the
Australian Football League in the late 1990s, the league became theAFL Capricornia .[http://www.capricornia.aflq.com.au Official AFL Capricornia Website]
Premiership table
Australian Football League Capricornia
Rockhampton Australian Football Association
AFL Capricornia Juniors
AFL Capricorn Juniors is split into two different categories-
* "Juniors - Youth Footy"
*" AFL Auskick Rules"All Youth Footy games precede the senior games on a Saturday.All Auskick Rules games are on either Friday night or Sunday morning.
AFL AUSKICK JUNIOR CLUBS
Auskick Rules clubs are split into three regions Rockhampton, Gladstone and theCapricorn Coast .
External links
* [http://capricornia.aflq.com.au/ Official AFL Capricornia Site]
* [http://www.brothers.aflq.com.au Brothers Roos Official Website]
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