The AFL Yarra Ranges was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

and netball organisation based in the

Yarra Valley The Yarra Valley is a region in Victoria, Australia, centred around the Yarra River. Known for its natural beauty, agricultural significance, and as one of Australia's prominent wine-producing areas, the valley stretches from the upper reache ...

and

Dandenong Ranges The Dandenong Ranges (commonly just the Dandenongs) are a set of low mountain ranges in Victoria, Australia, approximately east of the state capital Melbourne. A minor branch of the Great Dividing Range, the Dandenongs consist mostly of rol ...

within

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. The organisation operated the Yarra Ranges Senior Football league and the Yarra Ranges Junior Football league between 2016 and 2018.

History

The Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League was formed in 1966, from the amalgamation of the Mountain District Football League (1922–1965) and the

Yarra Valley Football League The Yarra Valley Football Association was an Australian rules football competition formed in 1909 and ended in 1965. History The Yarra Valley Football Association was formed in 1909 and ran until 1965 as a one division football competition. ...

(1909–1965). Most of the teams in the league are based in the outer fringes of north-east and east Melbourne. However, the addition in recent years of Thornton-Eildon, Yea and Alexandra from the Kyabram District Football League has seen the league expand into the

Goulburn Valley The Goulburn Valley is a sub-region, part of the Hume region of the Australian state of Victoria. The sub-region consists of those areas in the catchment of the Goulburn River and other nearby streams, and is part of the Murray-Darling Basin. ...

area of central Victoria. South Belgrave transferred to the Eastern Football League for the 2008 season, followed by Silvan for the 2011 season. Thornton-Eildon Football Club went into recess at the start of 2011. In 2016, following a review, the league decided to change its name to the AFL Yarra Ranges. At the conclusion of the 2018 season, the league merged with the

South East Football Netball League The South East Football Netball League was an Australian rules football competition containing teams in the south-east of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria. The 9 teams were all part of the Casey-Cardinia division of the Mornington Peninsula Nepe ...

to form the

Outer East Football Netball League The Outer East Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league stretching from the Goulburn Valley, Dandenong Ranges, and western Gippsland within Victoria (Australia), Victoria. History The league was formed with the ...

Structure

Clubs fielded football teams in seniors, reserves and under-18s. Clubs played in a two division structure in both the seniors and reserves, with the club winning the senior flag in division two promoted and the bottom division one senior club relegated each season. Since 2013, the under-18s has been played as a single division. A netball competition was introduced in 2005, with the competition subsequently expanded to cater for A, B and C grades.

Timeline

*1966 - 2015: Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League *2016 - 2018: Yarra Ranges Football & Netball League *2019–present day:

Clubs

Final clubs

Division One

Division Two

Former clubs

Premierships

Division 1

;YVMDFL - 1966 to 1972. ;Division One - 1972 to 2018.

Division 2

1972 to 2018 ^a Under 18s won as Thornton

Division 3

1974 to 1977

References

External links

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League Official WebsiteYVFL 1sts & 2nds Premiership Lists1911 - YVFA Premiership review1949 - YVFL Best & Fairest photo
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