AFL Mackay is an amateur Australian rules football competition formed as the Mackay Australian Football League in 1970. It is headquartered in the city of Mackay with further clubs in Airlie Beach, Bakers Creek and Moranbah. The representative team is known as the Crows. The Premier division is now sponsored by Allied Pickfords Australia (renaming it to Allied Pickfords Cup)
History The first Australian rules football matches in Mackay were held in 1885, however most clubs in the region later adopted rugby rules.History of AFL in Queensland It would be almost a century before regular competition would again be played in the region.
The Mackay Australian Football League began in 1970 with founding clubs being the East Mackay Demons, West Mackay Magpies (later Walkerston), and North Mackay Colts. 1971 Bakers Creek join. 1975 Moranbah join. 1977 Mackay City join. 1980 Dysart join. 1982 Middlemount join. Dysart and Middlemount, along with Moranbah, move to the Central Highlands AFL as shift work made it difficult to consistently field teams 1983 Trend United break away from North Mackay 1985 Airlie Beach come into the competition. They change their name to Whitsunday in 1990. 1987 East Mackay and Trend United amalgamate to become known as Eastern Swans. 1989 Moranbah return but the same problems arise and in 1993 again returned to the Central Highlands. 1990 Mackay City change their name to Northern Beaches and then back to Mackay City in 1998. 2011 Andergrove Kangaroos joined the competition, changed their name to the Northern Beaches Magpies in 2012, and then to the Mackay Magpies in 2015.
Clubs All clubs field senior men's sides. Eastern Swans do not field a senior women's side, while Moranbah and Whitsunday do not field reserve men's sides.
Locations Red = senior clubs
Yellow = junior-only clubs Club locations - MackayClub locations - Greater Mackay
Senior ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.Years in MAFLMAFL Senior PremiershipsTotal Years Bakers Creek Tigers Etwell Park, Bakers Creek–1971 1971–9 1971, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999 Eastern Swans Rogers Oval, South Mackay–1970 1970–7 1970, 1973, 1980, 1988, 1998, 2009, 2015, 2024 Mackay Glenella–2011 2011-0 - Mackay City Hawks South Mackay–1977 1977-1978, 1980-9 1985, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2026MoranbahBulldogsStevenson Sports Park, MoranbahCHAFL19751975–1982, 1989–1991, 2006–31977, 1978, 2014 North Mackay Zeolla Park, Beaconsfield–1970 1970–15 1974, 1976, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025 Whitsunday Jubilee Pocket–1985 1985-10 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2017, 2018
Juniors only ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundEst.Years in MAFLSarinaDemonsBrewers Park, Sarina20102010-
Former ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundEst.Years in MAFLMAFL Senior PremiershipsFate Flags Years Alligator Creek Bombers ? Juniors only Folded DysartSwansLeichhardt Recreation Reserve, Dysart19801980-19820 -Formed Central Highlands AFL in 1983 Pioneer Valley Power Etwell Park, Bakers Creek ?-2018 Juniors only Merged with Bakers Creek in 2019MiddlemountKangaroosMiddlemount Sports Reserve, Middlemount198219820 -Formed Central Highlands AFL in 1983 Trend United Swans1983 1983–1986 1 1984 Split from North Mackay in 1983. Merged with East Mackay to form Eastern Swans in 1987 Walkerston Magpies, Glenella 1970 1970–1986 11975 Folded after 1986 season
MJ Miller Medal The MJ Miller Medal is awarded to the best & fairest player as voted by the umpires in the senior men's competition. The award is named after Mick Miller; formerly of the Walkerston Magpies, who was a driving force behind the introduction of AFL to the Mackay Region.
Previous Winners:
1970 Dave Synnott (North Mackay) 1971 Mervyn Stevens (Bakers Creek) 1972 Michael Stirling (Walkerston) 1973 Anthony Davidson (East Mackay) 1974 Frank Zeolla (North Mackay) 1975 Ian McCleod (Moranbah), Colin Thompson (Bakers Creek) 1976 Gerrad Bench (Bakers Creek) 1977 Ness Berding (Moranbah) 1978 Ronald Perkins (Moranbah) 1979 Noel Jolliffe (Bakers Creek) 1980 Graham Allen (Mackay City) 1981 Peter Filler (Mackay City) 1982 Kevin Tschirpig (Bakers Creek) 1983 Gary Lewis (Bakers Creeek) 1984 Neville Allen (Mackay City) 1985 Peter Alexopolous (Bakers Creek) 1986 Gary Lewis (Bakers Creek) 1987 Warren Martin (Mackay City) 1988 Anthony Russell (Eastern Swans) 1989 Anthony Russell (Eastern Swans) 1990 Anthony Baker (Bakers Creek) 1991 Paul Harris (Eastern Swans), Andrew Prause (Bakers Creek) 1992 Jason McCormick (Bakers Creek) 1993 Claude Mafici (Northern Beaches) 1994 Wayne Aspland (Whitsunday), Peter Sharpe (Northern Beaches) 1995 Jeff Mackey (Whitsunday), Nigel McCarthy (Whitsunday), Ben Barber (Whitsunday) 1996 Jason Regan (Northern Beaches) 1997 Peter Morris (North Mackay Saints) 1998 Robert Wells (Northern Beaches Lions), Steven McMillian (Mackay City)
1999 Bruce Gillingham (Bakers Creek) 2000 Michael Purton (Bakers Creek) 2001 Robert Samovojska (Whitsunday) 2002 John Kupsch (Whitsunday) 2003 Brett Mills (Eastern Swans), Brett Chick (Mackay City) 2004 Ben Drew (Bakers Creek) 2005 Ben Hazell (Eastern Swans) 2006 John Price (North Mackay Saints) 2007 John Price (North Mackay Saints) 2008 John Price (North Mackay Saints) 2009 Paul Branchflower (Whitsunday) 2010 Desmond Hayes (Mackay City Hawks) 2011 Heath Thiele (Andergrove Kangaroos) 2012 Mark Savikauskas (Eastern Swans) 2013 Blake Miles (North Mackay Saints) 2014 Nathan Peters (North Mackay Saints) 2015 Desmond Hayes (Mackay City Hawks) 2016 Desmond Hayes (Mackay City Hawks) 2017 James Gallagher (North Mackay Saints) 2018 Cameron Hill (North Mackay Saints) 2019 Darcy Mealy (Eastern Swans) 2020 Braeden Ebert (Mackay Magpies) 2021 Alec Townsend (North Mackay Saints) 2022 David Manning (Eastern Swans) 2023 Steven Pugh (North Mackay Saints) 2023 Jacob Wilson (North Mackay Saints) 2024 Chris Endres (Eastern Swans) 2025 Jake Turner (Whitsunday)
Premiers
1970 East Mackay 1971 Bakers Creek 1972 Bakers Creek 1973 East Mackay 1974 North Mackay 1975 Walkerston 1976 North Mackay 1977 Moranbah 1978 Moranbah 1979 Bakers Creek 1980 East Mackay 1981 Bakers Creek 1982 Mackay City 1983 North Mackay 1984 Trend United 1985 Mackay City 1986 Mackay City 1987 North Mackay 1988 Eastern Swans
1989 Bakers Creek 1990 Bakers Creek 1991 Bakers Creek 1992 Bakers Creek 1993 Whitsunday 1994 Whitsunday 1995 Whitsunday 1996 Whitsunday 1997 Northern Beaches 1998 Eastern Swans 1999 Bakers Creek 2000 Mackay City 2001 North Mackay 2002 North Mackay 2003 North Mackay 2004 Whitsunday 2005 Whitsunday 2006 Whitsunday 2007 North Mackay
2008 North Mackay 2009 Eastern Swans 2010 Whitsunday 2011 Mackay City 2012 Mackay City 2013 Mackay City 2014 Moranbah 2015 Eastern Swans 2016 Mackay City Hawks 2017 Whitsunday 2018 Whitsunday 2019 North Mackay 2020 North Mackay 2021 North Mackay 2022 North Mackay 2023 North Mackay 2024 Eastern Swans 2025 North Mackay
Senior Mens Leading Goal Kickers
YearPlayerClubTotal goals 1970 David Synnott North Mackay 31 1971 Mervyn Stevens Bakers Creek 66 1972 Mervyn Stevens Bakers Creek 54 1973 Mervyn Stevens Bakers Creek 105 1974 Len Holland North Mackay 65 1975 Mervyn Stevens Bakers Creek 65 1976 Chris Mouat Moranbah 57 1977 Chris Mouat Moranbah 113 1978 Ronald Perkins Moranbah 59 1979 Ness Berding Moranbah 102 1980 Mervyn Stevens Bakers Creek 91 1981 Kevin Kimber Bakers Creek 79 1982 Mervyn Stevens Mackay City 151 1983 Gary Chapman Mackay City 76 1984 Peter Smith Bakers Creek 59 1985 Allen Newman Trend United 99 1986 Peter Smith Bakers Creek 105 1987 Brian Park Bakers Creek 49 1988 Peter Harris Eastern Swans 100 1989 Anthony Baker Bakers Creek 216 1990 Anthony Baker Bakers Creek 136 1991 Peter Harris North Mackay 228 1992 Geoffrey Reid Eastern Swans 89 1993 Todd Watson Whitsunday 103 1994 Damian Quirk Whitsunday 64 1995 Paul Tascus Whitsunday 81 1996 Ben Kingsley Whitsunday 50 1997 Ty Miller North Mackay 53 1998 Matt Cumming Whitsunday 47 1999 Daniel Archer Eastern Swans 100 2000 Barry Goodwin Mackay City 57 2001 Greg Burdett North Mackay 40 2002 Lenard Egan North Mackay 54 2003 David Johnstone Mackay City 80 2004 David Johnstone Mackay City 63 2005 Sean Reilly Mackay City 60 2006 Lenard Egan North Mackay 80 2007 David Johnstone Mackay City 80 2008 Craig Dowdell North Mackay 108 2009 Grant Evans Mackay City 74 2010 Joshua Murray Bakers Creek 56 2011 Paul Cole North Mackay 104 2012 Troy Weller Whitsundays 76 2013 Michael Fisher Moranbah Bulldogs 76 2014 Mathew Stephens Mackay Hawks 97 2015 Brodie Saltmarsh Mackay City Hawks 65 2016 Sean Reilly Mackay City Hawks 2017 Brendan Riddle North Mackay Saints 71 2018 Sean Reilly Mackay City Hawks 2019 Samuel Dunbar North Mackay Saints 70 2020 Benjamin Barba Eastern Swans 26 2021 Benjamin Barba Eastern Swans 632022Cody FilewoodNorth Mackay Saints642023Cody FilewoodNorth Mackay Saints502024Joel MitchellMackay Magpies582025Cameron HillNorth Mackay Saints54
2008 Ladder AFL MackayWinsByesLossesDraws For Against % PtsFinalTeamGBPtsTeamGBPts North Mackay 18 0 2 0 2938 879 334.24% 72 1st Semi Eastern Swans 13 9 87 Mackay City 12 14 86 Whitsundays 15 0 5 0 2752 1303 211.20% 60 2nd Semi North Mackay 16 16 112 Whitsundays 8 10 58 Mackay City 12 0 8 0 2050 1680 122.02% 48 Preliminary Eastern Swans 18 6 114 Whitsundays 14 20 104 Eastern Swans 9 0 11 0 2109 2342 90.05% 36 Grand North Mackay 25 17 167 Eastern Swans 8 11 59 Moranbah 4 0 16 0 1108 2468 44.89% 16 Bakers Creek 2 0 18 0 942 3227 29.19% 8
2009 Ladder AFL MackayWinsByesLossesDraws For Against % PtsFinalTeamGBPtsTeamGBPts Whitsundays 18 0 0 0 2356 975 241.64% 72 1st Semi Eastern Swans 21 6 132 Bakers Creek 5 7 37 Mackay City 11 0 7 0 2082 1234 168.72% 44 2nd Semi Whitsundays 15 5 95 Mackay City 12 5 77 Eastern Swans 11 0 7 0 1558 1499 103.94% 44 Preliminary Eastern Swans 17 10 112 Mackay City 11 12 78 Bakers Creek 7 0 11 0 1331 1800 73.94% 28 Grand Eastern Swans 11 6 72 Whitsundays 9 9 63 North Mackay 6 0 12 0 1443 1686 85.59% 24 Moranbah 1 0 17 0 788 2364 33.33% 4
2010 Ladder AFL MackayWinsByesLossesDraws For Against % PtsFinalTeamGBPtsTeamGBPts Whitsundays 15 0 3 0 1713 850 201.53% 60 1st Semi North Mackay 7 10 52 Bakers Creek 6 6 42 Mackay City 14 0 4 0 1875 784 239.16% 56 2nd Semi Mackay City 11 9 75 Whitsundays 8 13 61 North Mackay 10 0 8 0 1494 1127 132.56% 40 Preliminary Whitsundays 17 18 120 North Mackay 6 4 40 Bakers Creek 8 0 10 0 1337 1187 112.64% 32 Grand Whitsundays 16 12 108 Mackay City 7 6 48 Eastern Swans 6 0 12 0 1151 1547 74.40% 24 Moranbah 1 0 17 0 511 2586 19.80% 4
2011 Ladder AFL MackayWinsByesLossesDraws For Against % PtsFinalTeamGBPtsTeamGBPts Mackay City 16 0 0 0 1958 434 451.15% 64 1st Semi Andergrove 10 7 67 Whitsundays 6 4 40 North Mackay 12 0 3 1 1800 706 254.96% 50 2nd Semi Mackay City 6 6 42 North Mackay 5 9 39 Andergrove 9 0 7 0 1084 1169 92.73% 36 Preliminary North Mackay 15 7 97 Andergrove 4 6 30 Whitsundays 8 0 7 1 793 1122 70.68% 34 Grand Mackay City 9 13 67 North Mackay 3 9 27 Eastern Swans 7 0 9 0 867 1185 73.16% 28 Moranbah 3 0 13 0 468 1624 28.82% 12 Bakers Creek 0 0 16 0 304 1034 29.40% 0
2012 Ladder AFL MackayWinsByesLossesDraws For Against % PtsFinalTeamGBPtsTeamGBPts Mackay City 11 3 2 1 1499 520 288.27% 58 1st Semi Eastern Swans 17 7 109 North Mackay 8 5 53 Whitsundays 11 3 3 0 1513 659 229.59% 56 2nd Semi Whitsundays 13 10 88 Mackay City 9 15 69 North Mackay 9 3 5 0 1187 873 135.97% 48 Preliminary Mackay City 10 14 74 Eastern Swans 8 5 53 Eastern Swans 8 3 6 0 1162 853 136.23% 44 Grand Mackay City 12 9 81 Whitsundays 9 6 60 Magpies Northern Beaches 6 3 7 1 1030 864 119.21% 38 Moranbah 3 3 11 0 700 1430 48.95% 24 Bakers Creek 0 3 14 0 392 2284 17.16% 12
2013 Ladder