Half Back Flanker wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:Angler wrote:
There’s talks there could be a restructure across a number of the northern leagues- APFL, NEFL, NAFA, BL&G & YPFL. The problem in the APFL is the southern clubs (Two Wells, Angle Vale, Virginia) are effectively becoming suburbs of Adelaide which means their junior numbers are huge and the number of top age juniors in each grade far outweighs the traditional country clubs.
Could we see these 5 leagues pulled apart and reassembled?
As much as it saddens me I’m hearing more noise than I hoped for, watching the divide in the APFL juniors over the past 15+ years though makes me realise it’s for the betterment of everyone, I guess I’m a little selfish as I love the APFL and all the clubs involved. I’m always made feel welcome to all of them.
Here's a discussion topic.....
Southern clubs from the APFL along with Mallala and Hamley Bridge join a second tier Barossa comp with say Kapunda and Freeling and have promotion and relegation between the two divisions?
The problem lies with the junior grades, they will be aligned to how successful the A Grade is, HWE, United & Hamley will struggle with juniors as the surrounding towns get smaller as more people move closer to the city for employment.
How United manage to field juniors is a credit to their club, I can’t imagine too many families live in Long Plains, Wild Horse Plains, Windsor, Lower Light and Dublin.