AFL Mackay

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 and Bakers Creek. 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. 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 joined and stayed until 1982 when they returned to the central highland due to work commitments.
 * 1977 Mackay City joined the competition.
 * 1980 Dysart joined.
 * 1982 Middlemount joined. Dysart and Middlemount along with Moranbah returned the central highlands as shift work was being the killer for the teams.
 * 1983 There came a break away from the North Mackay team and they called themselves Trend United.
 * 1985 Airlie Beach came into the competition. They changed their name to Whitsunday in 1990.
 * 1987 East Mackay and Trend United amalgamated to become known as Eastern Swans.
 * 1989 Moranbah came back but the same problems arose, shift work and in 1993 again returned to the central highlands.
 * 1990 Mackay City changed 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.

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
 * 1972
 * 1973
 * 1974 Frank Zeolla (North Mackay)
 * 1975
 * 1976
 * 1977
 * 1978
 * 1979
 * 1980
 * 1981
 * 1982
 * 1983
 * 1984
 * 1985
 * 1986
 * 1987
 * 1988
 * 1989


 * 1990
 * 1991
 * 1992
 * 1993
 * 1994
 * 1995
 * 1996
 * 1997 Peter Morris (North Mackay Saints)
 * 1998 Robert Wells (Northern Beaches Lions)
 * 1999
 * 2000
 * 2001
 * 2002
 * 2003
 * 2004 Tyrone Kovacs (Whitsunday Sea Eagles)
 * 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)

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

League

 * Official AFL Mackay Website