Australian Football

Border Downs Tintinara

Prior to their amalgamation in 1993 Border Downs had competed in the River Murray Football League since 1955, while Tintinara had been a member of the Tatiara Football League for the same length of time. Before joining the TFL Tintinara had enjoyed premiership success on three occasions in the Lakes District Football Association. The club later added a solitary TFL flag in 1977. Border Downs’ record was undistinguished as the club’s senior grade team never once made it as far as a grand final.

Following the merger the Crows spent eight seasons competing in the RMFL before crossing to the South Australian version of the Mallee Football League. Over subsequent years the club rapidly came of age with no fewer than a dozen senior grade grand final appearances since 2004. In the first of these the Crows scored a slashing 25.15 (165) to 5.3 (33) triumph over Murrayville, and they were also successful in both 2006 against Lameroo and 2007 at the expense of Murrayville once more. They blotted their copybook slightly in 2008 when they went down in the grand final by 32 points to Lameroo a result that was repeated the following year. They then embarked on a record setting sequence of five consecutive premiership triumphs achieved at the expense of Karoonda Districts in 2010, Murrayville in 2011, Karoonda Districts again in 2012, Lameroo in 2013 and Peake and District in 2014. A grand final loss to Lameroo followed in 2015 before the Crows made it nine flags in thirteen seasons with a 12.17 (89) to 10.9 (69) grand final defeat of Peake and District in 2016. The following season brought a slight decline in fortunes as the Crows' season was ended at the preliminary final stage by Peake. A year later the Crows enjoyed a dream campaign which saw them win all 17 matches for the year culminating in a 14.17 (101) to 6.7 (43) grand final trouncing of Karoonda.