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, Sarina, Alligator Creek, Pioneer Valley 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. 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 2006