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KERSBROOKCurrent Affiliation: Hills Football League (HFL) since 1993 Formed: c. 1912; disbanded 1924; reformed 1926; disbanded again 1932; reformed 1935; merged with Chain of Ponds in 1948 whilst retaining the Kersbrook name and colours Colours: Royal blue and light blue Emblem: Blues, Brookers Senior Grade Premierships: Torrens Valley Football Association (TVFA) - 1957 (1 total); East Torrens Football Association (ETFA) A2 Division - 1967 (1 total); HFL Division Two/Country Division - 1972, 1974, 1986, 1993, 1997, 2008-9 (7 total) Mail Medallists: Ron Slattery 1936; John Wilkey 1949; Keith Checker 1951; Stefan Horvath 1985 & 1986; Darrel Pearce 1990; Kane Paues 1996, 1999 & 2001; Matthew Scott 1997; Brad Pearce 2007 (8 Medallists/11 Total) Kersbrook’s early history was fraught with difficulty and on two occasions during the inter-war years the club was forced into recess for brief periods. The Brookers did not manage to procure a senior grade premiership until 1957 when they scored a thumping 14.14 (98) to 0.0 (0) victory over Mount Torrens in the grand final of the Torrens Valley Football Association. A second flag followed a decade later, this time in the A2 Division of the East Torrens Football Association. However, it was only after the club commenced in the Hills Football League in 1971 that it established itself as a consistent force, with its total of half a dozen division two/country division premierships is a competition record matched only by Birdwood. The Blues or Brookers as they are interchangeably known have won the last two country division premierships, both at the expense of Torrens Valley. In 2008 they triumphed in the grand final by 8 points, 12.12 (84) to 10.16 (76), while a year later the margin was 11 points, Kersbrook winning 14.17 (101) to 13.12 (90). Where now? or
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