Tapalinga and Imalu resume hostilites in Round 1 grand final rematch
THE 2008-09 Tiwi Islands Football League Grand Final will be played on Sunday, March 22 next year, a day after the Northern Territory Football League season decider.
The league's fixtures were finalised this week and it will feature 18 rounds, three weeks of finals and the popular Island of Origin match in January.
The top two teams from last season, Imalu and Tapalinga, will resume hostilities tomorrow in the first game of Round 1. The Tigers and Superstars played out an enthralling grand final last season, with Imalu holding out to win their 15th premiership.
All matches will be played on Melville Island at Milikapiti and Garden Point, and at Ranku on Bathurst Island.
The islands' main ground, Stanley Tipiloura Oval at Nguiu (Bathurst Island), is currently undergoing a transformation. Football is expected to return there by Round 6.
In this season's fixtures, last season's grand finalists will meet three times: Rounds 1, 7 and 15.
The popular Island of Origin match, between teams of players from Melville and Bathurst islands, will again be played this season; on Monday, January 26, two days after Round 13.
Tiwi Islands Football League 2008/09 Season fixtures
Round 1, November 1
Imalu v Tapalinga
Ranku v Tuyu
Muluwurri v Pumaralli
Walama: bye
Round 2 November 8
Tapalinga v Ranku
Tuyu v Muluwurri
Pumaralli v Walama
Imalu: bye
Round 3, November 15
Ranku v Muluwurri
Tapalinga v Pumaralli
Walama v Imalu
Tuyu: bye
Round 4, November 22
Tuyu v Pumaralli
Walama v Ranku
Imalu v Muluwurri
Tapalinga: bye
Round 5, November 29
Muluwurri v Walama
Pumaralli v Imalu
Tapalinga v Tuyu
Ranku: bye
Round 6, December 5
Pumaralli v Ranku
Tapalinga v Walama
Tuyu v Imalu
Muluwurri: bye
Round 7, Decmber 13
Imalu v Ranku
Tapalinga v Muluwurri
Tuyu v Walama
Pumaralli: bye
Round 8, December 20
Tapalinga v Imalu
Tuyu v Ranku
Pumaralli v Muluwurri
Walama: bye
Round 9, December 27
Ranku v Tapalinga
Muluwurri v Tuyu
Walama v Pumaralli
Imalu: bye
Round 10, January 3, 2009
Muluwurri v Ranku
Pumaralli v Tapalinga
Imalu v Walama
Tuyu: bye
Round 11, January 10
Pumaralli v Tuyu
Ranku v Walama
Muluwurri v Imalu
Tapalinga: bye
Round 12, January 17
Walama v Muluwurri
Imalu v Pumaralli
Tuyu v Tapalinga
Ranku: bye
Round 13, January 24
Ranku v Pumaralli
Walama v Tapalinga
Imalu v Tuyu
Muluwurri: bye
Island of Origin, January 26
Melville Island v Bathurst Island
Round 14, January 31
Ranku v Imalu
Muluwurri v Tapalinga
Walama v Tuyu
Pumaralli: bye
Round 15, February 7
Imalu v Tapalinga
Ranku v Tuyu
Muluwurri v Pumaralli
Walama: bye
Round 16, February 14
Tapalinga v Ranku
Tuyu v Muluwurri
Pumaralli v Walama
Imalu: bye
Round 17, February 21
Ranku v Muluwurri
Tapalinga v Pumarrali
Walama v Imalu
Tuyu: bye
Round 18, February 28
Tuyu v Pumaralli
Walama v Ranku
Imalu v Muluwurri
Tapalinga: bye
Finals
March 7
1st Semi-Final (3rd v 4th)
2nd Semi-Final (1st v 2nd)
March 14
Preliminary Final
March 22
Grand Final
DARREN MONCRIEFF
AboriginalFootball@westnet.com.au
Friday, October 31, 2008
Last Modified on 30/12/2008 23:56