SUPERULES - The first 10 years - the 1980s
29th Aug 1980	Inaugural Meeting at Nhill (Victoria) to form Superules
27th Sept 1980	Wimmera versus Melbourne Superules curtain raiser at the Ballarat Grand Final. Best Crowd of seven seasons.
6th June 1981	Canberra versus Victoria - the first representative Superules match.
4th April 1981	Wimmera played Ballarat in the first programmed game in Victoria.
12th June 1981	Melbourne versus Victoria Country - curtain raiser to VFA preliminary final.
13th Oct 1981	Victoria team travelled to Darwin to play Northern Territory and lost
April 1982	Inaugural Fixtures played in Perth
16th May 1982	A Western Victoria team lost to Adelaide at West Torrens
13th June 1982	North East Victoria played Darwin at Darwin
4th July 1982	Melbourne played Canberra at Lavington
8th Aug 1982	Exhibition match at Launceston to launch Superules in Tasmania
29th Aug 1982	Combined Melbourne versus South West Victoria at Hamilton
29th Aug 1982	Interstate match:South Australia versus Victoria at Nhill
28th Jan 1983	Appointment of a National Administrator
10th Feb 1983	Appointment of inaugural Committee in Western Australia with fixtures for 1983 season with four teams; Northern Districts, Victoria Park, Fremantle & Swanbourne.
8th May 1983	Start of Superules first organised competition. Fourteen teams in Western & Central Victoria.
12 June 1983	Two oldest teams ever to play Australian Football average age 47 years, at Warracknabeal. A.C.T. versus Western Victoria at Warracknabeal.
8th July 1983	Western Victoria combined team played Alice Springs in their first game
10th July 1983	Superules first meeting at Morningside F.C Brisbane, Queensland
18 & 20 July 1983	Inaugural Superules National Carnival
22nd Sept 1983	Sports Exacto Superules Carnival at Camberwell Football Ground, Melbourne
Dec 1983	Ansett Airlines sponsorship for 3 years - National directors now attend meetings of the main national body.
Aug 1984	Second Superules Australia National Carnival, Darwin, NT
Sept 1995	Cascade Superules Australia National Carnival, Hobart, Tasmania
Oct 1986	Fourth Superules Australia National Carnival, Perth, WA - First International match Tasmania versus Singapore. The 1986 Carnival was the first carnival with all State and Territories represented.
Oct 1987	Fifth Superules Australia National Carnival, Brisbane, Queensland. - Masterules introduced for players over 40.
Oct 1988	Sixth Superules Australia National Carnival, Adelaide, SA. - First Masterules competition
Oct 1989	Seventh Superules Australia National Carnival, Canberra, ACT. - Introduction of two divisions for Superules WA & NT unable to participate due to airline strike.
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