The Strathspey & Badenoch Welfare Football Association is the governing body overseeing amateur Scottish Welfare football in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of Scotland. It is affiliated to Scottish Welfare Football Association and Scottish Football Association and has been running intermittently since its inaugural season in 1929–30.[1] The winners on that occasion were the now-defunct Nethy Bridge F.C.
There is an annual league competition which runs from May to July with each member club playing the others four times over the course of the season. For the 2019 season, all league games take place on Tuesday evenings. The SBWFA League is sponsored by local Carrbridge firm David Ritchie & Sons Ltd. As of the 2017 season it has been known as the David Ritchie & Sons Ltd League for sponsorship purposes.
Each club is also responsible for hosting its own cup competition. As of the 2019 season cup matches will take place on Friday evenings, except for the SBWFA North V South Trophy which has yet to be confirmed. 2019 has five cup competitions. These are:
McCook Cup(Aviemore Thistle)
Revack Cup(Boat of Garten Ospreys)
Maclean Cup(Grantown United)
Capaldi Cup(Kingussie F.C.)
SBWFA North V South Trophy
Because there were no league competitions in the 2020 and 2021 seasons, the cup matches were also suspended. The format for the 2022 season has not been announced yet.
Member club numbers tend to fluctuate from season to season, with the most recent notable extinctions being Grantown F.C. and Tomatin United. The 2022 season is being competed for by the following clubs:
Aviemore Thistle
One of two sides based at the village of Aviemore, Thistle shared their home park with local rivals RBL Aviemore before RBL Aviemore were mothballed at the end of the 2015 season. Thistle underwent a rebirth at the end of 2007 when the club almost became extinct, but the name and colours were saved at the 11th hour and a Jags side was successfully fielded for the 2008 season.
Boat of Garten Ospreys
The latest incarnation of Boat of Garten FC, making a return to the SBWFA after a long absence.
Cromdale
FC Abernethy
Kingussie
The side return to the SBWFA after an absence of four years, last competing in the 2015 season when they finished third in the league table that season.
