Ballarat Football League

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The Ballarat Football League is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia. The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football League in 1908 and was briefly known as tehe Ballarat-Wimmera Football League between 1934-36.^[1] .

The league features 10 senior clubs. It is also a strong league for grass roots football with 9 junior clubs consisting of 63 teams from U/10 through to U/16.5 (Ballarat, Bacchus Marsh, East Ballarat, Golden Point, Lake Wendouree, Mount Clear, North Ballarat, Redan & Sebastopol).^[2]

The Chief Executive Officer of the BFL is Tim Beacham who formerly played in the Victorian Football League with the North Ballarat Roosters before being appointed in 2005.

1 Current Clubs
2 Former Clubs
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Current Clubs

Ballarat Football Club
Bacchus Marsh Football Club Official Site
Darley Football Club
East Point Football Club
Lake Wendouree Football Club Official Site
Melton Football Club Official Site
Melton South Football Club
Redan Lions Official Site
Sebastopol Football Club
Sunbury Football Club Official Site

[edit] Former Clubs

Army Football Club
Beaufort Football Club
Daylesford Football Club
East Ballarat Football Club
Geelong West Football Club
Golden Point Football Club
Learmonth-Waubra Football Club
Maddingley Football Club
Maryborough Football Club
Military Hospital Football Club
North Ballarat Football Club
RAAF Football Club
Smeaton Football Club
Waubra Football Club
Wendouree Football Club

[edit] References

^ Ballarat Football League from Full Points Footy
^ Official Ballarat Football League

[edit] External links

Australian rules football in Victoria, Australia
Governing Bodies	Football Victoria (Metropolitan) \| Victorian Country Football League (Country)
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Junior Leagues - Auskick	Riddell District Juniors \| Waverley Juniors \| Moorabbin \| Dandenong \| Yarra Juniors
Women's Leagues	Victorian Women's Football League \| Youth Girls Competition
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