Horsham & District Football League

The Horsham & District Football League is an amateur Australian rules football league based in the Wimmera area of Western Victoria.

History

The league in its present form was created in 1946. Prior to World War 2 a number of local leagues existed around Horsham, shrinking to one in 1934. The clubs that played in the previous incarnation in 1934 were Green Park (who won the premiership), CYMS, Quantong, Adelphians, Church of England, Longerenong and Pimpinio Seconds. The clubs that played in 1946 were Kalkee (who won the premiership), Horsham Homers, Wonwondah, Jung, Wail, Laharum, RSL, Longerenong College, Taylors Lake and YCW.

In 1982 the league expanded after the West Wimmera FL disbanded and five clubs joined, the clubs Goroke, Noradjuha, Douglas-Harrow-Miga Lake, Gerang - Kiata, and Netherby-Lorquon. This brought the total to sixteen clubs, since then Netherby-Lorquon went into recess and Imperials-Wonwondah moved to the Wimmera Football League in 1983.

In 2000 after the folding of the Ararat District Football Association , Stawell Swifts and Great Western joined the competition.

Edenhope-Apsley joined from the Kowree Naracoorte Tatiara Football League in 2007. Natimuk and Horsham Diggers (Wimmera Football League) voted on a Merger for 2014 season and beyond under the banner of Natimuk United Football Netball Club. The club will wear the Natimuk jumper for home games and Horsham Diggers jumper for away games. They will keep scheduling a match on Anzac Day.

Swifts are the current premiers after defeating a year long undefeated Laharum side in the 2014 grand final.^{[1] [2]}

Clubs

Current

Jumper	Club	Nickname	Years in comp	HDFL Premierships	Premiership Years
	Edenhope Apsley	Saints	2007- (merger)	-	-
	Harrow Balmoral	Kangaroos	1997- (merger)	4	1999, 2002, 2004, 2007
	Jeparit Rainbow	The Storm	2015-	0
	Kalkee	Killers	1945–1948, 1954–1958, 1960-	15	1946-7-8, 1974, 1978-9, 1982-3, 1989, 2000, 2008-9-10-11-12
	Laharum	The mountain men	1936-	8	1958-9, 1962-3-4, 1987, 1995, 2013
	Natimuk United	Rams	1971-2013 : 2014- (Merged with Horsham united to become Natimuk United)	1	1975
	Noradjuha-Quantong	Bombers	1997- (merger)	-	-
	Pimpinio	Tigers	1968-	2	2005-6
	Rupanyup	Panthers	1981-	7	1985-6, 1990, 1996-7-8, 2001
	Swifts	Baggies	2000-	2	2003, 2014
	Taylors Lake	Lakers	1946-	1	1952

Past Clubs

• Ararat Eagles (2000)
• Armoured Car (1939)
• Cannum (1969–1970)
• Diggers (1946–1961) renamed to Imperials
• Douglas-Harrow-Miga Lake (1982–1996)
• Gerang - Kiata (1982–1999)
• Goroke (1982–1998)
• Great Western (2002–2010) went into recess, then later reformed and entered the Mininera & District Football League.
• Haven (1948–1955)
• Homers (1945–1997) renamed to North Horsham
• Imperials (1962–1976) Merged with Wonwondah
• Imperials - Wonwondah (1976–1982) moved to Wimmera Football League in 1983, later renamed to Horsham Diggers
• Jung (1946–1973)
• Longerenong College (1945–1986)
• Murtoa Seconds (1948)
• Netherby-Lorquon (1982)
• Noradjuha (1982–1996) merged with Quantong
• North Horsham (1998)
• Quantong (1950–1996) merged with Noradjuha
• St Michaels (1947–1992) moved to Wimmera Football League in 1993, but renamed to Horsham Saints
• Wail (1945–1948)
• Wonwondah (1946–1975) merged with Imperials
• YCW (1945–1946) renamed to St Michaels

Recent Premierships

• 1996 Rupanyup
• 1997 Rupanyup
• 1998 Rupanyup
• 1999 Harrow Balmoral
• 2000 Kalkee
• 2001 Rupanyup
• 2002 Harrow Balmoral
• 2003 Swifts
• 2004 Harrow Balmoral
• 2005 Pimpinio
• 2006 Pimpinio
• 2007 Harrow Balmoral
• 2008 Kalkee
• 2009 Kalkee
• 2010 Kalkee
• 2011 Kalkee
• 2012 Kalkee
• 2013 Laharum
• 2014 Swifts

References

External links

• League's Official Website