Horsham & District Football League

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

Horsham & District Football League

Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1935 (1935)
No. of teams	11
Country	Australia
Most recent champion(s)	Seniors: Harrow Balmoral Reserves: Harrow Balmoral
Official website	www.horshamdfl.sportingpulse.net

Records
Highest Score	356 - Homers 56.20.356 (v Gerang-Kiata 1.0.6) - 17-8-1991.
Most goals in a game	25 goals Kevin Smith Homers v College - 1965 24 goals Rob Maynard Homers v Gerang Kiata - 17-08-1991
Most goals in a season	170 - Geoff Parish – Homers - 1992, Paul Morgan – Rupanyup - 1998
Most flags in a row	5 – Kalkee – 2008-2012
Most wins in a row	45 – Kalkee – 2008-2010
Most losses in a row	46 - Natimuk – 1999-2002

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 (which won the premiership), CYMS, Quantong, Adelphians, Church of England, Longerenong and Pimpinio Seconds. The clubs that played in 1946 were Kalkee (which 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 Football League disbanded and five clubs joined: Goroke, Noradjuha, Douglas-Harrow-Miga Lake, Gerang - Kiata, and Netherby-Lorquon. This brought the total to sixteen clubs. Since then Netherby-Lorquon has gone into recess, and Imperials-Wonwondah has 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 wore the Natimuk jumper for home games and Horsham Diggers jumper for away games. They kept scheduling a match on Anzac Day.[1][2]

Swifts were premiers in 2014 after defeating the previously undefeated Laharum in the grand final.[3]

Lahurum defeated Kalkee in the 2015 grand final.[3]

Jeparit-Rainbow transferred from the Mallee Football League for the 2015 season. This caused the Mallee League to fold at the end of the 2015 season.

Consequently Hopetoun and Beulah merged to form the Southern Mallee Giants and transferred to the Horsham & District League in 2016. They dominated the competition for two seasons without losing a game before transferring to the Wimmera Football League.

Clubs

Current

Jumper	Club	Nickname	Years in comp	HDFL Premierships	Premiership Years
	Edenhope Apsley	Saints	2007-	-	-
	Harrow Balmoral	Kangaroos	1997-	5	1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2018
	Jeparit Rainbow	The Storm	2015-	-	-
	Kalkee	Killers	1945–1948, 1954–1958, 1960-	15	1946, 1947, 1948, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1989, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
	Laharum	The mountain men	1936-	10	1938, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1987, 1995, 2013, 2015
	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, 2006
	Rupanyup	Panthers	1981-	7	1985, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 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 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 North Horsham
• Imperials (1962–1976) Merged with Wonwondah
• Imperials - Wonwondah (1976–1982) moved to Wimmera Football League in 1983, later renamed 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
• Southern Mallee Giants (2016-2017) promoted to Wimmera League
• St Michaels (1947–1992) moved to Wimmera Football League in 1993, but renamed Horsham Saints
• Wail (1945–1948)
• Wonwondah (1946–1975) merged with Imperials
• YCW (1945–1946) renamed St Michaels

Premierships

1936 Green Park 1937 Dimboola Seconds 1938 Laharum 1939 Haven 1945 Wail 1946 Kalkee 1947 Kalkee 1948 Kalkee 1949 Wonwondah 1950 St Michaels 1951 Longerenong 1952 Taylors Lake 1953 Wonwondah 1954 Jung 1955 Quantong 1956 Quantong 1957 Wonwondah 1958 Laharum 1959 Laharum 1960 Quantong 1961 Quantong 1962 Laharum 1963 Laharum 1964 Laharum 1965 Homers 1966 Imperials 1967 Longerenong

1968 Jung 1969 St Michaels 1970 Longerenong 1971 Longerenong 1972 Quantong 1973 Quantong 1974 Kalkee 1975 Natimuk 1976 Quantong 1977 Quantong 1978 Kalkee 1979 Kalkee 1980 Imperials-Wonwondah 1981 St Michaels 1982 Kalkee 1983 Kalkee 1984 Noradjuha 1985 Rupanyup 1986 Rupanyup 1987 Laharum 1988 St Michaels 1989 Kalkee 1990 Rupanyup 1991 St Michaels 1992 Homers 1993 Quantong 1994 Quantong

1995 Laharum 1996 Rupanyup 1997 Rupanyup 1998 Rupanyup 1999 Harrow-Balmoral 2000 Kalkee 2001 Rupanyup 2002 Harrow-Balmoral 2003 Stawell Swifts 2004 Harrow-Balmoral 2005 Pimpinio 2006 Pimpinio 2007 Harrow-Balmoral 2008 Kalkee 2009 Kalkee 2010 Kalkee 2011 Kalkee 2012 Kalkee 2013 Laharum 2014 Stawell Swifts 2015 Laharum 2016 Southern Mallee Gaints 2017 Southern Mallee Gaints 2018 Harrow Balmoral 2020 League in recess due to COVID19 pandemic

2014 Ladder

Horsham DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Lahurum	18	0	0	0	2641	716	368.85%	72		Elimination	Edenhope-Apsley	10	6	66	Harrow-Balmoral	7	20	62
Kalkee	14	0	4	0	2129	1057	201.42%	56		Qualifying	Kalkee	11	15	81	Stawell Swifts	8	8	56
Stawell Swifts	14	0	4	0	1943	1035	187.73%	56		Semi	Stawell Swifts	12	14	86	Edenhope-Apsley	12	7	79
Harrow-Balmoral	13	0	5	0	1796	1207	148.80%	52		Semi	Lahurum	19	14	128	Kalkee	9	9	63
Edenhope-Apsley	11	0	7	0	1713	1154	148.44%	44		Preliminary	Stawell Swifts	20	8	128	Kalkee	10	13	73
Noradjuha-Quantong	6	0	12	0	1437	1898	75.71%	24		Grand	Stawell Swifts	15	5	95	Lahurum	10	6	66
Natimuk United	6	0	12	0	1304	1738	75.03%	24
Taylors Lake	5	0	13	0	1411	2145	65.78%	20
Rupanyup	3	0	15	0	994	2208	45.02%	12
Pimpinio	0	0	18	0	644	2854	22.56%	0

2015 Ladder

Horsham DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Lahurum	16	2	0	0	2517	588	428.06%	72		Elimination	Taylors Lake	8	7	55	Jeparit-Rainbow	5	12	42
Kalkee	14	2	2	0	2086	878	237.59%	64		Qualifying	Harrow-Balmoral	12	20	92	Kalkee	11	5	71
Harrow-Balmoral	11	2	5	0	1614	932	173.18%	52		Semi	Kalkee	16	16	112	Taylors Lake	14	11	95
Taylors Lake	10	2	6	0	1780	1245	142.97%	48		Semi	Lahurum	17	16	118	Harrow-Balmoral	4	8	32
Jeparit-Rainbow	10	2	6	0	1483	1235	120.08%	48		Preliminary	Kalkee	18	10	118	Harrow-Balmoral	6	9	45
Stawell Swifts	7	2	9	0	1227	1840	66.68%	36		Grand	Lahurum	14	14	98	Kalkee	7	8	50
Edenhope-Apsley	6	2	10	0	1023	1632	62.68%	32
Noradjuha-Quantong	5	2	11	0	1018	1787	56.97%	28
Rupanyup	4	2	12	0	766	1732	44.23%	24
Pimpinio	3	2	13	0	839	1747	48.03%	20
Natimuk United	2	2	14	0	891	1628	54.73%	16

2016 Ladder

Horsham DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Southern Mallee Giants	16	0	0	0	2317	809	286.40%	64		Elimination	Harrow-Balmoral	11	11	77	Lahurum	11	8	74
Jeparit-Rainbow	14	0	2	0	1987	988	201.11%	56		Elimination	Kalkee	9	5	59	Edenhope-Apsley	5	12	42
Lahurum	12	0	4	0	1677	902	185.92%	48		Semi	Harrow-Balmoral	12	14	86	Kalkee	10	8	68
Kalkee	11	0	5	0	2016	1031	195.54%	44		Semi	South Mallee Gaints	22	15	147	Jeparit-Rainbow	8	7	55
Edenhope-Apsley	11	0	5	0	1815	1069	169.78%	44		Preliminary	Harrow-Balmoral	11	13	79	Jeparit-Rainbow	4	10	34
Harrow-Balmoral	10	0	6	0	1799	845	212.90%	40		Grand	South Mallee Gaints	11	14	80	Harrow-Balmoral	9	1	55
Taylors Lake	7	0	9	0	1687	1622	104.01%	28
Stawell Swifts	5	0	11	0	1174	2022	58.06%	20
Pimpinio	4	0	12	0	1045	2052	50.93%	16
Noradjuha-Quantong	2	0	14	0	899	2105	42.71%	8
Rupanyup	2	0	14	0	717	1917	37.40%	8
Natimuk United	2	0	14	0	794	2565	30.96%	8

2017 Ladder

Horsham DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Southern Mallee Giants	16	0	0	0	2556	529	483.18%	64		Elimination	Stawell Swifts	7	14	56	Natimuk United	8	4	52
Harrow-Balmoral	14	0	2	0	2653	478	555.02%	56		Elimination	Jeparit-Rainbow	12	15	87	Lahuarum	5	5	35
Stawell Swifts	13	0	3	0	1799	992	181.35%	52		Semi	Jeparit-Rainbow	10	11	71	Stawell Swifts	7	8	50
Jeparit-Rainbow	10	0	4	2	1514	955	158.53%	44		Semi	South Mallee Gaints	13	8	86	Harrow-Balmoral	7	15	57
Lahurum	9	0	7	0	1470	1133	129.74%	36		Preliminary	Harrow-Balmoral	29	13	187	Jeparit-Rainbow	5	8	38
Natimuk United	9	0	7	0	1450	1221	118.76%	36		Grand	South Mallee Gaints	11	7	73	Harrow-Balmoral	8	13	61
Edenhope-Apsley	7	0	8	1	1476	1212	121.78%	30
Kalkee	6	0	10	0	1289	1580	81.58%	24
Noradjuha-Quantong	5	0	11	0	993	1830	54.26%	20
Rupanyup	4	0	12	0	1071	1613	66.40%	16
Taylors Lake	1	0	15	0	554	3221	17.20%	4
Pimpinio	0	0	15	1	451	2512	17.95%	2

References

1. "Horsham, Natimuk football clubs may merge". Dimboola Courier. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
2. "Natimuk and Horsham Diggers Merge". AFL Victoria. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
3. Venosta, Jeremy (12 September 2015). "Laharum v Kalkee: 2015 HDFNL grand final". Dimboola Courier. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

External links

• Horsham & District Football League's Official Website