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 (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 all of these West Wimmera clubs have gone 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 wore the Natimuk jumper for home games and Horsham Diggers jumper for away games. They kept scheduling a match on Anzac Day.

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

Laharum defeated Kalkee in the 2015 grand final.

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.

The league did not play any games in 2020 due to Victorian restrictions for the COVID-19 pandemic. Kaniva-Leeor United joined the Horsham & District League in 2020 from the Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara League, as state border restrictions made it difficult for Kaniva, a Victorian club, to play in the South Australian league. Some of the season was played in 2021; however, there were no finals due to lockdowns in August.

Jeparit Rainbow left the league at the end of 2023 after merging with the Southern Mallee Giants in the Wimmera Football Netball League, leaving the Horsham & District League with 11 clubs.

Senior Football Premiership Winners

 * 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	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
 * 2015	Laharum
 * 2016	Southern Mallee Giants
 * 2017	Southern Mallee Giants
 * 2018   Harrow Balmoral
 * 2019   Harrow Balmoral
 * 2020 League in recess due to COVID-19 pandemic
 * 2021 Finals cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
 * 2022  Rupanyup
 * 2023  Harrow Balmoral

Notable Players
Edenhope-Apsley
 * Tom McDonald
 * Oscar McDonald

Harrow Balmoral
 * Tim Houlihan
 * Michael Close

Jung
 * Mike Delahunty

Kalkee
 * Shayne Breuer
 * Tanner Smith

Longerenong College
 * John Gill

Homers
 * Shane Heard

Horsham Imperials
 * Bryan Pirouet