Mininera & District Football League

The Mininera & District Football League is based in South-western Victoria, with clubs located east of Hamilton, south of Ararat and west of Colac. The league absorbed several teams from the defunct Ararat & District Football Association in 2000.

History
The Mininera & District Football Association formed in 1925. In the early 1950s, eight clubs participated: Carranballac, Glenthompson, Lake Bolac, Mininera-Westmere Rovers, Streatham, Tatyoon, Wickliffe and Willaura.

In 1954, Mininera-Westmere Rovers merged with Streatham to form the SMW Rovers, and Dunkeld and Woorndoo entered the competition. In 1956, Woorndoo left the competition for the nearby Mount Noorat Football League.

In 1963, Carranballac folded. Caramut joined the competition from 1965 from the Port Fairy Football League. In 1970, Hawkesdale and Penshurst entered, and the competition changed its name to the Mininera & District Football League.

In 1986, Wickliffe merged with Lake Bolac, and Woorndoo re-entered the league in 1987.

In 1998, Hawkesdale merged with Macarthur (from the South West District Football League) and Willaura went into recess. In 1999 Lismore-Derrinallum entered the competition.

In 2000, the Mininera and District Football League absorbed some of the clubs from the defunct Ararat & District Football Association, including Caledonians-Miners, Prestige-Trinity and Moyston. Caledonians-Miners and Prestige-Trinity merged to form Ararat United, whilst Moyston merged with Willaura. In 2001, Woorndoo merged with Mortlake and Dunkeld went into recess. In 2003 Dunkeld merged with Glenthompson, and Ararat United went into recess before officially folding in 2005.

The Ararat Eagles, who joined the competition in 2011 from the Lexton Plains Football League, which disbanded after the 2010 season. Great Western, originally from the Ararat & District Football Association, joined the league from the Horsham & District Football League in 2012, following a year in recess.

Premierships

 * 1925	Lake Bolac
 * 1926	Streatham
 * 1927	Streatham
 * 1928	Carranballac
 * 1929	Lake Bolac
 * 1930	WM Rovers
 * 1931	Streatham
 * 1932	Carranballac
 * 1933	WM Rovers
 * 1934	WM Rovers
 * 1935	Carranballac
 * 1936	Streatham
 * 1937	Streatham
 * 1938	WM Rovers
 * 1939	Streatham
 * 1940	- 1945 Recess
 * 1946	Tatyoon
 * 1947	WM Rovers
 * 1948	Lake Bolac
 * 1949	Lake Bolac
 * 1950	Lake Bolac
 * 1951	Willaura
 * 1952	Tatyoon
 * 1953	Willaura


 * 1954	Lake Bolac
 * 1955	Lake Bolac
 * 1956	Lake Bolac
 * 1957	Lake Bolac
 * 1958	Willaura
 * 1959	Wickliffe
 * 1960	SWM Rovers
 * 1961	Willaura
 * 1962	Willaura
 * 1963	SWM Rovers
 * 1964	SWM Rovers
 * 1965	Lake Bolac
 * 1966	Willaura
 * 1967	SWM Rovers
 * 1968	SWM Rovers
 * 1969	Glenthompson
 * 1970	Penshurst
 * 1971	Caramut
 * 1972	Tatyoon
 * 1973	Penshurst
 * 1974	Glenthompson
 * 1975	Willaura
 * 1976	Dunkeld
 * 1977	Hawkesdale


 * 1978	Glenthompson
 * 1979	Penshurst
 * 1980	Tatyoon
 * 1981	Penshurst
 * 1982	Glenthompson
 * 1983	Glenthompson
 * 1984	Wickliffe
 * 1985	Glenthompson
 * 1986	Penshurst
 * 1987	SWM Rovers
 * 1988	Hawkesdale
 * 1989	Wickliffe-Lake Bolac
 * 1990	Wickliffe-Lake Bolac
 * 1991	Penshurst
 * 1992	Penshurst
 * 1993	Penshurst
 * 1994	Caramut
 * 1995	Tatyoon
 * 1996	Tatyoon
 * 1997	Wickliffe-Lake Bolac
 * 1998	Tatyoon
 * 1999	Caramut
 * 2000	Wickliffe-Lake Bolac
 * 2001	Wickliffe-Lake Bolac


 * 2002	Wickliffe-Lake Bolac
 * 2003	SWM Rovers
 * 2004	SWM Rovers
 * 2005	Wickliffe-Lake Bolac
 * 2006	Tatyoon
 * 2007	Tatyoon
 * 2008	Tatyoon
 * 2009	Penshurst
 * 2010	Glenthompson-Dunkeld
 * 2011	Tatyoon
 * 2012	Penshurst
 * 2013	Wickliffe-Lake Bolac
 * 2014	Moyston-Willaura
 * 2015	Lismore-Derrinallum
 * 2016	Tatyoon
 * 2017	Lismore-Derrinallum
 * 2018	Wickliffe-Lake Bolac
 * 2019	Great Western
 * 2020   League in recess due to COVID-19 pandemic
 * 2021   Finals cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
 * 2022   Ararat Eagles
 * 2023   Tatyoon