South West District Football League

The South West District Football League is an Australian rules football league based in South-western Victoria, with clubs located in the vicinity of Hamilton, Heywood and Portland. The league is a minor country league, with teams drawn from smaller localities within part of the area of the major Western Border Football League.

1969 as three leagues come together
Finals

Finals

FINALS

The league was formed in 1970 under the name Portland Port Fairy Football League.

Of the 14 founding clubs, eight came from the Portland and District Football League, three from the Port Fairy Football League and three from the Glenelg Football League.

The league was renamed the South West District Football League in 1983.

Current
Six of the current 8 teams were present in the league on formation in 1970 (Branxholme and Wallacedale as separate teams). Coleraine joined from the Western Border Football League in 1995, and Heywood commenced in 2012.

Premierships

 * 1970	Macarthur	14	11	95	defeated	Cavendish	7	14	56
 * 1971	Tyrendarra	14	13	97	defeated	Macarthur	11	10	76
 * 1972	Tyrendarra	16	22	118	defeated	Heathmere	11	16	82
 * 1973	Cavendish	15	11	101	defeated	Bessiebelle	14	11	95
 * 1974	Cavendish	13	8	86	defeated	Westerns	6	6	42
 * 1975	Tyrendarra	10	16	76	defeated	Westerns	8	12	60
 * 1976	Yambuk	16	12	108	defeated	Tyrendarra	10	11	71
 * 1977	Yambuk	7	12	54	defeated	Westerns	6	10	46
 * 1978	Yambuk	17	12	114	defeated	Wallacedale	10	13	73
 * 1979	Dartmoor	16	14	110	defeated	Yambuk	12	9	81
 * 1980	Dartmoor	16	25	121	defeated	Bessiebelle	12	4	76
 * 1981	Macarthur	16	15	111	defeated	Cavendish	8	15	63
 * 1982	Dartmoor	22	16	148	defeated	Heathmere	10	10	70
 * 1983	Branxholme-Wallacedale	20	10	130	defeated	Dartmoor	18	11	119
 * 1984	Westerns	12	8	80	defeated	Tyrendarra	10	14	74
 * 1985	Westerns	16	7	103	defeated	Heathmere	11	18	84
 * 1986	Tyrendarra	18	19	127	defeated	Westerns	12	6	78
 * 1987	Westerns	13	7	85	defeated	Heathmere	11	18	84
 * 1988	Macarthur	17	19	121	defeated	Westerns	17	13	115
 * 1989	Heathmere	18	14	122	defeated	Balmoral	12	8	80
 * 1990	Heathmere	19	17	131	defeated	Cavendish	10	6	66
 * 1991	Balmoral	17	14	116	defeated	Heathmere	12	12	84
 * 1992	Cavendish	14	10	94	defeated	Westerns	5	21	51
 * 1993	Cavendish	13	10	88	defeated	Westerns	10	9	69
 * 1994	Westerns	17	8	110	defeated	Cavendish	12	10	82
 * 1995	Macarthur	11	18	84	defeated	Sandford	8	14	62
 * 1996	Coleraine	12	9	81	defeated	Sandford	9	4	58
 * 1997	Westerns	13	9	87	defeated	Coleraine	10	12	72
 * 1998	Westerns	11	15	81	defeated	Tyrendarra	9	8	62
 * 1999	Westerns	14	16	100	defeated	Heathmere	11	6	72
 * 2000	Westerns	15	18	108	defeated	Heathmere	9	6	60
 * 2001	Tyrendarra	11	8	74	defeated	Heathmere	9	18	72
 * 2002	Heathmere	20	10	130	defeated	Tyrendarra	14	11	95
 * 2003	Tyrendarra	14	12	96	defeated	Coleraine	5	3	33
 * 2004	Tyrendarra	8	12	60	defeated	Heathmere	7	12	54
 * 2005	Coleraine	10	12	72	defeated	Tyrendarra	4	6	30
 * 2006	Tyrendarra	14	10	94	defeated	Coleraine	7	4	46
 * 2007	Coleraine	10	12	72	defeated	Tyrendarra	10	11	71
 * 2008	Coleraine	9	12	66	defeated	Tyrendarra	5	11	41
 * 2009	Coleraine	11	13	79	defeated	Westerns	4	8	32
 * 2010	Coleraine	11	13	79	defeated	Westerns	9	10	64
 * 2011 Dartmoor    9    12   66   defeated    Tyrendarra   4    10   34
 * 2012 Heywood     18   9    117   defeated    Westerns    11   11   77
 * 2013 Coleraine    15   6    96   defeated    Heywood     9    10   64
 * 2014 Dartmoor    12   13   85   defeated    Heywood     10   9    69
 * 2015 Heywood     8   17   65   defeated    Tyrendarra    5   12   42
 * 2016 Tyrendarra    8   11   59   defeated    Coleraine    7   9    51
 * 2017 Dartmoor    12   13   85   defeated    Heywood     11   13   79
 * 2018 Heywood     11   18   84   defeated    Heathmere    8    6   54
 * 2019 Heywood     10   11   71   defeated    Tyrendarra    3    4   22
 * 2021 Dartmoor    Minor Premiers Awarded
 * 2022 Cavendish    15   9  99     defeated    Dartmoor      3    6   24
 * 2023 Coleraine       9   7   61     defeated    Cavendish    4    9   33

Notable former players
Despite some clubs not having junior sides, some former players have played at the highest level.

Wally Lovett - Tyrendarra

David Mitchell - Heathmere

Brett Gloury - Balmoral

Luke Hampshire Drafted in 1990 AFL draft - Tyrendarra

Marcus Picken - Macarthur

Jeremy Cameron - Dartmoor

Jamaine Jones - Heywood