Central Highlands FL

The Central Highlands Football League was formed in 1979 from a merger of the Clunes FL and the Ballarat Bacchus Marsh FL.
==History==
The clubs that formed the newly merged competition were Ballan, Bungaree, Buninyong, Clunes, Creswick, Darley, Dunnstown, Gordon, Hepburn, Learmonth, Newlyn, Springbank, Waubra and Wendouree. In 1980 Korweinguboora (who were in recess in 1979) joined but they only lasted a year. In 1986 Darley left for the Riddell District FL and in 1994 Beaufort joined from the Ballarat FL only for Wendouree to depart in 1995 to merge with junior club YCW and become Lake Wendouree in the Ballarat FL.
In 2000 a major controversy hit when Hepburn players were involved in a pre match brawl with players from Dunnstown. Consequently the next two scheduled matches involving Hepburn were cancelled but then Beaufort refused to play against them resulting in a forfeit. The league changed things up while the matter continued to be investigated with Bungaree getting a bye, but then another forfeit by Springbank set the situation back again. Finally Hepburn got back onto the field against Gordon.
In 2006 Daylesford joined from the Ballarat FL and then in 2011 the competition grew to 18 clubs when it absorbed clubs from the Lexton Plains FL in Carngham/Linton, Illabarook, Rokewood/Corindhap and Skipton. Illabarook changed their name to Smythesdale in 2014 but after the 2018 season (in which they only played reserves) were kicked out of the competition when they tried to transfer to the Maryborough Castlemaine District FL.
==Ladders (recent)==
1991	BUNG 	NEWL 	BALL 	DUNN 	LEAR 	WAUB 	HEPB 	BUNI	CLUN	SPRI	CRES	GORD	WEND	 	 	 	 	
1992	NEWL 	CLUN 	BUNG 	SPRI 	GORD 	DUNN 	BALL 	CRES	LEAR	WAUB	BUNI	WEND	HEPB	 	 	 	 	
1993	CLUN 	BALL 	NEWL 	DUNN 	SPRI 	LEAR 	CRES 	BUNG	WEND	GORD	HEPB	BUNI	WAUB	 	 	 	 	
1994	DUNN 	LEAR 	BALL 	BEAU 	CLUN 	WEND 	HEPB 	GORD	SPRI	CRES	NEWL	WAUB	BUNG	BUNI	 	 	 	
1995	BEAU 	DUNN 	BALL 	HEPB 	LEAR 	BUNG 	NEWL 	CLUN	GORD	BUNI	WAUB	SPRI	CRES	 	 	 	 	
1996	BEAU 	DUNN 	BUNG 	BUNI 	HEPB 	BALL 	GORD 	NEWL	CRES	LEAR	CLUN	SPRI	WAUB	 	 	 	 	
1997	CLUN 	DUNN 	BUNG 	BUNI 	HEPB 	BEAU 	GORD 	LEAR	NEWL	WAUB	BALL	CRES	SPRI	 	 	 	 	
1998	DUNN 	BUNG 	BUNI 	HEPB 	NEWL 	LEAR 	WAUB 	GORD	CLUN	BEAU	SPRI	BALL	CRES	 	 	 	 	
1999	DUNN 	BEAU 	HEPB 	BUNG 	CLUN 	LEAR 	BUNI 	SPRI	NEWL	BALL	WAUB	CRES	GORD	 	 	 	 	
2000	SPRI 	CLUN 	BUNI 	DUNN 	LEAR 	CRES 	GORD 	BUNG	HEPB	WAUB	BEAU	BALL	NEWL	 	 	 	 	
2001	SPRI 	BUNI 	BUNG 	DUNN 	CLUN 	LEAR 	CRES 	WAUB	HEPB	BALL	GORD	NEWL	BEAU	 	 	 	 	
2002	BUNI 	BEAU 	NEWL 	LEAR 	BUNG 	HEPB 	DUNN 	WAUB	BALL	CLUN	SPRI	GORD	CRES	 	 	 	 	
2003	NEWL 	BUNI 	BEAU 	DUNN 	BALL 	BUNG 	HEPB 	WAUB	CRES	LEAR	CLUN	SPRI	GORD	 	 	 	 	
2004	HEPB 	CLUN 	LEAR 	BEAU 	DUNN 	BUNG 	SPRI 	BUNI	WAUB	BALL	NEWL	GORD	CRES	 	 	 	 	
2005	HEPB 	CLUN 	WAUB 	BUNI 	DUNN 	BUNG 	NEWL 	LEAR	SPRI	BALL	CRES	BEAU	GORD	 	 	 	 	
2006	WAUB 	HEPB 	DAYL 	LEAR 	BUNG 	BALL 	DUNN 	BUNI	NEWL	SPRI	CLUN	BEAU	CRES	GORD	 	 	 	
2007	DAYL 	WAUB 	HEPB 	DUNN 	LEAR 	BUNG 	BALL 	SPRI	NEWL	BUNI	CLUN	CRES	BEAU	GORD	 	 	 	
2008	HEPB 	DAYL 	LEAR 	WAUB 	BUNI 	DUNN 	BUNG 	BEAU	NEWL	CLUN	BALL	GORD	CRES	SPRI	 	 	 	
2009	DAYL 	HEPB 	LEAR 	WAUB 	DUNN 	BUNI 	BEAU 	BUNG	BALL	NEWL	SPRI	CRES	CLUN	GORD	 	 	 	
2010	HEPB 	DAYL 	BUNI 	DUNN 	BEAU 	WAUB 	SPRI 	NEWL	BUNG	BALL	CLUN	GORD	LEAR	CRES	 	 	 	
2011	WAUB 	DAYL 	HEPB 	BUNI 	GORD 	BUNG 	BEAU 	DUNN	CLUN	SPRI	CA/L	NEWL	SKIP	CRES	LEAR	RO/C	BALL	ILLA
2012	DAYL 	BUNI 	HEPB 	BUNG 	WAUB 	NEWL 	SPRI 	CRES	BEAU	GORD	DUNN	CLUN	BALL	SKIP	CA/L	LEAR	RO/C	ILLA
2013	HEPB 	BUNI 	WAUB 	BUNG 	SPRI 	DAYL 	GORD 	CRES	LEAR	SKIP	NEWL	CLUN	CA/L	BALL	BEAU	DUNN	RO/C	ILLA
2014	BUNG 	SPRI 	GORD 	WAUB 	HEPB 	BUNI 	LEAR 	DAYL	BALL	CLUN	CRES	BEAU	CA/L	NEWL	SKIP	RO/C	DUNN	SMYT
2015	SPRI 	GORD 	BUNG 	BALL 	BUNI 	HEPB 	WAUB 	BEAU	NEWL	CRES	LEAR	CLUN	DUNN	DAYL	RO/C	SKIP	CA/L	SMYT
2016	SPRI 	BUNI 	HEPB 	GORD 	BUNG 	DAYL 	WAUB 	BEAU	BALL	DUNN	LEAR	NEWL	CRES	RO/C	SKIP	CLUN	SMYT	CA/L
2017	HEPB 	BEAU 	SPRI 	BUNI 	GORD 	DAYL 	WAUB 	BUNG	DUNN	LEAR	BALL	CRES	RO/C	NEWL	CA/L	CLUN	SKIP	
2018	BEAU 	BUNI 	WAUB 	GORD 	SPRI 	NEWL 	HEPB 	DUNN	BUNG	LEAR	BALL	SKIP	CRES	RO/C	DAYL	CLUN	CA/L	
2019	WAUB 	HEPB 	NEWL 	GORD 	BUNI 	BEAU 	SPRI 	SKIP	DUNN	BUNG	RO/C	LEAR	CRES	BALL	DAYL	CA/L	CLUN	
2020	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2021	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	Season abandoned - COVID-19 pandemic	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2022	GORD 	SPRI 	DUNN 	HEPB 	SKIP 	LEAR 	BUNI 	WAUB	RO/C	BUNG	NEWL	CLUN	DAYL	BEAU	CRES	BALL	CA/L	
2023	GORD 	SPRI 	HEPB 	BUNG 	CA/L 	SKIP 	DUNN 	NEWL	BUNI	LEAR	RO/C	CLUN	CRES	DAYL	BALL	WAUB	BEAU	
===Abbreviations===
BALL - Ballan; BEAU - Beaufort; BUNG - Bungaree; BUNI - Buninyong; CA/L - Carngham/Linton; CLUN - Clunes; CRES - Cressy; DAYL - Daylesford; DUNN - Dunnstown; GORD - Gordon; HEPB - Hepburn; ILLA - Illabarook; LEAR - Learmonth; NEWL - Newlyn; RO/C - Rokewood/Corindhap; SKIP - Skipton; SMYT - Smythesdale; SPRI - Springbank; WAUB - Waubra; WEND - Wendouree
==Colour Coding==
GREY SHADING - Teams that made the finals
Category:Country Victorian Leagues