Heathcote District FL

The Heathcote District Football League was formed in 1922.
==History==
After the war, the league reformed in 1945 with Knowsley, North Heathcote, Rovers and Tooborac. In 1946 Colbinabbin, Costerfield and Mount Pleasant returned but in 1947 Knowsley went into recess being replaced by Goornong. In 1948 Knowsley returned in the place of Costerfield who had folded. Elmore joined the competition in 1949, but Goornong left in 1950 and were followed by Knowsley in 1951 leaving the competition with six clubs but stable for the next 14 seasons.
In 1965 Rushworth joined the comnpetition. In 1967 the club numbers went back to six again with the merger of Rovers and North Heathcote to become Heathcote. In 1975 Tooborac went into recess bringing the competition back to five clubs but they returned in 1976 along with Stanhope joining. In 1983 Provincial joined from the Bendigo FL and in 1984 White Hills joined. In 1985 Broadford joined giving the competition ten clubs. In 1987 Provincial changed their name to Huntly while Tooborac folded.
In 1995 Stanhope left for the Kyabram District FL but in 1996 they were replaced by North Bendigo from the Bendigo FL. In 1998 Rushworth followed Stanhope to the KDFL and in 2001 Lockington/Bamawm joined the competition. In 2009 Broadford left for the Riddell District FL and Leitchville/Gunbower replaced them in 2010. The 2020 and 2021 seasons were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
==Ladders (recent)==
1991	COLB 	HEAT 	ELMO 	STAN 	BROA 	MTPL 	WHHL 	HUNT	RUSH
1992	HEAT 	MTPL 	COLB 	ELMO 	BROA 	WHHL 	STAN 	HUNT	RUSH
1993	MTPL 	HEAT 	COLB 	ELMO 	RUSH 	BROA 	WHHL 	HUNT	STAN
1994	MTPL 	HEAT 	COLB 	ELMO 	BROA 	HUNT 	RUSH 	STAN	WHHL
1995	MTPL 	HEAT 	ELMO 	COLB 	RUSH 	BROA 	HUNT 	WHHL	
1996	BROA 	MTPL 	HUNT 	NBEN 	ELMO 	COLB 	WHHL 	RUSH	HEAT
1997	MTPL 	ELMO 	BROA 	NBEN 	COLB 	HEAT 	HUNT 	WHHL	RUSH
1998	COLB 	NBEN 	MTPL 	WHHL 	ELMO 	HEAT 	HUNT 	BROA	
1999	COLB 	MTPL 	ELMO 	HUNT 	NBEN 	BROA 	HEAT 	WHHL	
2000	MTPL 	COLB 	BROA 	NBEN 	HUNT 	ELMO 	WHHL 	HEAT	
2001	MTPL 	BROA 	NBEN 	LO/B 	HUNT 	COLB 	HEAT 	WHHL	ELMO
2002	COLB 	LO/B 	BROA 	MTPL 	NBEN 	WHHL 	ELMO 	HEAT	HUNT
2003	COLB 	BROA 	ELMO 	LO/B 	WHHL 	NBEN 	MTPL 	HEAT	HUNT
2004	COLB 	WHHL 	MTPL 	BROA 	LO/B 	NBEN 	ELMO 	HEAT	HUNT
2005	MTPL 	WHHL 	LO/B 	ELMO 	HEAT 	BROA 	NBEN 	COLB	HUNT
2006	MTPL 	ELMO 	LO/B 	COLB 	HEAT 	BROA 	NBEN 	WHHL	HUNT
2007	ELMO 	COLB 	MTPL 	HEAT 	BROA 	WHHL 	NBEN 	LO/B	HUNT
2008	COLB 	HEAT 	LO/B 	ELMO 	MTPL 	WHHL 	BROA 	NBEN	HUNT
2009	HEAT 	COLB 	LO/B 	ELMO 	NBEN 	MTPL 	WHHL 	HUNT	
2010	HEAT 	LO/B 	ELMO 	NBEN 	WHHL 	MTPL 	LE/G 	COLB	HUNT
2011	LO/B 	HEAT 	ELMO 	WHHL 	NBEN 	LE/G 	COLB 	MTPL	HUNT
2012	LO/B 	NBEN 	HEAT 	COLB 	HUNT 	MTPL 	ELMO 	WHHL	LE/G
2013	LO/B 	HUNT 	NBEN 	HEAT 	LE/G 	COLB 	WHHL 	MTPL	ELMO
2014	LO/B 	NBEN 	LE/G 	MTPL 	WHHL 	COLB 	HUNT 	HEAT	ELMO
2015	NBEN 	LE/G 	COLB 	WHHL 	HUNT 	ELMO 	MTPL 	LO/B	HEAT
2016	NBEN 	LE/G 	HUNT 	COLB 	ELMO 	MTPL 	WHHL 	HEAT	LO/B
2017	LE/G 	NBEN 	HUNT 	COLB 	WHHL 	LO/B 	HEAT 	ELMO	MTPL
2018	LE/G 	NBEN 	COLB 	HUNT 	LO/B 	MTPL 	WHHL 	HEAT	ELMO
2019	NBEN 	COLB 	MTPL 	LO/B 	WHHL 	LE/G 	ELMO 	HEAT	HUNT
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	LO/B 	MTPL 	COLB 	WHHL 	NBEN 	HEAT 	ELMO 	HUNT	LE/G
2023	MTPL 	HEAT 	WHHL 	NBEN 	LE/G 	LO/B 	COLB 	ELMO	HUNT
===Abbreviations===
BROA - Broadford; COLB - Colbinabbin; ELMO - Elmore; HEAT - Heathcote; HUNT - Huntly; LE/G - Leitchville/Gunbower; LO/B - Lockington/Bamawm; MTPL - Mount Pleasant; NBEN - North Bendigo; RUSH - Rushworth; STAN - Stanhope; WHHL - White Hills
==Colour Coding==
GREY SHADING - Teams that made the finals
Category:Country Victorian Leagues