Ballarat Football League

Ballarat Football Netball League (Netball)
Sport	Netball
Founded	Unknown
No. of teams	11 (Senior) 9 (Junior)
Most recent; champion(s)	North Ballarat (2023)
Most titles	Unknown

Statistics and records
Highest Score	327 – Melton South 50.27.327 (v Redan 1.2.8) – 1998
Most goals in a game	22 – Milton McIntyre: Sth Ballarat v CYMS, 1938
Most goals in a season	159 – Jim Gull – Daylesford – 1961
Most goals in a grand final	10 - Milton McIntyre: Sth Ballarat v Sebastopol, 1938
Most wins in a row	49 – North Ballarat – 1991–1993. Defeated by on 1993 G Final day.
Most losses in a row	69 – Redan – 1995–1999
Most premierships won	19 - Ballarat FC
Record Attendance	14,602 (Maryborough v East Ballarat 1949, Grand Final at the Ballarat City Oval)

Ballarat Football League
Formerly	Ballarat Football Association (1893-1907)
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1893; 131 years ago
First season	1893
CEO	Shane Anwyl
COO	Gemma Murphy
President	Adrian Bettio
No. of teams	10
Country	Australia
Venue(s)	City Oval, Ballarat, Victoria.
Most recent; champion(s)	Melton ; (2024)
Most titles	Ballarat ; (19 premierships)
Sponsor(s)	McDonald's
Official website	http://www.bfnl.com.au

The Ballarat Football League (BFL) is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria.

Quick Facts Formerly, Sport ...

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The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football League in 1908 and was briefly known as the Ballarat-Wimmera Football League between 1934 and 1936.^[3]

In 1880, a Ballarat and Western Districts Football Association was formed, but it appears no teams were entered or a draw was made up.^[4]

Between 1883 and 1892, there was an unofficial Ballarat / Western Districts football competition, with local Ballarat papers recording a list of premierships teams during this period.^[5]

The Ballarat Football Association (BFA) was established in 1893^[6] with three member clubs: Ballarat, South Ballarat, and Ballarat Imperial.^[3]^[7]^[8] The latter was the dominant club in the BFA, winning the first premiership in 1893 and eleven premierships between 1893 and 1906. In 1908, the BFA changed its name to the Ballarat Football League (BFL) and Golden Point Football Club joined the competition.^[8] Maryborough and Ararat joined in 1924, followed by Daylesford and Bacchus Marsh several years later.^[7]

The BFL briefly amalgamated with the four clubs of Wimmera Football League from 1934 to 1936, when it was known as the Ballarat-Wimmera Football League.^[3]^[7]

The league was restructured into six teams in 1938 when it merged with the Ballarat District Football League, with several club mergers taking place.^[9] Ballarat Imperials FC then merged with the East Ballarat FC and played as Ballarat Imperials, finishing runner up to Sebastopol.^[10] Ballarat FC and North Ballarat FC also merged in 1938, to represent the "Lake Ward" of the new football competition.^[11]^[12]

Sebastopol played in the Clunes Football Association in 1939 and Ballarat CYMS teams pulled out of the Ballarat FL in 1939.^[13] The Ballarat Imperials went into recess just prior to the start of the 1939 Ballarat District Football League season.^[14]

World War II brought Redan Football Club and the RAAF and Army teams into the league.^[7]

The Henderson Medal is the league's seasonal best and fairest award. It was established in 1954 in honour of W. L. Henderson, who served as President from 1943 to 1959.^[8]

The BFL is now known as the Ballarat Football Netball League (BNFL), and consists of eleven football netball clubs and nine junior football netball clubs.^[15] In 2023, the Herald Sun dubbed North Ballarat Football Club "country footy's most dominant club over the last several decades"; the club had played in the Victorian Football League and the Bendigo Football Netball League before rejoining the BNFL in 2006.^[16]

Competition Timeline

1880 - Ballarat and Western Districts Football Association
1883 - 1892: Unofficial Ballarat / Western Districts Football Competition
1893 - 1907: Ballarat Football Association
1908 - 1914: Ballarat Football League
1915 - 1918: In recess due to World War One
1919 - 1933: Ballarat Football League
1934 - 1936: Ballarat - Wimmera Football League
1937 - Ballarat Football League^[17]
1938 - 1940: Ballarat District Football League^[18]
1941: In recess due to World War Two^[19]
1942 - 2019: Ballarat Football League
2020: In recess due to COVID-19
2021 - 2024: Ballarat Football League

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The league features 11 senior clubs. The BFL is a strong league for grass roots football with 9 junior clubs consisting of 63 teams from U/10 through to U/16.5 (Ballarat, Bacchus Marsh, Darley, East Ballarat, Lake Wendouree, Mount Clear, North Ballarat, Redan and Sebastopol).

The Ballarat Football League season normally commences in early April with the regular season matches finishing in late August.

Upon Daylesford's withdrawal from the competition at the end of the 2005 season competing clubs played the opposition clubs twice in the regular season, once at home, once away. This reverted upon North City's admission to the competition in 2008.

The finals series is conducted in September with the Grand Final to decide the premiers for season having been historically held at the Ballarat City and Eastern Ovals. The match attracts crowds of 5000 to 9000 people, with notable attendances of 14602 at the Ballarat City Oval and 8,800 at the Eastern Oval for the 1949 and 1977 Grand Finals respectively.

In 2017, the BFL announced that from 2017 the Grand Final would be played at Mars Stadium with other finals series games remaining at the Eastern and City Ovals.

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The management of the BFNL is overseen by an independent board of directors. The 2024 chairman is Adrian Bettio.

In 2024, the operations manager is Gemma Murphy, while the general manager is Shane Anwyl, along with two other staff members.

8km
5miles

Sunbury

Sebastopol

Redan

North Ballarat

Melton South

Melton

Lake Wendouree

East Point

Darley

Bacchus Marsh

Ballarat

Locations of the 2019 BFL clubs.

More information Club, Colours ...

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in BFNL	BFL Senior Premierships
Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in BFNL	Total	Years
Bacchus Marsh		Cobras	Maddingley Park, Maddingley	–	1979	1979-	1	2016
Ballarat		Swans	Alfredton Recreation Reserve, Alfredton	VFA	1860	1893-	19	1897, 1898, 1908, 1923, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1971, 1988, 2008
Darley		Devils	Darley Park, Darley	RDFNL	1919	1997-	3	2015, 2017, 2023
East Point		Kangaroos	Eastern Oval, Ballarat East	–	2001	2001-	2	2018, 2019
Lake Wendouree		Lakers	C.E. Brown Reserve, Wendouree	–	1994	1995-	1	2010
Melton		Bloods	MacPherson Park, Toolern Vale	RDFNL	1879	1997-	5	2000, 2001, 2005, 2022, 2024
North Ballarat		Roosters	Eureka Stadium, Wendouree	VFL	1882	1946-	19	1946, 1948, 1963, 1970, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 ^{[note 1]}; 2013, 2014 ^{[note 2]}
Redan		Lions	City Oval, Lake Wendouree	–	1871	1943-	11	1946, 1952, 1975, 1976, 1977, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
Sebastopol		Burras	Marty Busch Reserve, Sebastopol	BBMFL	1893	1893-95, 1938, 1940, 1947-1972 1978-	7	1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1965, 1967, 1969*
Sunbury		Lions	Clarke Oval, Sunbury	RDFNL	1879	1997-	5	1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2012

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*Won in the Ballarat FL B-grade/District League competition, which ran separately from the A-Grade competition

[N 1]
As North Ballarat
[N 2]
As North Ballarat City

BFL Women's

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Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in BFNL	BFL Senior Premierships
Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in BFNL	Total	Years
Bacchus Marsh		Cobras	Maddingley Park, Maddingley	VWFL	1979	1979-	0	-
Carisbrook		Redbacks	Carisbrook Recreation Reserve, Carisbrook	–	c.1900s	2023-	0	-
Darley		Devils	Darley Park, Darley	–	1919	1997-	2	2023, 2024
East Point		Dragons	Eastern Oval, Ballarat East	–	2001	2001-	0	-
Lake Wendouree		Lakers	C.E. Brown Reserve, Wendouree	–	1994	1995-	0	-
Redan		Lions	City Oval, Lake Wendouree	–	1871	1943-	1	2022

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Junior-only clubs

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Club	Nickname	Home Ground	Est.	Years in BFNL
Ballarat Storm	Storm	Alfredton Recreation Reserve, Alfredton	2017	2017-
Mount Clear	Mounties	Mount Clear Recreation Reserve, Mount Clear	1997	1997-
Woady Yaloak	Warriors	Woady Yaloak Recreation Reserve, Smythesdale	2019	2019-

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More information Club, Colours ...

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in BFNL	BFL Senior Premierships		Fate
Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in BFNL	Total	Years	Fate
Ararat		Rats	Alexandra Oval, Ararat	WDFL	1871	1924-1928, 1934-1936	0	-	Moved to Wimmera FNL following 1936 season
Bacchus Marsh		Tigers	Maddingley Park, Maddingley	WBMFA	1881	1929-30^[20]	0	-	Moved to Geelong Junior FA in 1931
Ballarat CYMS			City Oval, Lake Wendouree^[21]	–	c. 1894^[22]	1938^[23]	0	-	Folded prior to 1939 season^[24]
Ballarat Imperial		Imps		VFA	1876	1893-1938, 1948-1954	16	1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1922, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1937	Folded after 1954 season.
Ballarat YCW		Warriors	White Flat Oval, Ballarat Central	–	1945	1946-1951	0	-	Folded. Junior club played until 1994 when they merged with Wendouree to form Lake Wendouree
Beaufort		Cats	Goldfields Recreation Reserve, Beaufort	LFL	1880s	1966-1993	1	1969	Moved to Central Highlands FL following 1993 season
Buninyong		Bombers	Buninyong Recreation Reserve, Buninyong	BFL	1920s	1948-1972	3	1960, 1968, 1970*	Moved to Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh FL following 1972 season
Burrumbeet				CFL	1910s	1946-1951	0	-	Folded
Carngham			Carngham Recreation Reserve, Snake Valley	WPFL	1919	1962-1968	0	-	Merged with Linton to form Carngham Linton in Western Plains FL following 1968 season
Creswick		Wickers	Hammon Park, Creswick	CFL	1900s	1946-1949	0	-	Moved to Clunes FL following 1949 season
Daylesford		Demons	Victoria Park, Daylesford	CFL	1919	1929-1931, 1952-2005	1	1961	Moved to Central Highlands FL following 2005 season
Dunnstown		Towners	Dunnstown Recreation Reserve, Dunnstown	DDFL	1894	1953-1972	4	1956, 1957, 1958, 1964	Moved to Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh FL following 1972 season
East Ballarat		Bulldogs		BDFA	1885	1945-2000	6	1949, 1950, 1964, 1989, 1990, 1993	Merged with Ballarat Imperials in 1938,^[25] then later merged with Golden Point to form East Point following 2000 season
Elaine				Elliot Cup	1919	1957-1968	0	-	Folded after 1968 season
Geelong West		Roosters	West Oval, North Geelong	GDFNL	1878	1946-1962	4	1956, 1957, 1958, 1959	Moved to Victorian Football Association following 1962 season
Golden Point		Kangaroos	Eastern Oval, Ballarat East	–	1902	1905-2000	15	1910, 1914, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1939, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1966, 1967, 1980, 1981, 1987	Merged with East Ballarat to form East Point following 2000 season
Gordon		Eagles	Mount Egerton Recreation Reserve, Mount Egerton	DDFL	1890s	1962-1972	1	1966*	Moved to Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh FL following 1972 season
Horsham		Demons	Horsham City Oval, Horsham	WDFL	1892	1934–1936	0	-	Moved to Wimmera FNL following 1936 season
Korweinguboora			Korweinguboora Recreation Reserve, Spargo Creek	DDFL	1920s	1955-1956	0	-	Moved to Clunes FL following 1956 season
Langi Kal Kal				–	1950s	1957-1958	0	-	Moved to Lexton FL following 1958 season
Maddingley		Spiders	Maddingley Park, Maddingley	BBMFL	1909^[26]	1978	0	-	Merged with Bacchus Marsh following 1978 season
Maryborough		Magpies	Princes Park, Maryborough	–	1872	1924-1928, 1931, 1946-1991	9	1924, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1960, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974	Moved to Bendigo FL following 1991 season
Melton Centrals		Blues	Arnolds Creek Recreation Reserve, Melton West	VWFL	1996	2021	0	-	Women's team only, in recess
Melton South		Panthers	Melton Recreation Reserve, Melton	RDFNL	1973	1997-2024	0	-	Returned to Riddell District FNL in 2025
Meredith			Meredith Recreation Reserve, Meredith	Elliot Cup	1890s	1953-1972	3	1959, 1961, 1962*	Moved to Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh FL following 1972 season
Mount Clear				–	1946	1947–1958	2	1954, 1955	Folded after 1958 season.
RAAF				–	1940	1940–1945	0	-	Folded
RSL				CFL	1946	1948–1949	0	-	Folded
Smeaton			Smeaton Football Ground, Smeaton		1910s	1944–1945	0	-	Folded
South Ballarat				VFA	1877	1893–1939	9	1904, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1926, 1934, 1938	Merged with Sebastopol in 1940^[27]
South Sebastopol				–	1940^[28]	1940	0	-	Merger of South Ballarat & Sebastopol in 1940
Stawell		Redlegs	Central Park, Stawell	WDFL	1874	1934–1936	0	-	Moved to Wimmera FNL following 1936 season
St. Patrick's				–	1939	1939-1940	0	-	Folded
Warracknabeal		Lions	Anzac Park, Warracknabeal	WDFL	1870s	1934–1936	0	-	Moved to Wimmera FNL following 1936 season
Wendouree			C.E. Brown Reserve, Wendouree	–	1920s	1946-1972	5	1947, 1949, 1963, 1971, 1972*	Moved to Clunes FL in 1973

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*Won in the Ballarat FL B-grade/District League competition, which ran separately from the A-Grade competition

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Seniors^[29]

Ballarat / Western Districts
1883 South Ballarat
1884 Ballarat Imperial^[30]
1885 South^[31]
1886 South^[32]
1887 Ballarat^[33]^[34]^[35]
1888 Ballarat & South tied^[36]
1889 Ballarat^[37]
1890 Ballarat & Imperial tied^[38]
1891 Ballarat Imperial^[39]
1892 Ballarat Imperial^[40]^[41]
Ballarat Football Association
1893 Ballarat Imperial^[42]
1894 Ballarat Imperial^[43]
1895 Ballarat Imperial^[44]
1896 Ballarat Imperial^[45]
1897 Ballarat
1898 Ballarat
1899 Ballarat Imperial^[46]
1900 Ballarat Imperial^[47]
1901 Ballarat Imperial^[48]
1902 Ballarat Imperial^[49]^[50]
1903 Ballarat Imperial^[51]
1904 South Ballarat
1905 Ballarat Imperial^[52]^[53]^[54]
1906 Ballarat Imperial^[55]^[56]
1907 South Ballarat
Ballarat Football League
1908 Ballarat
1909 South Ballarat
1910 Golden Point
1911 South Ballarat
1912 South Ballarat
1913 South Ballarat
1914 Golden Point
1915–1918 In recess > WW1
1919 Golden Point
1920 Golden Point
1921 Golden Point
1922 Ballarat Imperial^[57]
1923 Ballarat
1924 Maryborough^[58]^[59]
1925 Maryborough^[60]^[61]
1926 South Ballarat
1927 Maryborough^[62]^[63]
1928 Ballarat
1929 Ballarat Imperial^[64]
1930 Ballarat
1931 Maryborough^[65]
1932 Ballarat
1933 Ballarat
Ballarat - Wimmera Football League
1934 South Ballarat^[66]
1935 Ballarat Imperial^[67]
1936 Ballarat Imperial^[68]
Ballarat Football League
1937 Ballarat Imperial (undefeated)^[69]
1938 South Ballarat^[70]
1939 Golden Point
1940 Ballarat
1941 In recess > WW2
1942 Ballarat
1943 Ballarat
1944 Ballarat
1945 Golden Point
1946 Redan^[71]
1947 Golden Point
1948 Golden Point
1949 East Ballarat
1950 East Ballarat
1951 Ballarat
1952 Redan
1953 Golden Point
1954 Ballarat
1955 Ballarat
1956 Geelong West
1957 Geelong West
1958 Geelong West
1959 Geelong West
1960 Maryborough^[72]
1961 Daylesford
1962 Ballarat
1963 North Ballarat
1964 East Ballarat
1965 Maryborough^[73]^[74]
1966 Golden Point
1967 Golden Point
1968 Maryborough^[75]
1969 Beaufort
1970 North Ballarat
1971 Ballarat
1972 Maryborough^[76]^[77]
1973 North Ballarat
1974 Maryborough^[78]
1975 Redan
1976 Redan
1977 Redan
1978 North Ballarat
1979 North Ballarat
1980 Golden Point
1981 Golden Point
1982 North Ballarat
1983 North Ballarat
1984 North Ballarat
1985 North Ballarat
1986 North Ballarat
1987 Golden Point
1988 Ballarat
1989 East Ballarat
1990 East Ballarat
1991 North Ballarat
1992 North Ballarat
1993 East Ballarat
1994 North Ballarat
1995 North Ballarat
1996 North Ballarat
1997 Sunbury
1998 Sunbury
1999 Sunbury
2000 Melton
2001 Melton
2002 Redan
2003 Redan
2004 Sunbury
2005 Melton
2006 Redan
2007 Redan
2008 Ballarat
2009 Redan
2010 Lake Wendouree
2011 Redan
2012 Sunbury
2013 North Ballarat City
2014 North Ballarat City
2015 Darley
2016 Bacchus Marsh
2017 Darley
2018 East Point
2019 East Point
2020 BFNL in recess > COVID-19
2021 Shortened year > COVID-19 Minor Premiers: Nth Ballarat^[79]
2022 Melton
2023 Darley
2024 Melton

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B-grade/District Section (1946-1972)

1946 North City
1947 Wendouree
1948 North City
1949 Wendouree
1950 Sebastopol
1951 Sebastopol
1952 Sebastopol
1953 Sebastopol
1954 Mount Clear
1955 Mount Clear
1956 Dunnstown
1957 Dunnstown
1958 Dunnstown
1959 Meredith
1960 Buninyong
1961 Meredith
1962 Meredith
1963 Wendouree
1964 Dunnstown
1965 Sebastopol
1966 Gordon
1967 Sebastopol
1968 Buninyong
1969 Sebastopol
1970 Buninyong
1971 Wendouree
1972 Wendouree

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Seniors - W L Henderson Medal

The Ballarat FL's initial best and fairest award in senior football was the George McKenzie^[81] Memorial Medal, first awarded in 1933, which ran from 1933 to 1937. George McKenzie was captain of Ballarat Imperial Football Club when they won six consecutive premierships between 1891 and 1896 and were runners up in 1897 and 1898.^[82]

In 1938, the award was called the Angus Gold Cup, then the award was not awarded between 1939 and 1945, due to World War Two. The Ballarat FL Gold Medal ran from 1946 to 1953 and match day votes were allocated by the Ballarat Courier newspaper football journalists. The Henderson Medal is the league's current and seasonal best and fairest award and the medal was first named in honour of W. L. "Bill" Henderson in 1954,^[83] who served as President from 1943 to 1959.^[8] Henderson was a VCFL delegate for 30 years and is a life member of the VCFL and the Ballarat FNL.

In 2010, the Ballarat FNL awarded retrospective best and fairest medals to the following footballers, who originally polled the same number of votes as the winner, but finished second in the award, on the countback system - 1952: Stan Wallis, 1965: Tom Simpson and Lindsay Tucker.

It appears that the 1933 runner up, W.T. "Webber" Jackson,^[84]^[85] of the Ballarat Football Club does not appear on the official BFNL Honourboard as a co-winner and his club and family was not awarded a retrospective best and fairest medal in 2010.

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Season	Player	Club	Votes
2025
2024	Matt Johnston	East Point	26^[86]
2023	Brett Bewley	Darley	27^[87]
2022	Brett Bewley	Darley	29^[88]
2021	Lachlan Cassidy	Sebastopol	16
2022	BFNL in recess	COVID-19
2019	Alik Magin	Sunbury	25
2018	Daniel Burton	Bacchus Marsh	22
2017	Nathan Horbury	Redan	19
2016	Ben Taylor	Lake Wendouree
2015	Steven Kennedy	Darley	24
2014	Shane Hutchinson	Ballarat	21
2013	Jake Edwards	Darley
2012	Jason McNamara	North Ballarat	26
2011	Jason McNamara	North Ballarat
2010	Paul McMahon	Lake Wendouree	17
2009	Jarrod Edwards	Redan	22
2008	Jarrod Edwards	Redan
2007	Jarrod Edwards	Redan
2006	Jarrod Edwards Dan Jordan	Redan East Point
2005	Ben Jordan	East Point
2004	Jason Watkins	Melton South
2003	Justin Lewis	Sunbury
2002	Matthew Sutton Scott Winduss	Melton South Daylesford
2001	Scott Winduss	Daylesford
2000	Darren Stanley	Melton
1999	Shayne Ward Haami Williams	Darley Sunbury
1998	Darren Stanley Leigh Trethowan	Melton South Golden Point
1997	Wayne Cracknell	Bacchus Marsh
1996	Tim Beacham Glen Wilkins	Daylesford Sebastopol
1995	Greg Cox	Golden Point
1994	Michael Smith	Redan
1993	Michael Smith	Redan
1992	Michael Phyland	Redan
1991	Geoff MacIlwain	Maryborough
1990	Geoff Macilwain	Maryborough
1989	Terry Hourigan	Daylesford
1988	Alister Ford	East Ballarat	20
1987	Peter Kiel	Golden Point
1986	Carl Symons	Golden Pointv
1985	Don Discher Terry Love	Ballarat Daylesford
1984	Brendan Mason	East Ballarat
1983	John Schultz	Daylesford
1982	Rod Fehring	Maryborough
1981	Greg Packham	Redan
1980	Peter Kiel	Golden Point
1979	Alan Lynch Terry Howard	Beaufort Sebastopol
1978	Stuart Atkin	Beaufort
1977	Don Discher	Ballarat
1976	David Jenkins	Redan
1975	Mark White	Golden Point
1974	Brendan Mahar	Ballarat
1973	Mal Henderson	North Ballarat
1972	Peter Merriman	Ballarat
1971	Colin Elliott	Maryborough	28
1970	Murray Knight	Beaufort
1969	Kevin Coleman	Maryborough
1968	David Norman	Beaufort
1967	L. Henrikson	Beaufort
1966	Charlie Marendaz	Daylesford
1965	Ted Lovett	North Ballarat
	Tom Simpson*	East Ballarat
	Lindsay Tucker*	Ballarat
1964	Lance Behan	East Ballarat
1963	Ted Lovett	North Ballarat
1962	Garry Fenton	Golden Pointv
1961	Brian Coleman	Maryborough
1960	David Norman	North Ballarat
1959	Ian Gordon	Golden Point
1958	Bill James	Geelong West
1957	Bill McKenzie	Redan
1956	Brian Clegg	Geelong West
1955	Graham Willey	Redan	18^[89]
1954	Vic Bodsworth	Daylesford	23^[90]
W L Henderson Medal: 1954 to present day
1953	Don Nicholls	Maryborough	^[91]
1952	M Edwards &	Golden Point
	Stan Wallis*	Ballarat
1951	Keith Rawle	Redan
1950	Frank Pike	Ballarat	^[92]
1949	W. Bill Ebery	Redan	^[93]
1948	H Hubble	Maryborough
1947	J Klemm	East Ballarat
1946	Stan Webb	Redan	^[94]
Ballarat Courier Gold Medal: 1946 to 1953
1945	Not awarded	World War 2
1944	Not awarded	World War 2
1943	Not awarded	World War 2
1942	Not awarded	World War 2
1941	BFL in recess:	World War 2
1940	Not awarded	World War 2
1939	Not awarded	World War 2
1938	E Waller	South Ballarat	^[95]
The Angus Gold Cup: 1938
1937	? Unknown
1936	Stan Webb	Imperial	26^[96]
1935	W.T. "Webber" Jackson	Ballarat	33^[97]
1934	E Ted Bourke	Ararat	20^[98]
1933	Herman George &	Imperial	13^[99]
	W.T. "Webber" Jackson	Ballarat	13^[100]
George McKenzie Memorial Medal: 1933 to 1937
Season	Player	Club	Votes

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The BFA leading goal kicking award was initially donated by the former publican of the Union Hotel, Ballarat between 1893 and 1903, Mr. Con Burrow^[101]

The BFNL leading goal kicking award was named the Tony Lockett Award in 1988, after the former North Ballarat player, who went onto kick 1360 goals in the AFL between 1983 and 2002, with St.Kilda and the Sydney Swans.

Seniors

More information BFL Senior Football - Leading & Century Goalkickers, Year ...

	BFL Senior Football - Leading & Century Goalkickers
Year	Winner	Club	Season Goals	Goals in finals	Total Goals

Ballarat Football Association
1893	J Maher	Ballarat Imperial
1894	J Maher	Ballarat Imperial
1895	J "Duxie" Powell	Ballarat Imperial
1896	J Leathbridge &
	A Noonan	Ballarat
1897	J "Duxie" Powell	Ballarat Imperial
1898	W H Sells	Ballarat Imperial
1899	J "Duxie" Powell	Ballarat Imperial
1900	J "Duxie" Powell	Ballarat Imperial
1901	T Fox
1902	J "Duxie" Powell	Ballarat Imperial
1903	J "Duxie" Powell	Ballarat Imperial
1904	E Owen
1905	J "Duxie" Powell^[102]	Ballarat Imperial
1906	G Colclough &	Ballarat
	Ad Taylor	Ballarat Imperials
1907	C "Sonner" Lyons	South Ballarat
Ballarat Football League
1908	C "Sonner" Lyons	South Ballarat
1909	C "Sonner" Lyons	South Ballarat
1910	C "Sonner" Lyons	South Ballarat
1911	C "Sonner" Lyons	South Ballarat
1912	W "Billy" Stephens	Golden Point			47
1913	C "Sonner" Lyons	South Ballarat
1914	C "Sonner" Lyons^[103]	South Ballarat			33^[104]
1915	Dave McGrath^[105]	South Ballarat
1916-18	BFL in recess	WW1
1919	W "Billy" Stephens	Golden Point
1920	R Kemp	Ballarat
1921	R "Bob" Bradby	Golden Point			48
1922	R "Bob" Bradby	Golden Point	34	2	36^[106]
1923	W Harry Kaighin	Ballarat			^[107]
1924	T George Taylor	Ararat	60^[108]	N/A	60^[109]
1925	T George Taylor	Ararat			58^[110]
1926	Jim Boyd^[111]	Ballarat	67		^[112]^[113]
1927	Dave Duff	Ballarat			113
1928	Dave Duff	Ballarat			91
1929	Dave Duff	Ballarat			96
1930	Harry Cooper	Ballarat			95
1931	Joe Plummer	Daylesford			77^[114]
1932	W Haynes	Golden Point			52
1933	J Goble	Ballarat Imperials			67^[115]
Ballarat Wimmera Football League: 1934 - 36
1934	Greg Anderson	Ballarat			72
1935	Lou Reiffel	Ballarat Imperial			81^[116]
1936	Max Wheeler	Ballarat			107^[117]
Ballarat Football League
1937	J Squires	Ballarat Imperials
Ballarat District Football League: 1938 - 1941
1938	Max Wheeler	North Ballarat	93		^[118]
1939	Max Wheeler	North Ballarat	93		^[119]
1940	?
1941	BDFL in recess	WW2
Ballarat Football League
1942	?
1943	?
1944	?
1945	?
1946	J Ryan
1947	K Meagher
1948	N Duncan				87
1949	Ken Yates	Maryborough			61^[120]
1950	Bill Wells	Maryborough			73^[121]
1951	Tony Walsh	Geelong West	64		^[122]
1952	Bill Wells	Redan	73
1953	Bill Wells	Redan	116
1954	Mick O'Beirne	Geelong West			59^[123]
1955	M Vickery	Golden Point			66
1956	Mick O'Beirne	Geelong West
1957	Robert Branigan	Ballarat			47
1958	Jim Gull	Daylesford
1959	Jim Gull	Daylesford
1960	Jim Gull	Daylesford
1961	Jim Gull	Daylesford			159
1962	Jim Gull	Daylesford
1963	Jim Gull	Daylesford
1964	Jim Gull	Daylesford
1965	Noel Bishop	Maryborough
1966	Reg Kent	East Ballarat			96
1967	Noel Bishop	Maryborough
1968	Jim Gull	Daylesford
1969	Reg Kent	East Ballarat			118
1970	Reg Kent	East Ballarat			122
1971	W Hehir
1972	Greg Brown	Ballarat			72
1973	P Stapleton
1974	Gary Lofts	Beaufort
1975	D Atkinson	Redan	67
1976	Anthony Howlett	Golden Point			103
1977	C Chester	East Ballarat			107
1978	C Chester	East Ballarat			148
1979	Anthony Howlett	Golden Point			94
1980	Anthony Howlett	Golden Point			82
1981	Anthony Howlett	Golden Point			64
1982	G Gahir	Redan	84
1983	K Murray
1984	Terry Philippe	Daylesford	100+
1985	Terry Philippe	Daylesford	100+
1986	Phil Tagliabue	Ballarat			84
1987	G Gahir
	Malcom Scott	Bacchus Marsh	69
1988	Anthony Howlett	Golden Point			72
1989	P Brugman
1990	Malcom Scott	Bacchus Marsh	79
1991	R Maguire	Bacchus Marsh	82
1992	R Gladman	East Ballarat			61
1993	D Seeley
1994	D Seeley
1995	Brett Quinlan	North Ballarat
1996	C Allender	East Ballarat			70
1997	S Kempster
1998	Brendan Hehir	Bacchus Marsh	74
1999	Daryl Jarred	Lake Wendouree			103
2000	Chris Stuldreier	Bacchus Marsh	93
2001	Chris Stuldreier	Bacchus Marsh	88
2002	Keenan Reynolds	Darley
2003	Keenan Reynolds	Darley
2004	M Baird
2005	Brad Maxwell	Lake Wendouree			83
2006	Dan Jordan	East Point	130	18	148
2007	Dan Jordan	East Point	105	7	112
2008	Dan Jordan	East Point	78	18	96
2009	Dan Jordan	East Point	87	10	97
2010	Sam Harkin &	Ballarat	58	5	63
	Paul McMahon	Lake Wendouree	58	8	66
2011	M Sutton	Melton South	54	3	57
2012	Matthew Sutton	Melton South	74	N/A	74
2013	Dan Jordan	East Point	97	3	100
2014	Shaun Lyle	Nth Ballarat City		10
2015	Peter Shepherd	Bacchus Marsh	51	N/A	51
2016	Derrick Micallef	Nth Ballarat City
2017	Brendan Fevola	Melton South	56	N/A	56
2018	Aaron Willitts	Baccus Marsh	51	0	51
2019	Andrew Hooper	Ballarat	41	N/A	41
2020	BFNL in recess	COVID-19
2021	Dylan Conway	Melton South	35	N/A	35
2022	Ryan Carter &	Melton	56	4	60
	Nick Rodda	Darley	56	1	57
2023	Izaac Grant	Redan	54	1	55
2024	Braedan Kight	Melton	75	4	79
2025
Year	Winner	Club	Season's Goals	Goals in Finals	Total Goals

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There is very little Ballarat Football Netball League netball history, premierships, league best and fairest winners, etc available on the internet to reference back to for inclusion on this page at present.

The Ballarat FNL netball competition commenced in ?.

In 2024, there were 55 senior and 54 junior netball teams across all grades of the BFNL.

As of 2024, the BFNL netball section hosts the following netball competitions -

A. Grade, B. Grade, C. Grade, D. Grade & E. Grade
19 & Under
17 & Under Seniors & 17 & Under Reserves
15 & Under Seniors & 15 & Under Reserves
13 & Under Seniors & 13 & Under Reserves
11 & Under Seniors & 11 & Under Reserves
9 & Under