Central Highlands Football League

"CHFL" redirects here. For the Canadian radio station, see CHFL-FM.

Central Highlands Football League

General Information
Founded	1979
No. of clubs	18
Website	Official Website
Records
Highest Score	436 – Gordon 69.22.436 (Smythesdale 1.1.7) – 2015
Most goals in a game	21 – Bryce Nicholson – Bungaree (v Beaufort) - 2007
Most goals in a season	149 - Ian McBain – Dunnstown – 1982
Most wins in a row	32 - Dunnstown - 1994-1995
Most losses in a row	83 - Smythesdale (Illabarook) - 2011-2015
Most flags in a row
2016 CHFL season
Premiers Seniors:Springbank Reserves:Springbank Under 18s:Beaufort Under 15s:Buninyong
Minor Premiers Seniors:Buninyong Reserves:Buninyong Under 18s:Hepburn Under 15s:Buninyong
Wooden Spoon Seniors:Carngham-Linton Reserves:Clunes Under 18s:Rokewood-Corindhap Under 15s:Daylesford
Best Player

The Central Highlands Football League is an Australian Rules Football League in the Ballarat region. The league coordinates Senior, Reserve, Under 18, Under 15 and Under 12 grades.

History

The CHFL was formed in 1979 as a merger of the Clunes FL and the Ballarat Bacchus Marsh FL. In 2011 the league admitted four new clubs from the defunct Lexton Plains Football League, bringing the total number of clubs to 18. In 2014 Illabarook changed its name to Smythesdale to reflect the town it plays its home games.

Central Highlands FL Clubs

Colours	Club	Nickname	Home Ground	Entered competition	Senior Premierships
File:Berwickjump.JPG	Ballan FC	Blues	Ballan Football Ground	1979	2
	Beaufort FC	Crows	Goldfields Recreation Reserve	1994	2
	Bungaree FC	Demons	Bungaree Football Ground	1979	2
	Buninyong FC	Bombers	Buninyong Football Ground	1979	1
	Carngham Linton FC	Saints	Linton Football Ground & Snake Valley Recreation Reserve	2011	0
	Clunes FC	Magpies	Clunes Football Ground	1979	3
	Creswick FC	Wickers	Doug Lindsay Reserve	1979	1
File:Murrayville Jumper 2018.png	Daylesford FC	Bulldogs	Victoria Park	2006	3
	Dunnstown FC	Towners	Dunnstown Football Ground	1979	3
	Gordon FC	Eagles	Gordon Football Ground	1979	1
	Hepburn FC	Burras	Hepburn Football Ground	1979	8
	Learmonth FC	Lakies	Learmonth Football Ground	1979	0
	Newlyn FC	Cats	Newlyn Football Ground	1979	2
	Rokewood Corindhap FC	Grasshoppers	Rokewood Football Ground	2011	0
	Skipton FC	Emus	Skipton Football Ground	2011	0
	Smythesdale FC	Bulldogs	Smythesdale Recreation Reserve	2011	0
	Springbank FC	Tigers	Wallace Recreation Reserve	1979	5
	Waubra FC	Roos	Waubra Football Ground	1979	3

Former Clubs

Club	Years in competition	Senior Premierships	Comments
Darley	1979 - 1985	1	Left for the Riddell DFL later joining the Ballarat FL
Korweingaboora	1979 - 1981	0	Defunct
Wendouree	1979 - 1994	1	Merged with YCW to form Lake Wendouree and join Ballarat FL

Seniors Premierships

• 1979 Clunes
• 1980 Ballan
• 1981 Ballan
• 1982 Waubra
• 1983 Wendouree
• 1984 Darley
• 1985 Hepburn
• 1986 Hepburn
• 1987 Creswick
• 1988 Gordon
• 1989 Hepburn
• 1990 Springbank
• 1991 Bungaree
• 1992 Newlyn
• 1993 Clunes
• 1994 Dunnstown
• 1995 Beaufort
• 1996 Beaufort
• 1997 Clunes
• 1998 Dunnstown
• 1999 Dunnstown
• 2000 Springbank
• 2001 Springbank
• 2002 Buninyong
• 2003 Newlyn
• 2004 Hepburn
• 2005 Hepburn
• 2006 Waubra
• 2007 Daylesford
• 2008 Hepburn
• 2009 Daylesford
• 2010 Hepburn
• 2011 Waubra
• 2012 Daylesford
• 2013 Hepburn
• 2014 Bungaree
• 2015 Springbank
• 2016 Springbank
• 2017 Hepburn

2011 Ladder

Central Highlands	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Hepburn	16	0	1	0	2105	938	224.41%	64	Elimination	Gordon	10	12	72	Dunnstown	5	7	37
Waubra	15	0	2	0	1960	780	251.28%	60	Elimination	Bungaree	13	3	81	Beaufort	8	10	58
Buninyong	15	0	2	0	1644	993	165.56%	60	Qualifying	Daylesford	13	7	85	Hepburn	7	16	58
Daylesford	13	0	4	0	2020	1087	185.83%	52	Qualifying	Waubra	10	16	76	Buninyong	10	10	70
Gordon	12	0	5	0	1834	1571	116.74%	48	Semi	Hepburn	24	10	154	Gordon	12	7	79
Bungaree	11	0	6	0	1659	1279	129.71%	44	Semi	Buninyong	15	17	107	Buninyong	7	9	51
Beaufort	11	0	6	0	1414	1157	122.21%	44	Preliminary	Waubra	16	9	105	Hepburn	10	12	72
Dunnstown	10	0	7	0	1360	990	137.37%	40	Preliminary	Daylesford	13	9	87	Buninyong	11	13	79
Clunes	8	0	9	0	1293	1173	110.23%	32	Grand	Waubra	10	9	69	Daylesford	6	8	44
Springbank	7	0	10	0	1327	1315	100.91%	28
Carngham-Linton	7	0	10	0	1378	1516	90.90%	28
Newlyn	7	0	10	0	1051	1437	73.14%	28
Skipton	7	0	10	0	1218	1698	71.73%	28
Creswick	4	0	13	0	1058	1632	64.83%	16
Learmonth	3	0	14	0	1192	1560	76.41%	12
Rokewood-Corindhap	3	0	14	0	1275	1913	66.65%	12
Ballan	3	0	14	0	1070	2088	51.25%	12
Illabarook	1	0	16	0	619	2350	26.34%	4

2012 Ladder

Central Highlands	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Hepburn	15	0	2	0	2266	907	249.83%	60	Elimination	Waubra	18	10	118	Creswick	9	8	62
Buninyong	15	0	2	0	1725	783	220.31%	60	Elimination	Newlyn	11	12	78	Springbank	8	3	51
Bungaree	15	0	2	0	1744	810	215.31%	60	Qualifying	Daylesford	11	10	76	Hepburn	10	12	72
Daylesford	14	0	3	0	1672	923	181.15%	56	Qualifying	Buninyong	16	13	109	Bungaree	8	8	56
Waubra	13	0	4	0	1426	897	158.97%	52	Semi	Hepburn	19	11	125	Waubra	9	7	61
Springbank	11	0	6	0	1255	1049	119.64%	44	Semi	Bungaree	10	14	74	Newlyn	6	6	42
Newlyn	10	0	6	1	1304	958	136.12%	42	Preliminary	Buninyong	9	17	71	Hepburn	9	9	63
Creswick	10	0	7	0	1098	1107	99.19%	40	Preliminary	Daylesford	17	13	115	Bungaree	9	16	70
Beaufort	8	0	8	1	1205	1210	99.59%	34	Grand	Daylesford	12	10	82	Buninyong	11	7	73
Gordon	7	0	10	0	1381	1466	94.20%	28
Dunnstown	7	0	10	0	825	1348	61.20%	28
Clunes	6	0	11	0	1282	1294	99.07%	24
Ballan	5	0	12	0	1192	1402	85.02%	20
Skipton	4	0	12	1	962	1412	68.13%	18
Carngham-Linton	4	0	12	1	892	1746	51.09%	18
Learmonth	4	0	13	0	841	1582	53.16%	16
Rokewood-Corindhap	3	0	14	0	1185	1726	68.66%	12
Illabarook	0	0	17	0	632	2267	27.88%	0

2013 Ladder

Central Highlands	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Buninyong	17	0	0	0	1719	562	305.87%	68	Elimination	Daylesford	13	18	96	Creswick	10	10	70
Waubra	16	0	1	0	1888	878	215.03%	64	Elimination	Springbank	12	10	82	Creswick	10	10	70
Bungaree	13	0	4	0	1452	713	203.65%	52	Qualifying	Hepburn	9	5	59	Buninyong	6	7	43
Hepburn	13	0	4	0	1532	1072	142.91%	52	Qualifying	Waubra	10	10	70	Bungaree	9	6	60
Springbank	12	0	5	0	1302	894	145.64%	48	Semi	Buninyong	18	8	116	Springbank	13	13	91
Daylesford	11	0	6	0	1840	1033	178.12%	44	Semi	Bungaree	13	13	91	Daylesford	7	6	48
Gordon	10	0	7	0	1594	1195	133.39%	40	Preliminary	Buninyong	14	11	95	Waubra	11	12	78
Creswick	8	0	8	1	1291	1057	122.14%	34	Preliminary	Hepburn	15	13	103	Bungaree	6	12	48
Learmonth	8	0	9	0	1206	1265	95.34%	32	Grand	Hepburn	16	10	106	Buninyong	14	13	97
Skipton	8	0	9	0	1204	1415	85.09%	32
Newlyn	6	0	9	2	969	1041	93.08%	28
Clunes	7	0	10	0	1100	1286	85.54%	28
Carngham-Linton	6	0	10	1	1204	1402	85.88%	26
Ballan	6	0	11	0	1201	1415	84.88%	24
Beaufort	5	0	12	0	895	1277	70.09%	20
Dunnstown	4	0	13	0	815	1417	57.52%	16
Rokewood-Corindhap	1	0	16	0	644	1911	33.70%	4
Illabarook	0	0	17	0	447	2470	18.10%	0

2014 Ladder

Central Highlands	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Bungaree	15	0	2	0	1923	689	279.10%	60	Elimination	Buninyong	14	15	99	Daylesford	9	10	64
Gordon	15	0	2	0	2089	1155	180.87%	60	Elimination	Springbank	10	10	70	Learmonth	8	7	55
Hepburn	14	0	3	0	1859	850	218.71%	56	Qualifying	Gordon	19	13	127	Hepburn	13	6	84
Waubra	13	0	3	1	1733	870	199.20%	54	Qualifying	Waubra	11	10	76	Bungaree	11	7	73
Buninyong	13	0	3	1	1545	932	165.77%	54	Semi	Springbank	12	13	85	Hepburn	6	9	45
Springbank	11	0	6	0	1551	932	166.42%	44	Semi	Bungaree	19	17	131	Buninyong	9	4	58
Learmonth	11	0	6	0	1533	1012	151.48%	44	Preliminary	Springbank	18	10	118	Waubra	7	9	51
Daylesford	11	0	6	0	1347	1076	125.19%	44	Preliminary	Bungaree	12	17	89	Gordon	10	21	81
Ballan	8	0	9	0	1552	1153	134.61%	32	Grand	Bungaree	16	18	114	Springbank	7	14	56
Clunes	8	0	9	0	1321	1461	90.42%	32
Creswick	7	0	10	0	1240	1168	106.16%	28
Beaufort	7	0	10	0	1100	1167	94.26%	28
Carngham-Linton	6	0	11	0	1328	1573	84.42%	24
Newlyn	5	0	12	0	1044	1505	69.37%	20
Skipton	4	0	13	0	991	1492	66.42%	16
Rokewood-Corindhap	2	0	15	0	941	1576	59.71%	8
Dunnstown	2	0	15	0	779	1317	59.15%	8
Smythesdale	0	0	17	0	92	4040	2.28%	0

External links

• Official Website