The Bendigo Football Netball League (previously known as the Sandhurst Football Association, Bendigo and District Football Association, Bendigo Football Association and Bendigo Football League) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

and

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

competition based in the

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban populat ...

region of Victoria. Formed on 10 June 1881 by the city's three clubs as the ''Sandhurst Football Association'', it is one of the oldest football leagues in Australia, and among its members are some of the oldest football clubs in Australia, including the Castlemaine Football Club, acknowledged as the second oldest football club in Australia and one of the oldest in the world.

Clubs Location

Current Clubs

Former Clubs

* Bendigo Football Club * Bendigo East Football Club * California Gully Football Club * Coachbuilders Football Club *

Echuca Football Club The Echuca Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Murray Bombers'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the Victorian town of Echuca, Victoria. History The Echuca Football Club was formed in 1874, so it could play agains ...

* Echuca East Football Club *

Elmore Football Club The Elmore Football Club is an Australian Rules Football club which competes in the Heathcote District Football League The Heathcote District Football League (HDFL) is an Australian rules football league based in the Heathcote region and ma ...

* Kennington-Strathdale Football Club * Lockington Bamawm United Football Club * Long Gully Football Club * Marong Football Club * North Ballarat City Football Club *

North Bendigo Football Club The North Bendigo Football Club is an Australian rules football club that competes in the Heathcote District Football League (HDFL). The club, known as the North Bendigo Bulldogs, is based in North Bendigo, Victoria North Bendigo is a suburb ...

* North Sandhurst Football Club * Northern United Football Club * Provincial Football Club * Rochester Football Club * West Bendigo Football Club * White Hills Football Club * YCW Football Club

Senior Football Premierships

* 1880 Bendigo * 1881 Sandhurst * 1882 Eaglehawk * 1883 Eaglehawk * 1884 Sandhurst * 1885 Sandhurst * 1886 Eaglehawk * 1887 Eaglehawk * 1888 Bendigo * 1889 Eaglehawk * 1890 Sandhurst * 1891 Sandhurst * 1892 Bendigo * 1893 Sandhurst * 1894 Eaglehawk * 1895 Eaglehawk * 1896 Eaglehawk * 1897 Eaglehawk * 1898 Eaglehawk * 1899 South Bendigo * 1900 South Bendigo * 1901 Eaglehawk * 1902 South Bendigo * 1903 Eaglehawk * 1904 South Bendigo * 1905 South Bendigo * 1906 Eaglehawk * 1907 Long Gully * 1908 Eaglehawk * 1909 South Bendigo * 1910 South Bendigo * 1911 South Bendigo * 1912 South Bendigo * 1913 Bendigo * 1914 South Bendigo * 1915 In recess, WWI * 1916 In recess, WWI * 1917 In recess, WWI * 1918 In recess, WWI * 1919 South Bendigo * 1920 Sandhurst * 1921 South Bendigo * 1922 Eaglehawk * 1923 Sandhurst * 1924 Eaglehawk * 1925 South Bendigo * 1926 Castlemaine * 1927 Sandhurst * 1928 Echuca * 1929 Sandhurst * 1930 Sandhurst * 1931 Sandhurst * 1932 Sandhurst * 1933 Sandhurst * 1934 Sandhurst * 1935 Eaglehawk * 1936 Kyneton * 1937 Sandhurst * 1938 Golden Square * 1939 Golden Square * 1940 Sandhurst * 1941 Eaglehawk * 1942 In recess, WW2 * 1943 In recess, WW2 * 1944 In recess, WW2 * 1945 Golden Square * 1946 Eaglehawk * 1947 Sandhurst * 1948 Sandhurst * 1949 Sandhurst * 1950 South Bendigo * 1951 South Bendigo * 1952 Castlemaine * 1953 Eaglehawk * 1954 South Bendigo * 1955 South Bendigo * 1956 Sandhurst * 1957 Eaglehawk * 1958 Rochester * 1959 Rochester * 1960 Kyneton * 1961 Kyneton * 1962 Rochester * 1963 Rochester * 1964 Golden Square * 1965 Golden Square * 1966 Kyneton * 1967 Echuca * 1968 Eaglehawk * 1969 South Bendigo * 1970 Echuca * 1971 Eaglehawk * 1972 Golden Square * 1973 Sandhurst * 1974 South Bendigo * 1975 Golden Square * 1976 Golden Square * 1977 Sandhurst * 1978 Sandhurst * 1979 Golden Square * 1980 Golden Square * 1981 Sandhurst * 1982 Eaglehawk * 1983 Sandhurst * 1984 Northern United * 1985 Northern United * 1986 Northern United * 1987 Northern United * 1988 Golden Square * 1989 Golden Square * 1990 South Bendigo * 1991 South Bendigo * 1992 Castlemaine * 1993 South Bendigo * 1994 South Bendigo * 1995 Kyneton * 1996 Kangaroo Flat * 1997 Kyneton * 1998 Maryborough * 1999 Maryborough * 2000 Castlemaine * 2001 Golden Square * 2002 Gisborne * 2003 Gisborne * 2004 Sandhurst * 2005 Gisborne * 2006 Gisborne * 2007 Eaglehawk * 2008 Eaglehawk * 2009 Golden Square * 2010 Golden Square * 2011 Golden Square * 2012 Golden Square * 2013 Golden Square * 2014 Strathfieldsaye * 2015 Strathfieldsaye * 2016 Sandhurst * 2017 Strathfieldsaye * 2018 Eaglehawk * 2019 Strathfieldsaye * 2020 Season cancelled due to

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* 2021 Season abandoned after Rd.17, due to

* 2022 Gisborne * 2022 Gisborne

Football: Best & Fairest Award / Goalkicking

;Seniors In 1929, the Bendigo Football League (BFL) decided to perpetuate the memory of the late BFL President, Mr. Fred A. Wood with a gold medal for the best and fairest player from 1930 to 1939. In 1946, the BFL best and fairest award was named the Arthur E. Cook Medal, in memory of the late Bendigo MLA, who died suddenly at the Victorian Parliament House in April, 1945,. For many years, Cook was associated with the administration of the BFL. Between 1947 and 1951 the award was known as the Thomas Rees Davies Medal, after a former Bendigo Councillor, Eaglehawk Mayor and BFL President from 1935 to 1939. Davies was a former Eaglehawk footballer and club Secretary and also Secretary of the BFL too. He was made a life member of the BFL in 1926. The Jack Michelsen Medal was first awarded in 1952, after a prominent Bendigo Mayor, long term Councillor and BFL President from 1923 to 1925, John Andrew Michelsen, OBE. Michelsen was a journalist at the Bendigo Advertiser for many years. Goals in brackets () includes goals kicked in finals.

2000 Ladder

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2019 Ladder

2020 Ladder

2021 Ladder

Home & Away Season was reduced by 6 rounds and Finals series cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria

2022 Ladder

References

External links

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Archive of Full Points Footy -Bendigo Football League
{{Aussie Rules in Victoria Australian rules football competitions in Victoria (Australia) Sport in Bendigo 1880 establishments in Australia Sports leagues established in 1880 Netball leagues in Victoria (Australia) Bendigo