Ballarat Football League

**Ballarat Football League**
General Information
Founded	1893
Records
Highest Score	327 - Melton South 50.27.327 (v Redan 1.2.8) - 1998
Most goals in a game	22 – Milton McIntyre – South Ballarat (v C.Y.M.S) – 1938
Most goals in a season	159 - Jim Gull - Daylesford - 1961
Most wins in a row	49 – North Ballarat City – 1991-1993
Most losses in a row	69 - Redan – 1995-1999
Most premierships in a row	5 - North Ballarat City 1982-1986
Most premierships won	20 - East Point (East Ballarat + Golden Point)

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

The league features 11 senior clubs. North Ballarat City Football Club joined the league in 2008 season raising the number of teams to 11. North Ballarat City previously played in the Bendigo Football League for the previous two seasons prior to joining. The BFL is also a strong league for grass roots football with 10 junior clubs consisting of 63 teams from U/10 through to U/16.5 (Ballarat, Bacchus Marsh, Darley, East Ballarat, Golden Point, 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 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 held at the Eastern Oval. The match regularly attracts crowds in excess of 5000 people.

Being the major Australian Rules competition in the region, the BFL receives substantial media coverage with match reports in Ballarat daily newspaper The Courier as well as match radio coverage on radio stations 979fm and Apple FM via the program BFL Game of the Round.

The Chief Executive Officer of the BFL is Rod Ward. Ward is a former BFL player with the Darley Football Club, later becoming Secretary of the club. Prior to his appointment to CEO's role in 2002, Ward worked for the Victorian Country Football League, the organisation that oversees the sport in country Victoria. The headquarters of the league, Saxon House, is located at the City Oval in Ballarat.

Source

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History of Football in the Ballarat District by John Stoward -

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