Links To Previous Competitions Of Relevance: [ Ballarat-Wimmera Football League ] [ Mid Wimmera Football League (MWFL) ]
League's Official Website: http://wfl.vcfl.com.au/default.asp
Other Recommended Link: http://www.afc.ararat.net.au/ - a comprehensive and beautifully presented history of the Ararat Football Club, compiled by Michael Spalding and Alan Winnell.
Formed: 1937, following the dissolution of the Ballarat-Wimmera Football League (BWFL) which had run for the previous three seasons, and in which the four member clubs of the Ballarat Football League (Ballarat, Ballarat Imperial, Golden Point and South Ballarat) and the four Wimmera District Football League clubs (Ararat, Horsham, Stawell and Warracknabeal) had participated. The newly formed Wimmera Football League comprised the four former WDFL clubs together with Dimboola, Jeparit, Minyip, Murtoa and Nhill from the Mid Wimmera Football League (MWFL).
Current Clubs: Ararat, Dimboola, Horsham, Horsham Diggers (formerly known as Horsham United), Horsham Saints (formerly known as Saint Michaels), Minyip-Murtoa, Nhill and District Sporting Club, Stawell, Warrack Eagles
Premiers: 1937 Dimboola 1938 Horsham 1939 Stawell 1940 Stawell 1941-5 Competition suspended owing to the war [*1945 Warracknabeal] 1946 Dimboola 1947 Warracknabeal 1948 Stawell 1949 Ararat 1950 Stawell 1951 Ararat 1952 Minyip 1953 Minyip 1954 Minyip 1955 Ararat 1956 Ararat 1957 Ararat 1958 Ararat 1959 Dimboola 1960 Horsham 1961 Rupanyup 1962 Horsham 1963 Rupanyup 1964 Nhill 1965 Nhill 1966 Warracknabeal 1967 Horsham 1968 Horsham 1969 Nhill 1970 Horsham 1971 Ararat 1972 Horsham 1973 Rupanyup 1974 Horsham 1975 Ararat 1976 Horsham 1977 Warracknabeal 1978 Stawell 1979 Horsham 1980 Murtoa 1981 Horsham 1982 Horsham 1983 Nhill 1984 Minyip 1985 Dimboola 1986 Ararat 1987 Stawell 1988 Horsham United 1989 Horsham 1990 Horsham 1991 Minyip 1992 Minyip 1993 Minyip 1994 Warracknabeal 1995 Stawell 1996 Minyip-Murtoa 1997 Minyip-Murtoa 1998 Minyip-Murtoa 1999 Ararat 2000 Stawell 2001 Ararat 2002 Warrack Eagles 2003 Horsham 2004 Horsham 2005 Horsham 2006 Horsham 2007 Horsham 2008 Horsham
* The six team competition which ran in 1945 was known as the Wimmera Football Association and did not represent a full scale resumption of senior football in the Wimmera region. Consequently, Warracknabeal's premiership cannot be regarded as 'official', and is not included in the following summary. When the Wimmera Football League recommenced in 1946 it comprised ten clubs: Ararat, Dimboola, Horsham, Jeparit, Minyip, Murtoa, Nhill, Rupanyup, Stawell, and Warracknabeal.
Summary Of Premierships: 20 Horsham; 11 Ararat; 8 Stawell; 7 Minyip; 5 Warracknabeal/Warrack Eagles; 4 Dimboola, Nhill; 3 Minyip-Murtoa, Rupanyup; 1 Horsham United, Murtoa