The Horsham Saints Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football 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 ...

club based in the city of

Horsham, Victoria Horsham () is a regional city in the Wimmera region of western Victoria, Australia. Located on a bend in the Wimmera River, Horsham is approximately northwest of the state capital Melbourne. As of the 2021 Census, Horsham had a population of 2 ...

. The football team competes in the

Wimmera Football League The Wimmera Football League is a major Australian rules country league based in Western Victoria, with clubs located in towns in the Wimmera region: the regional centres along the Western Highway from Ararat to Nhill as well as Minyip-Murto ...

(WFL).

History

The Horsham Saints, formed in 1945, was known as YCW and joined the

Horsham & District Football League The Horsham & District Football League is an amateur Australian rules football league based in the Wimmera area of Western Victoria. History The league in its present form was created in 1946. Prior to World War 2 a number of local leagues ex ...

(HDFL). In 1947 the club changed its name to St. Michael's. The club won five premierships in the HDFL. In 1993, the club moved to the

. In 2000, the club adopted its current name. In 2012, Tom Sosthiem joined the Horsham Saints Football club.

Bibliography

* ''Wheatbelt Warriors. A Tribute To Wimmera Football League''

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