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The Huntly Football Club 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 ...
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 major Bendigo area with clubs based in the regions of City of Greater Bendigo, Shire of Campaspe, and Shire of Gannawarra ...
(HDFL). The club, known as the Huntly Hawks, is based in
Huntly, Victoria Huntly is a town in northern Bendigo, Victoria, Australia in the City of Greater Bendigo local government area, 169 kilometres north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Huntly had a population of 2,379. History Huntly is a rural township ...
and has participated in the HDFL since 1986. The Hawks have not appeared in an HDFL Grand Final yet, however, have most recently been Runners-up in 2013.


History

Football had been played around Huntly from as early as 1882, but a formal club didn't emerge until 1893. It would play in local competitions usually against club to the north of Bendigo. It often played against Elmore for a donated cup. The club won its first trophy in 1894 and followed up in 1897 and 1901. It first formal association was the Bendigo Saturday FA in 1913. In 1914 it won the pennant of the Bendigo Trades FA. In 1919 it joined the Neilborough DFA and won three flags by the time it left at the end of 1930. It joined the short-lived Midland United FL while it lasted from 1931 to 1936 before joining the Bendigo District Association in 1937 winning flags in 1939 and 1940. It reformed briefly in 1946 in the Bendigo FA until it went into recess at the end of 1952. It reformed in 1985 with the merger of the Huntly Junior Football Club with the Provincial Football Club that was competing in the Heathcote DFL. Provincial had formed in 1946 after the war and played in the Bendigo FA that later renamed itself Golden City FL. Provincial had joined the Heathcote DFL in 1982. The first year of the merger it was known as Provincial-Huntly Football Club but shorted to Huntly FL after twelve months.


Unsuccessful Era (1986 – present)

Since its existence in the HDFL in 1986–Present it has been the most unsuccessful team. The club finished last every year from 2002 to 2011, ten consecutive wooden spoons. However, in recent years it has endures a string of finals appearances and was Runner-up in 2013 which was the club's most successful year in the league.


Rivalries

Because of the small sized football league rivalries are few and far between and most teams aren't overly aggressive towards another team, however Huntly's main rivals are White Hills, North Bendigo & Lockington Bamawm United


Honours

Premierships * 1894, 1897, 1901, 1914, 1919, 1925, 1930, 1939 1940. History of Football in the Bendigo District Grand Finals


Books

* History of Football in the Bendigo District – John Stoward –


References


HuntlyFNC
{{Heathcote DFL Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (state)