So much happened in the Central Highlands Football League over the last decade and it's the perfect time to reflect on the most memorable moments of the last 10 years.
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Yesterday, we kicked off a series looking back at the events that really got us talking. Here's part two!
INTERLEAGUE'S BACK
In 2012, after more than a decade away from senior representative football, the CHFL made it's interleague return.
The league appointed Shane Skontra to take on the senior coaching role and he helped deliver a memorable victory over the Ellinkbank and District competition in Nar Nar Goon.
The Highlanders would eventually win that game by 13 points and play in another seven more statewide championship clashes before withdrawing from the titles in October 2019.
Following that league decision, the whole AFL Victoria Community Championships were axed in November.
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WONDERFUL WAUBRA
Season 2011 was one to remember for Waubra fans.
Late in the afternoon on September 10, Roos captain Shaun Mullane and coach Shane Skontra raised the senior premiership cup after a 25-point win over Daylesford at Eureka Stadium.
The victory created league history, with Waubra becoming the first club to win the under-18, reserves and senior grand finals in one season.
In the reserves, the Roos defeated Springbank in the decider while in the under-18s, Waubra was too good for Learmonth.
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AT LONG LAST!
Smythesdale had been the whipping boys of the Central Highlands Football League for a long time, but finally snapped the losing sequence on April 16, 2016.
Bulldogs coach Stephen Frys battled tears as scenes of jubilation broke out at Smythesdale's home ground after the win over Skipton.
Smythesdale's only other success in the Central Highlands Football League was against the same club, on the same date five years earlier.
In season 2016, the Bulldogs also beat Carngham-Linton and avoided the wooden spoon.
However, it proved the last year the club would field a senior team before folding after season 2018.
BROWN A BLUE
AFL hard man Campbell Brown created plenty of excitement when he played two games for Ballan in 2014.
Lured through a connection with Blues coach and former AFL footballer Mark Williams, Brown ran out against Waubra in round two and again against Buninyong in round seven.
A host of issues cropped up before Brown's first match for the Blues.
In a roller coaster saga that threatened to derail his appearance, it was first thought he would be unable to play due to a lingering suspension from his AFL days.
However, in a strange twist, it was then revealed Brown was technically still a Gold Coast Suns player, having not been delisted when he was sacked from the club for punching teammate Steven May on a pre-season camp.
That meant the one-match suspension he was due to serve had been served in round one of the AFL season, as he was still a Suns player. All that remained after that was to be officially released by Gold Coast.
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EX-BOMBERS TAKE CENTRE STAGE
Snake Valley was the setting for former Essendon players Dustin Fletcher, Jason Winderlich and Nick O'Brien to represent Carngham-Linton in June of 2017.
O'Brien, a former Saints junior, lured Fletcher and Winderlich to town for the one-off appearance.
A bumper crowd turned out, but it wasn't the fairy tale result Saints supporters had hoped for. Buninyong showcased its class in a brilliant 96-point win.
O'Brien and Winderlich both played for the Saints, while Fletcher helped coach from the sidelines.
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ONE GOAL WILL DO
"I've never been involved in a game like that before" was how Beaufort coach Rohan Brown described his side's narrow success over Creswick on July 13, 2019.
On a wet and slippery afternoon at Doug Lindsay Reserve, a goal in the second quarter from Jarrod Trigg was enough to get the Crows over the line against the Wickers.
Trigg's major - following a free kick - was the only one the reigning premiers could manage in one of the lowest-scoring matches in Central Highlands Football League history.
Pat Taranto booted Creswick's only goal in the third term, but it wasn't enough as the Crows recorded a 1.6 (12) to 1.3 (9) success.
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