Central Highlands Rugby League

Central Highlands Rugby League
Current season or competition: 2013 Central Highlands Rugby League season
Sport	Rugby league
Ceased	2005
Chief executive	Ken James
Number of teams	13
Country	Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia
Premiers	Wendouree Raiders (2012)
Related competition	Melbourne Rugby League

Central Highlands Rugby League
copyright 2005 SVAA

The Central Highlands Rugby League (CHRL) is a Rugby League competition District in the Australian state of Victoria. It covers the area of Victoria centered on Ballarat and Ararat, as far north as Creswick, Warrnambool in the south west, Bacchus Marsh in the east, and Horsham in the west.

History

The CHRL District was established and registered with the ARL and VRL in 2005 by founder Ken James (previously Club Manager of MRL team 'Ballarat Highlanders Rugby League Club') after a necessity arose to start a competition in the western region of Victoria separate from the Melbourne Rugby League (MRL) District.

The CHRL competition started with two junior age levels but in 2008 due to the 11-year drought finally taking its toll on Central Victoria the council deemed the sports grounds used in the competition too dangerous for use. This temporarily ended competition for the CHRL (and some clubs in other sports too). After another 2 years of the fields not being used the councils re-allocated the fields to other purposes, ending the ability for clubs in the CHRL to continue until new home grounds are established.

Past Clubs in CHRL

Club	Suburb	Ground
Ararat Cowboys	Ararat
Ballarat Dragons	Ballarat	Doug Dean Reserve
Wendouree Raiders	Wendouree	Doug Dean Reserve

Extended competition

The CHRL also hosted matches in Ballarat between combined CHRL teams made up of players from both Balarat Dragons and Ararat Cowboys against Altona Roosters and Sunbury Cougars, both from the MRL District, which expanded the experience of players at district representative level.

Current

Now that the Victorian drought is officially over, the CHRL is getting ready to resume competition and establishing a senior level competition to start in the 2013 or 2014 season. The Ararat Kings, Stawell Devils, and Ballarat Dragons are possibilities of having senior grade teams with others showing interest in setting up teams in Warrnambool, Mortlake and possibly other towns.

References

External links

Rugby League in Victoria

Federation	Victorian Rugby League

Representative Team	Victoria rugby league team

NRL club	Melbourne Storm

VRL Competitions	Melbourne Rugby League Central Highlands Rugby League Goulburn Murray Rugby League Sunraysia-Riverlands Rugby League

VRL clubs	Altona Roosters Ballarat Dragons Casey Warriors Chaffey Titans Craigieburn Phoenix Doveton Steelers Eastern Raptors Geelong Tiger Snakes Melton Broncos Mernda Dragons North West Wolves Northern Thunder Robinvale Storms South Eastern Titans Sunbury United Rugby League Sunshine Cowboys Waverley Oakleigh Panthers Werribee Bears Wodonga Storm

Rugby league in Australia

National Federation	Australian Rugby League Commission

National teams	Kangaroos Jillaroos Prime Minister's XIII Indigenous Junior Kangaroos Schoolboys

State Federations	New South Wales NSW Country Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

Other Federations	University Masters Police Women

Events	All Stars Auckland Nines City vs Country State of Origin World Club Challenge

Competitions	National Rugby League National Youth Competition State Championship Affiliated States Championship Schoolboy Cup

Honours	Clive Churchill Medal Dally M Medal Hall of Fame The Immortals

Media	Big League Rugby League Week The Footy Show Friday Night Football NRL video games

Lists	Clubs Stadiums Premiers Wooden spooners

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