A trip through the winners of Bendigo Football Netball League Michelsen medal for the years ending in a 7.

AFTER their BFNL record run of six straight premierships from 1929 to 1934, Sandhurst hadn’t exactly endured a drought of flags.

EAGLEHAWK broke a 25-year premiership drought a decade ago by claiming a thrilling two-point win over Gisborne in 2007’s grand final.

KANGAROO Flat and Golden Square were in outstanding form as four clubs shaped up for action in the second week of the 2001 finals.

CASTLEMAINE celebrated its return to the BFNL finals series by ending Maryborough’s premiership aspirations in late August 2004.

WITH two divisions in place 35 years ago the league had rostered the second tier to start their finals during August’s last weekend while the top level clubs fought out the concluding home and away round.

KANGAROO Flat didn’t a field a team for most of the mid-1930s with a gap in their footy participation from the end of 1931 until the start of 1936.

EAGLEHAWK coach Derrick Filo launched a stinging attack on his side after the Hawks had gone down to South Bendigo by two points at the QEO.

BACK in the mid to late Noughties Gisborne’s Gardiner Reserve was known to all local footy followers as the Graveyard.

GRANT Weeks needed eight majors in the Round 12 match at Castlemaine seven seasons ago to reach the magic 100-goal milestone.