Weekly Advertiser | Hope springs eternal as the Horsham District Football Netball League flips its calendar to 2026, with footballers and netballers across the region hoping to claim their own slice of history.

Reigning senior football premier Harrow-Balmoral has given league onlookers no cause to doubt its chances of claiming a fourth consecutive flag.

While the injury-stricken Roos looked human at times last season – losing two games after going undefeated in 2023 and 2024 – the end result was the same.

A 44-point grand final win against Noradjuha-Quantong stamped Harrow-Balmoral as one of only four teams in league history to complete a senior premiership three-peat, and another flag this season would see the Roos join Kalkee as the only sides to win four straight.

But with an ageing list, coach Jai Thompson knows the Roos, as currently constructed, might not have many more opportunities to add to their trophy cabinet.

Also flush in their premiership window are the Bombers, who have finished runners-up to Harrow-Balmoral for the past two seasons.

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