In 2012, Kalkee achieved what no other Horsham District league side ever had.
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The Kees won their fifth consecutive senior football premiership, a feat no other team has achieved in the league's 71-year history.
But while five straight flags might suggest an unrivaled period of dominance, in reality, the premierships of 2011 and 2012 were far from comfortable.
The streak started with a formidable side in 2008. The senior side was led by Wimmera football legend Steve Schultz, who co-coached the side to two premierships alongside Jay Tucker.
Kalkee's dominance also coincided with Schultz hitting career-best form, as he won three consecutive Dellar medals from 2008 to 2010.
Kalkee won the first three premierships with relative ease, starting with a 27-point victory against Laharum in 2008. The Kees were then clearly too strong for the rest of the league in 2009 and 2010, defeating Harrow-Balmoral in both grand finals by a combined margin of 207 points.
2010 was the side's most impressive season, going through undefeated and winning the grand final by 112 points, the largest winning margin in Horsham District football league history.
But 2011 brought about a new challenge for the club, with Steve and brother Grant Schultz departing to co-coach the Warrack Eagles in the Wimmera league.
In another display of his exceptional talent, Steve would go on to win the Toohey medal in his first Wimmera Football League season.
Former Kalkee president Dean Johns said the duo were crucial in starting the five-premiership streak.
"To have both of those guys playing for us at the same time was pretty incredible," Mr Johns said.
"They weren't just good Wimmera league players, they were playing footy for Country Victoria at the time, and playing well too.
"I think what happens too is when you get some great players like that, everyone else just rallies around them.
"People want to play with guys like that. That probably helped in the early stages."
2011 presented Kalkee a new challenge - to win without two of the most decorated footballers in the club's history.
While at times it appeared as though the odds were stacked against them in 2011 and 2012, four-time premiership player Matthew Beddison said the side just had a knack for winning.
"I remember saying after the 2012 grand final that it didn't seem to matter what was thrown at us, we just seemed to find a way to win," he said.
"It was just sort of a never say die attitude. We kept finding ways to pull off these unlikely wins."
The Kees finished the 2011 season in second place, seemingly a long way behind minor premiers Harrow-Balmoral.
The two sides faced in the first semi-final, where Harrow-Balmoral ran away with a 70 point victory.
Kalkee then held off a fast-finishing Swifts in the preliminary final, winning by just four points to keep the hope of a fourth consecutive premiership alive.
It set up a grand final rematch with Harrow-Balmoral, where Kalkee pulled off a 94-point turnaround.
The underdogs kicked away in the dying minutes of the match, booting the final four goals of the game to win by 24-points and claim a record-breaking fourth premiership.
It was a similar story in 2012. Beddison took the reins as coach at the start of the season, filling the big shoes left behind by co-coaches Josh Mibus and Tim Wade, who stayed at the club as players.
"When the club had been so successful, it was probably a bit daunting to take on the job," Beddison said.
"I was a bit worried about being the bloke that lost the next one and ruined the streak."
Kalkee were again underdogs heading into the 2012 grand final, and found themselves 27-points down at quarter time against minor premiers Edenhope-Apsley.
But once again, for the fifth straight year, the stubborn Kees found a way to win. The side powered back into the contest behind the work of Mibus, Wade, Ben Webster, Brendan McDonald and Brendan Hobbs to clinch a history-making premiership.
"I'm extremely proud about it all, but we were also very lucky," Beddison said, looking back on the era.
"We were the underdogs, and things could have gone a different way for Edenhope that year or Harrow the year before. There was a lot of hard work and a lot of luck. It's certainly something I'll remember forever."
Beddison said the club's success could be attributed to what was happening off the field.
"It's the culture of the time that the whole club created," he said.
"At the end of the day, the work done behind the scenes, the tireless effort of so many people is probably where the pats on the back should go.
"The players get to bask in the glory a bit, but when you look back, it's probably more so the presidents and committee people doing all the heavy lifting."
Current Kalkee president Heath Martin earlier this year spoke of the significance of having the right people behind the scenes.
"We've always been able to attract good local players, but beyond that, it's good club people as well," Mr Martin said.
"It's nearly more important to have a good base of volunteers than to have a good bunch of players on the park."
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