HUNTLY president Gaven Rule is confident the club’s future remains with the Heathcote District Football League.The Hawks are headed for an eighth consecutive HDFL wooden spoon and a winless season in the seniors in a year that started with plenty of optimism about the prospects of an improved on-field performance.But with the club’s on-field woes continuing, there has been some talk filtering through the club that the time has now come for the Hawks to seriously consider a move from the HDFL - which is growing stronger by the year - to the neighbouring Loddon Valley Football League.“There has certainly been talk around the traps about whether Huntly is in the right league and whether they can keep up with where the HDFL is heading,” Rule said yesterday.“One option that has been floated through the club is the possibility of getting the VCFL in to have a look at how our club is travelling and giving us a report on what we are doing right and where we can improve.“Being in our position, you have to constantly search for answers.“Obviously, if we’re not competitive long-term, and we’re heading for our eighth wooden spoon in a row, you wonder whether you’re doing the right things.“We’ve done a lot as far as off the field is concerned where we’ve been very pro-active, but we can’t seem to get it right on the field.”Testament to the work put in by the club off-field, it has this year opened its long-awaited new social rooms at Trickey’s Diesel Oval, and been granted the HDFL grand final for the second straight year.Although, the Hawks hosting the grand final on September 12 is still subject to improvements being made to the standard of their netball court surface.“I suppose with hosting the grand final, it’s our one and only way we can show we’re progressing as a club by being able to hold events such as that,” Rule said.“So we certainly think we’re travelling well off-field, it’s just on-field between 2pm and 5pm on a Saturday where we’re battling and can’t get it right.”Huntly last played in the senior finals in 2001 when the Hawks were beaten by North Bendigo by 31 points in the elimination final.Since then, the Hawks have played 126 games for six wins, one draw and 119 losses.