Later this would become the Kowree Naracoorte Tatiara Football League where Apsley competed until 1998, when they merged with Edenhope.

Apsley's best known sportspersons were footballers Reg Burgess, who played for the Essendon Football Club, Murrie Batt, who played for the Collingwood Football Club, 2020 and 2023 Brownlow Medalist and 2024 Gary Ayres Award Premiership Captain Lachie Neale, who currently plays for the Brisbane Lions Football Club and hockey players Hattie Shand and Lachlan Busiko who play representing for Australia.

A large Red-flowering Gum on Wallace Street is listed on the National Trust of Australia's Significant Tree Register for Victoria.

Golfers play at the Apsley Golf Club on the Wimmera Highway.

The Border Inn Hotel has completed an extensive renovation, and has a small attached general store for the town, which has recently opened.