FIXTURES for Horsham District Football Netball League’s 2019 season have been released.
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Round one will begin on April 6, with a football grand final rematch between Harrow-Balmoral and Kalkee the headline game.
It will be played on one of the reigning premier’s home grounds, as Kalkee tries to enact revenge after last season’s 25-point loss.
In other round one matches, Swifts will take on Natimuk United at home, Laharum host Noradjuha-Quantong, Edenhope-Apsley play Pimpinio and Rupanyup taks on Taylors Lake.
The match-ups provide several interesting football contest start the season, with the competing teams evenly poised.
Jeparit-Rainbow have the round one bye, and will play their first match of the season at Natimuk against Natimuk United in round two. The game will be a rematch of last season’s elimination final that Jeparit-Rainbow won by 17 points.
In A Grade netball, a grand final rematch between fierce competitors Laharum and Natimuk United will have to wait until round 11, with the sides scheduled to play each other at Natimuk on June 29.
Laharum will be hoping to turn the tables after two extraordinarily close losses to Natimuk United in last season’s finals series. This is definitely a match to mark in on the calendar.
There will be a bye for Easter on April 20 and for interleague on May 18.
In a change from last season, there is no bye for the Queen’s birthday weekend in June, meaning there are no full-league byes from May 25 until the season’s conclusion.
Teams will still have individual byes. Pimpinio have the last bye of the season in round 18, Edenhope-Apsley in round 17 and Noradjuha-Quantong in round 16.
The season finishes with round 18 on August 17 and finals starting the following weekend. The grand final is on September 14.
After a number of hiccups and league changes resulting in the fixture being re-released several times last season, AFL Wimmera-Mallee’s Stephen McQueen was hopeful this would be the first and final edition.
The fixture are below.