The Northern Football League has announced the hosting venues for the 2017 WaterMarc NFL senior and junior finals series.
This year’s senior men’s finals will be played at Preston City Oval, Epping Recreation Reserve and the Whittlesea Showgrounds.
For the first year of the Northpark NFLW competitions, week one of finals will be played at Bill Lawry Oval and weeks 2 to 4 will be played at Preston City Oval, including the Division 1 and Division 2 grand finals on Sunday August 27.
Preston City Oval will host every Meadows Greyhounds Division 1 final, including the grand final on Saturday September 23.
Preston City Oval will also play host to the A Plus Labour Solutions Division 2 grand final on Saturday September 16.
The A Plus Labour Solutions Division 2 preliminary final and semi finals will be played at Epping Recreation Reserve.
Whittlesea Showgrounds will host all Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3 finals, including the grand final on Saturday September 9.
Junior finals kick off on Sunday August 6, with four clubs hosting finals for the first time.
This will allow Bundoora Park JFC, Greensborough JFC, Mill Park FC and South Morang FC to all host junior finals, having not had the capacity to do so in recent years.
With more venues hosting junior finals matches, the league will, as per last year, schedule later starting times and earlier finishing times.
This year’s junior finals will be played at:
Anthony Beale Reserve (Greensborough), Ben Frilay Oval (Hurstbridge), Bundoora Park Oval (Bundoora Park), Coventry Oval (Diamond Creek), Cracknell Reserve (Panton Hill), Crispe Park (Reservoir), C.T Barling Park (Reservoir), J.C Donath Reserve (Keon Park), J.E. Moore Park (West Preston-Lakeside), Lalor Reserve (Lalor), Main Street Reserve (Thomastown), Redleap Reserve (Mill Park), Research Park (Research), The Lakes Reserve – Synthetic (South Morang), Wallan Recreational Reserve (Wallan) and Waterview Recreation Reserve (Mernda).
These 16 venues will all host games during the first week of the junior finals, which includes all first and second semi finals.
Eight venues will host junior grand finals on Sunday, August 20. They are:
Ben Frilay Oval (Hurstbridge), Coventry Oval (Diamond Creek), C.T Barling Reserve (Reservoir), J.E Moore Park (West Preston-Lakeside), Lalor Reserve (Lalor), Main Street Reserve (Thomastown), Wallan Recreational Reserve (Wallan) and Waterview Recreation Reserve (Mernda).
