Ash Bolt
Local football and netball action is set to kick off on April 2, with AFL Barwon releasing fixtures for the 2022 season.
AFL Barwon released the fixtures for the both Geelong Football Netball League and the Bellarine Netball League this week and confirmed the Geelong and District Football Netball League would also start on the first weekend In April.
The GFNL season will include two byes, at Easter in mid-April and early July, with finals to start on August 20 ahead of a September 10 grand final.
The Bellarine league will only take one bye throughout the season, in July, allowing finals to start one week earlier.
Its grand final will be held on September 3.
The extra Easter round will include two Good Friday games, including a twilight match between Geelong Amateur and Modewarre.
Ammos had been pushing for the marquee game for more than a decade, with the hope it would become an annual fixture.
Portarlington will host Torquay in the other Good Friday game.
Other fixture highlights include an Easter Saturday twilight game between Ocean Grove and Newcomb, the annual Anzac Day clash between Drysdale and Portarlington and two ‘Battle of the Bridge’ matches between Barwon Heads and Ocean Grove in rounds nine and 17.
For the Geelong league, several Sunday games will be played, including Leopold and Geelong West in the opening round.
The Pride Cup clash between Newtown and Chilwell and Leopold is again on the fixture, while there will be an Anzac Eve match between Lara and Grovedale and Anzac Day match between St Joseph’s and South Barwon.
The Geelong and District league’s fixture is expected to be released soon.
