NEWBRIDGE’S Riverside Oval will host this year’s Loddon Valley football and netball grand finals.
The ground and its netball courts are in excellent condition, and the ground’s spectator facilities are second to none, so a bumper day can be expected on September 6.
Calivil Recreation Reserve will be the venue for the preliminary final.
The first semi-final will be played at Marong’s Malone Park ground, with the second semi-final to be contested at Serpentine Recreation Reserve.
The elimination final between fourth and fifth on the ladder will be at Mitiamo, while Marist College, Maiden Gully’s home ground, will host the qualifying final, which sees second and third face off.
The reward for finishing on top after the home and away season is a rest in the first week of the finals, to be played on August 16-17.
North Central presidents and league officials were meeting last night to decide their finals venues.
Wedderburn is favoured to host the grand final, after it had the decider taken away last season. Donaldson Park had been announced as the grand final venue in 2024 but when the Redbacks won their first final to move into the preliminary, the match was switched to Donald’s home ground.
Wedderburn has the odds stacked against it to make this season’s finals series.