WINTER sports are well and truly firing up across the Shire, with plenty of options to watch games this weekend.
In football and netball Wallan, Romsey and Lancefield will get its Riddell District Football Netball League season underway, with Romsey and Lancefield, the traditional rivals, meeting at Romsey Park, while Wallan will look to get its season off on the right note against 2025 wooden spooner Melton Centrals at Greenhill Reserve.
For road trips, Seymour will make the trip to Deakin Reserve to take on Shepparton, while Broadford travels to the Queen Elizabeth Oval in Bendigo to play Sandhurst. Kilmore and Kinglake meet at Kinglake’s Memorial Oval.
In the Big V basketball competition, Wallan’s men will host Warrnambool on Saturday night, while the women travel to Chelsea. The youth league men will make the short trip to RMIT University in Bundoora on Saturday, and the women make the trip to Sherbrooke.
Mitchell Rangers’ men’s will make its first away trip of the season when it takes on FC Birrarung on Saturday afternoon, while the Mitchell Majors will have to wait two more weeks for its first game of the season, with a bye scheduled for round one on April 18, before travelling to South East Warriors on ANZAC Day.
