WorkSafe Country Championships – SUPER SATURDAY APPROACHES
Next Saturday May 28th twenty WorkSafe VCFL affiliated leagues will do battle in the 2011 WorkSafe Country Championships.
The format for the WorkSafe Country Championships changed in 2010 whereby each Major League was ranked based upon previous performances in WorkSafe Country Championships and all District Leagues were invited to be ranked and to participate.
Previous formats, whereby teams competed in pools had become too costly and the difficulty in fixturing U18 and netball matches around these weekend became an expensive and logistical burden for most leagues.
The new format enables leagues to compete in one-off matches where winning leagues are promoted up the rankings and defeated teams demoted.
The format allows for 10 ‘blockbuster matches’ between evenly ranked leagues across the state and scheduled on one day.
Next weekend will be our own Super Saturday of Country Footy across the WorkSafe VCFL.
2011 WORKSAFE COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURE
(1v2) Goulburn Valley FL v Ballarat FL Shepparton
(3v4) Ovens & Murray FL v Mornington Peninsula Nepean FL Frankston
(5v6) Geelong FL v Bendigo FL Geelong
(7v8) Hampden FNL v Murray FL Shepparton
(9v10) Gippsland League v Central Murray FL Morwell
(11v12) Bellarine FL v Sunraysia FL Donald
(13v14) Wimmera FL v Yarra Valley FL Woori Yallock
(15v16) Western Border FL v Geelong & DFL Mt. Gambier
(17v18) North Central FL v Mallee FL Donald
(19V20) Horsham FL v Heathcote DFL Horsham
In the current format U18 football and netball have been included if competing leagues agree.
Two sets of double headers next weekend will provide a feast for local footy fans able to see the best players from far flung parts of the state.
At Deakin Reserve in Shepparton, followers will be able to see the Hampden League take on the best of the Murray League and then witness the 1v2 clash between the GV and Ballarat under lights. In Donald the Bellarine plays Sunraysia before the local grudge match between the North Central and Mallee takes centre stage starting at 3pm.
The Maryborough Castlemaine League will take on the Loddon Valley Football League outside of the Super Saturday (Sat June 11) after both teams won their respective matches last year against Lexton and Ovens & King DFL respectively.
These two leagues, along with the Ovens & King will be ranked within the main WorkSafe Country Championships in 2012.
The WorkSafe VCFL is very keen to increase the number of competing Senior Leagues for future WorkSafe Country Championships and will be investigating ways in which other Senior Leagues can be encouraged to compete in the coming years.
Three WorkSafe Country Championship matches will be streamed live to web next Saturday 28th. The 1v2 match between GV and Ballarat going live at 7pm. The 3v4 match between O&M and MPNFL will go live at 12:30pm, with the Geelong v Bendigo match from Skilled Stadium starting at 2pm.
This provides a great opportunity for country fans that can’t make it in person to the matches to watch their boys go at it, and country footy fans to watch the best country footballers in action in the comfort of their own homes.
Please go the competing leagues websites to get access to the streams complete with audio match commentary.
Next weekend presents a wonderful opportunity for all players representing their leagues to be viewed as potential WorkSafe VCFL representative players, as all team selectors and coaches will be attending every WorkSafe Country Championship match across the state in search of players considered good enough to be included in the respective state squads.
If you’re keen on seeing the best against the best, get along to a Country Championship venue (or World Wide Web) on Super Saturday and enjoy the best WorkSafe VCFL players on show.
For more visit www.vcfl.com.au – Rep Footy section
Enjoy your weekend at the footy.
Brett Connell
Operations Manager
WorkSafe VCFL
Last Modified on 17/05/2011 20:05