Anticipation is building, as the first finals in the HDFNL since 2019 inch closer and closer.
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Elimination finals are do or die, so which teams will sink or swim?
In the senior football, 2019 premiers Harrow-Balmoral landed in third, and will face a hungry side in the sixth-placed Swifts at Edenhope on Saturday.
Jeparit-Rainbow and Edenhope-Apsley gear up for the second elimination final at Natimuk on Sunday; just ten points seperated the two sides in round 13.
Minor premiers Rupanyup and second-placed Kalkee have earned a week off, and will play each other the following week.
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In the A Grade Netball, third-placed Edenhope-Apsley host sixth-placed Kaniva-Leeor in a western derby of sorts in the first elimination final, after the Cougars defeated Harrow-Balmoral to snatch the last finals berth.
Fourth-placed Noradjuha-Quantong face fifth-placed Jeparit-Rainbow at Natimuk on Sunday, in what should be a spicy match - the Storm defeated the Bombers by a point in their last encounter.
Table-topping Kalkee and 2019 premiers Laharum have earned a break, before being back in action for the semi-finals.
Saturday, August 20 - Edenhope Recreation Reserve
Football
- 9AM: Pimpinio v Jeparit-Rainbow (Under 14s)
- 10:35AM: Swifts v Noradjuha-Quantong (Under 17s)
- 12:25PM: Harrow-Balmoral v Pimpinio (Reserves)
- 2:20PM: Harrow-Balmoral v Swifts (Seniors)
Netball
- 9AM: Laharum v Rupanyup (13 & Under)
- 10:00AM: Jeparit-Rainbow v Rupanyup (15 & Under)
- 11:00AM: Kalkee v Noradjuha-Quantong (17 & Under)
- 12:00PM: Edenhope-Apsley v Laharum (C Reserve)
- 1:00PM: Noradjuha-Quantong v Rupanyup (C Grade)
- 2:00PM: Edenhope-Apsley v Laharum (B Grade)
- 3:00PM: Edenhope-Apsley v Kaniva-Leeor United (A Grade)
Sunday, August 21 - Natimuk Showgrounds
Football
- 9:00AM: Rupanyup v Edenhope-Apsley (Under 14s)
- 10:35AM: Natimuk United v Kalkee (Under 17s)
- 12:25PM: Swifts v Kalkee (Reserves)
- 2:20PM: Jeparit-Rainbow v Edenhope-Apsley (Seniors)
Netball
- 9:00AM: Harrow-Balmoral v Noradjuha-Quantong (13 & Under)
- 10:00AM: Edenhope-Apsley v Natimuk United (15 & Under)
- 11:00AM: Edenhope-Apsley v Laharum (17 & Under)
- 12:00PM: Swifts v Natimuk United (C Reserve)
- 1:00PM: Pimpinio v Kaniva-Leeor (C Grade)
- 2:00PM: Harrow-Balmoral v Natimuk United (B Grade)
- 3:00PM: Noradjuha-Quantong v Jeparit-Rainbow (A Grade)
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Alex Blain
I am a general news/sports journalist with the Wimmera Mail-Times in Horsham. My work has appeared in the Age, the Geelong Advertiser, the Australian, the Jakarta Globe and across the airwaves on Radio Australia.
I am a general news/sports journalist with the Wimmera Mail-Times in Horsham. My work has appeared in the Age, the Geelong Advertiser, the Australian, the Jakarta Globe and across the airwaves on Radio Australia.
