Echuca’s last two successful periods early 2000’s and 2020’s have been on the back of connection with local clubs in the region . In the 2000 era they did it at senior level , in this 2020 patch they have done it at senior as well as within their junior club . The junior president moving into the senior role is likely to see this period prolonged .Echuca have a powerful junior setup people move to echuca compared to a shep, better lifestyle, the gv and bendigo could join a form a two tiered comp, if the lose gisborne, if you have the finals based teams from this year play in div 1 and non finals in div 2 with relegation promotion it might breath life into both comps