SFNL Div 1 2025

[bedford]

A champions league type preseason comp? I love that idea & would draw big crowds....but sadly clubs (probably Chelt excluded) would treat it with the same interest as interleague. But a 4 week comp (3 week round robin & 1 final) could look like

Balwyn v
Cheltenham v
Hoppers Crossing v
Heidelberg

AFL Vic put up $5000 prize money
Apologies Old Scotch there's a restricted salary cap required

Anyway that's enough of fantasy land

Would be a couple of O&M clubs as probably at Albury

 

[Greg Tivendale]

A while back James Boag tried this, sponsored a preseason competition for all the leagues around VIC.

We (St Pauls) were invited as reigning premiers and got grouped up with Scoresby (Vermont didn't take part), Shepp United and Bell Park.

We didn't win a game.

Applied ourselves well against Scoresby but got beaten convincingly by the other two.

Cranbourne was there from memory. Shepparton took it out from memory.

In saying this, we also didn't field our full side as it was pre-season and i'm sure other teams potentially in the same boat. There was a cash prize at the end of it all.

 

[damochandler]

There is one at Cora Lyn on the 1st of march. They had one last year

 

[bedford]

There is one at Cora Lyn on the 1st of march. They had one last year

Not like this

 

[damochandler]

I know that Vermont are playing Leopold in a practice the weekend before round 1. That would be a match worth watching