Fixture released for 2024 GDFNL season

THE Geelong & District Football Netball League (GDFNL) has released its 2024 fixture just two months after Inverleigh and Werribee Centrals were crowned 2023 premiers.

2024 will begin on April 6 with Anakie to take on Bannockburn, Thomson hosting Winchelsea, Corio playing Werribee Centrals, Belmont to clash with Inverleigh, East Geelong to square off with Bell Post Hill, and Geelong West to open their season against North Geelong.

Inverleigh will unfurl its 31-year drought-breaking GDFL flag in Round 3 when it first plays at home at Inverleigh Reserve against East Geelong.

Werribee Centrals will also need to wait at least a week until it can reveal its newest netball flag, hosting Geelong West at Galvin Park in Round 2.

Grand Final rematches will occur in Rounds 5 (Inverleigh v Thomson – football), 10 (Werribee Centrals v East Geelong – netball), 15 (Thomson v Inverleigh – football).

 

 

The competition’s traditional games information has also been revealed.

The Anzac Day clash between Inverleigh and Bannockburn will be held as a standalone fixture on April 25 in Inverleigh. Bannockburn hosted the annual clash in 2023.

Belmont’s annual NAIDOC Week game at Winter Reserve will be held six days after the annual week of celebrations conclude, selecting Geelong West as this year’s opponent after facing Anakie earlier this year.

A split round will also be observed in Round 13 with games held across July 6 and July 13, and a bye week will only take place following Round 9.

Here is the full fixture of the 2024 GDFNL season:

Round 1 (April 6)

Anakie v Bannockburn – Anakie Reserve
Thomson v Winchelsea – Godfrey Street
Corio v Werribee Centrals – Shell Reserve
Belmont Lions v Inverleigh – Winter Reserve
East Geelong v Bell Post Hill – Richmond Crescent
Geelong West v North Geelong – West Oval Reserve (twilight)

Round 2 (April 13)

Bell Post Hill v Inverleigh – Myers Reserve
Belmont v Corio – Winter Reserve
Thomson v East Geelong – Godfrey Street
Werribee Centrals v Geelong West – Galvin Park
North Geelong v Anakie – Keith Barclay Oval
Winchelsea v Bannockburn – Eastern Reserve (twilight)

Round 3 (April 20)

Bannockburn v Thomson – Victoria Park
Inverleigh v East Geelong – Inverleigh Reserve
Anakie v Werribee Centrals – Anakie Reserve
Corio v Bell Post Hill – Shell Reserve
Winchelsea v North Geelong – Eastern Reserve (twilight)
Geelong West v Belmont – West Oval Reserve (twilight)

Round 4 (April 25 & 27)

Thursday, April 25 (Anzac Day)
Inverleigh v Bannockburn – Inverleigh Reserve
Saturday, April 27
Corio v Winchelsea – Shell Reserve
Geelong West v Anakie – West Oval
Belmont v Thomson – Winter Reserve
Bell Post Hill v Werribee Centrals – Myers Reserve
East Geelong v North Geelong – Richmond Crescent

Round 5 (May 4)

North Geelong v Bannockburn – Keith Barclay Oval
Werribee Centrals v Winchelsea – Galvin Park
Belmont v Anakie – Winter Reserve
East Geelong v Corio – Richmond Crescent
Inverleigh v Thomson – Inverleigh Reserve
Bell Post Hill v Geelong West – Myers Reserve

Round 6 (May 11)

Anakie v Bell Post Hill – Anakie Reserve
Corio v Inverleigh – Shell Reserve
Thomson v North Geelong – Godfrey Street
Winchelsea v Belmont – Eastern Reserve
Geelong West v East Geelong – West Oval
Bannockburn v Werribee Centrals – Victoria Park

Round 7 (May 18)

Geelong West v Inverleigh – West Oval
Bannockburn v Belmont – Victoria Park
North Geelong v Werribee Centrals – Keith Barclay Oval
Thomson v Corio – Godfrey Street
Anakie v East Geelong – Anakie Reserve
Winchelsea v Bell Post Hill – Eastern Reserve

Round 8 (May 25)

Belmont v North Geelong – Winter Reserve
Bell Post Hill v Bannockburn – Myers Reserve
Corio v Geelong West – Shell Reserve
East Geelong v Winchelsea – Richmond Crescent
Inverleigh v Anakie – Inverleigh Reserve
Werribee Centrals v Thomson – Galvin Park

Round 9 (June 1)

North Geelong v Bell Post Hill – Keith Barclay Oval
Winchelsea v Inverleigh – Eastern Reserve
Werribee Centrals v Belmont – Galvin Park
Anakie v Corio – Anakie Reserve
Bannockburn v East Geelong – Victoria Park
Thomson vs. Geelong West – Godfrey Street

Round 10 (June 15)

North Geelong v Inverleigh – Keith Barclay Oval
Belmont v Bell Post Hill – Winter Reserve
Winchelsea v Geelong West – Eastern Reserve
Bannockburn v Corio – Victoria Park
Werribee Centrals v East Geelong – Galvin Park
Thomson v Anakie – Godfrey Street

Round 11 (June 22)

Geelong West v Bannockburn – West Oval
East Geelong v Belmont – Richmond Crescent
Anakie v Winchelsea – Anakie Reserve
Inverleigh v Werribee Centrals – Inverleigh Reserve
Corio v North Geelong – Shell Reserve
Bell Post Hill v Thomson – Myers Reserve

Round 12 (June 29)

Bannockburn vs. Anakie – Victoria Park
Werribee Centrals v Corio – Galvin Park
Inverleigh vs. Belmont – Inverleigh Reserve
Winchelsea v Thomson – Eastern Reserve
Bell Post Hill v East Geelong – Myers Reserve
North Geelong v Geelong West – Keith Barclay Oval

Round 13 (Split Round) (July 6 & July 13)

Saturday, July 6
Inverleigh v Bell Post Hill – Inverleigh Reserve
Bannockburn v Winchelsea – Victoria Park
East Geelong v Thomson – Richmond Crescent
Saturday, July 13
Anakie v North Geelong – Anakie Reserve
Geelong West Giants v Werribee Centrals – West Oval
Corio v Belmont – Shell Reserve

Round 14 (July 20)

East Geelong v Inverleigh – Richmond Crescent
Belmont v Geelong West – Winter Reserve
Werribee Centrals v Anakie – Galvin Park
Bell Post Hill v Corio – Myers Reserve
Thomson v Bannockburn – Godfrey Street
North Geelong v Winchelsea – Keith Barclay Oval

Round 15 (July 27)

Thomson v Inverleigh – Godfrey Street
Bannockburn v North Geelong – Victoria Park
Anakie v Belmont – Anakie Reserve
Winchelsea v Werribee Centrals – Eastern Reserve
Corio v East Geelong – Shell Reserve
Geelong West v Bell Post Hill – West Oval

Round 16 (August 3)

Inverleigh v Corio – Inverleigh Reserve
North Geelong v Thomson – Keith Barclay Oval
Bell Post Hill v Anakie – Myers Reserve
Werribee Centrals v Bannockburn – Galvin Park
East Geelong v Geelong West – Richmond Crescent
Belmont v Winchelsea – Winter Reserve

Round 17 (August 10)

Inverleigh v Geelong West – Inverleigh Reserve
Werribee Centrals v North Geelong – Galvin Park
Bell Post Hill v Winchelsea – Myers Reserve
Corio v Thomson – Shell Oval
East Geelong v Anakie – Richmond Crescent
Belmont Lions v Bannockburn – Winter Reserve

Round 18 (August 17)
Geelong West v Corio – West Oval
North Geelong v Belmont – Keith Barclay Oval
Thomson v Werribee Centrals – Godfrey Street
Winchelsea v East Geelong – Eastern Reserve
Anakie v Inverleigh – Anakie Reserve
Bannockburn v Bell Post Hill – Victoria Park

Finals Week 1 (August 24 & 25)
Qualifying Final 1 – St Albans Reserve
Elimination Final – St Albans Reserve

Finals Week 2 (August 31 & September 1)
Qualifying Final 2 – St Albans Reserve
Semi-Final – St Albans Reserve

Finals Week 3 (September 7)
Preliminary Final – St Albans Reserve

Finals Week 4 (September 14)
Grand Final – St Albans Reserve