Ballarat Football Netball League planning to re-start with abandoned round after COVID-19 break

The league intends to re-start the senior competitions with its round 11 fixtures originally scheduled for this weekend.

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The round would have seen every club play each other at least once, reaching a benchmark set by the league to protect the integrity of this season's premiership.

Impacts on the rest of the home and away fixture will be dependent on the length of the lockdown and the "start-up timeframe" once health advice allows for a safe return to play.

The league said it will consider all options for the remainder of the season, including finals, once the situation becomes clearer.

This weekend's scheduled games in the BFNL's junior and womens competitions will be abandoned with no results recorded and no plans to re-schedule.

Given the impacts of the last lockdown and the need to finalise the season, the BFLW and BFNL's junior competitions will resume at the round scheduled for the week that a return-to-play is allowed.

The Central Highlands football and netball leagues will abandon their round 12 matches.

The CHNL will award game points to Skipton and Newlyn, who were scheduled to have the bye, but won't award any percentage.

The CHFL can abandon games without having to re-schedule due to its percentage of games won ladder.

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