Find out who's playing finals in the BFNL

Just like that, 42 football and netball sides have had their seasons end out of the blue.

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The Ballarat Football Netball League has decided to end the home-and-away seasons in its senior, reserves and under-19 football competitions, as well as all ranks of netball from A Grade to 19-and-under.

The move is tough but understandable, with three of the league's clubs - Melton, Sunbury and Melton South - currently in lockdown until at least midnight on Thursday, August 19.

Plenty of players across the league also call Melbourne home and wouldn't have been able to travel to play.

With only one scheduled round remaining, there was also the threat of injustice if play went ahead.

Why would three clubs - North Ballarat, Melton and Ballarat - have one more bye than the rest of the competition, and lose four points on everyone else?

How would it be fair for only select clubs to get second meetings with lesser opponents?

BFNL general manager Shane Anwyl said calling the home-and-away season protected the legitimacy of the season.

"The integrity of the competition is there because everyone has played each other once," he said.

"It gives a true reflection of where every club is at compared to the competition."

Find out who's playing finals in the BFNL

The home-and-away season's end has been momentous for North Ballarat, the club clinching the minor premierships in seniors and A Grade.

There's also euphoria for East Point in the netball competition with all its senior sides qualifying for finals.

The Roos' C Grade, D Grade and E Grade outfits all claimed minor premierships, while the B Grade side finished second and the A Grade side third.

Check out how the BFNL home-and-away seasons finished below. The clubs capitalised will see their seasons continue. For the rest, here's hoping 2022 offers something resembling normality.

FINAL STANDINGS

FOOTBALL

SENIORS

NORTH BALLARAT 36, 156.51

MELTON 32, 136.25

EAST POINT 24, 140.87

SEBASTOPOL 20, 127.79

BALLARAT 20, 109.57

SUNBURY 20, 100.62

Bacchus Marsh 20, 97.92

Redan 20, 88.96

Lake Wendouree 16, 78.99

Melton South 12, 63.60

Darley 0, 55.32

RESERVES

EAST POINT 40, 256.87; NORTH BALLARAT 28, 149.30; SEBASTOPOL 28, 141.01; SUNBURY 24, 167.89; MELTON 24, 114.63; REDAN 20, 89.32; Lake Wendouree 16, 84.53; Darley 12, 70.50; Ballarat 12, 63.66; Bacchus Marsh 8, 59.26; Melton South 8, 52.52

UNDER-19

EAST POINT 520.10 % points, 100 winning %; DARLEY 158.03, 77.78; NORTH BALLARAT 139.88, 70; REDAN 119.83, 55.56; BALLARAT 111.33, 55.56; MELTON 136.49, 44.44; Sunbury 93.81, 44.44; Sebastopol 39.78, 33.33; Lake Wendouree 50.69, 11.11; Bacchus Marsh 25.22, 0

NETBALL

A GRADE:

NORTH BALLARAT 42, 143.93; MELTON SOUTH 40, 133.42; LAKE WENDOUREE 36, 138.14; EAST POINT 36, 135.15; SEBASTOPOL 28, 109.65; REDAN 26, 102.16; Ballarat 20, 108.64; Melton 16, 93.17; Darley 16, 93.12; Bacchus Marsh 12, 60.99; Sunbury 4, 48.15

B GRADE:

LAKE WENDOUREE 48, 169.68; EAST POINT 40, 155.23; SUNBURY 32, 142.20; REDAN 32, 130.18; DARLEY 32, 127.22; BALLARAT 30, 141.46; North Ballarat 22, 106.82; Melton 16, 68.05; Bacchus Marsh 16, 52.04; Melton South 8, 54.37; Sebastopol 8, 48.30

C GRADE:

EAST POINT 44, 169.23; LAKE WENDOUREE 40, 161.54; DARLEY 36, 152.50; BALLARAT 36, 137.12; MELTON SOUTH 32, 95.64; NORTH BALLARAT 26, 104.68; Redan 20, 94.50; Melton 18, 90.17; Sebastopol 16, 84.62; Sunbury 8, 68.45; Bacchus Marsh 8, 35.96

D GRADE:

EAST POINT 48, 160.09; BALLARAT 40, 158.72; LAKE WENDOUREE 32, 101.46; MELTON 30, 115.83; BACCHUS MARSH 28, 104.04; SUNBURY 26, 95.90; Melton South 22, 108.30; North Ballarat 22, 90.73; Redan 16, 76.01; Sebastopol 12, 68.83; Darley 8, 55.05

E GRADE:

EAST POINT 48, 363.10; MELTON 38, 139.08; BALLARAT 36, 141.40; LAKE WENDOUREE 36, 118.69; MELTON SOUTH 28, 87.86; NORTH BALLARAT 26, 110.50; Sunbury 20, 85.56; Sebastopol 20, 82.01; Bacchus Marsh 16, 29.77; Redan 8, 50.85

19/UNDER:

LAKE WENDOUREE 48, 207.58; NORTH BALLARAT 38, 191.53; DARLEY 38, 168.39; MELTON SOUTH 36, 151.20; REDAN 32, 155.02; BALLARAT 24, 119.85; Sebastopol 20, 68.14; Sunbury 16, 54.28; Bacchus Marsh 16, 52.99; East Point 12, 23.41