Bendigo Advertiser |BENDIGO Football-Netball League grand final day features only city-based clubs.
The only clubs represented on grand final day across the football and netball this Saturday will be Golden Square, Strathfieldsaye, Sandhurst, Eaglehawk and Kangaroo Flat.
There promises to be plenty of blue and gold and blue and white in the crowd.
Of the 16 teams that are playing in grand finals – six football and 10 netball – 11 are from Golden Square and Strathfieldsaye.
The Bulldogs have six teams playing in grand finals, while the Storm has five teams vying for premierships.
The Storm has an opportunity to complete the senior football/A-grade netball flag double, with both teams competing on Saturday.
While Strathfieldsaye won last year’s senior football premiership in just its 114th game since joining the league in 2009, Saturday will be the club’s first A-grade netball grand final.
Sandhurst has three teams competing, including the senior football for the second year in a row in what’s the first time since 1978-79 the Dragons have made back-to-back grand finals.
BFNL grand final teams on Saturday:
Golden Square (6) – reserves football; under-18 football; A-grade netball; A-reserve netball; B-grade netball; B-reserve netball.
Strathfieldsaye (5) – senior football; under-18 football; A-grade netball; B-grade netball; B-reserve netball.
Sandhurst (3) – senior football; A-reserve netball; 17-under netball.
Eaglehawk (1) – reserves football.
Kangaroo Flat (1) – 17-under netball.