NEWS: Inaugural Vic Regional Challenge Cup boosted by an additional Women's team from Bendigo

THE WOMEN’S division of this weekend’s Victorian Regional Challenge Cup has been boosted with the last minute inclusion of a team from Bendigo, bringing to five the number of female teams participating in the inaugural Country Leagues’ Football Association (CLFA) event at Stead Park.

To be held at Geelong Soccer Club’s magnificently renovated complex all day on Saturday and Sunday, the senior Men’s and Women’s tournament will see the respective Men’s and Women’s Geelong Region Division 1 champions joined by teams from all over the state.

The Men’s Division will see local champions Barwon SC take on Latrobe Valley Soccer League heavyweights Falcons 2000 from Morwell, the Goulburn North East League’s Shepparton SC and the recently formed Warrnambool Association’s Warrnambool Wolves.

The Wolves are no strangers to Geelong, having participated in the old WVSA competition in the early 2000s.

In the Women’s draw, local league champions Drysdale SC will be joined by Leongatha Knights from the Gippsland League, the Latrobe Valley competition’s Traralgon City, Warrnambool Rangers and the newly added Bendigo team.

The exciting new end of season cup competition was originally supposed to be hosted in Bendigo, but after the host pulled out, the Geelong Region Football Committee (GRFC) came to the rescue and agreed to host the weekend tournament in Geelong.

The Geelong Soccer Club’s Stead Park complex, which successfully hosted the recent Geelong Region Finals’ Series was selected as the hosting venue due to its availability and the club’s willingness to provide logistical and organisational resources to assist tournament organisers.

The full fixture list is as follows:

TOURNAMENT FIXTURES:                                                                                           

 

 

SATURDAY

 

 

M#

Gender

Home

Away

KO

Pitch 1

Womens

Bendigo

Warrnambool Rangers

9am

Pitch 2

Womens

Drysdale

Traralgon

9am

Pitch 1

Mens

Barwon

Falcons

10.20am

Pitch 2

Mens

Shepparton

Warrnambool Wolves

10.20am

Pitch 1

Womens

Drysdale

Leongatha

12.50pm

Pitch 2

Womens

Traralgon

Warrnambool Rangers

12.50pm

Pitch 1

Mens

Barwon

Warrnambool Wolves

2.10pm

Pitch 2

Mens

Falcons

Shepparton

2.10pm

Pitch 1

Womens

Warrnambool Rangers

Leongatha

4.10pm

Pitch 2

Womens

Traralgon

Bendigo

4.10pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY

 

 

Pitch 1

Womens

Leongatha

Bendigo

9am

Pitch 2

Womens

Warrnambool Rangers

Drysdale

9am

Pitch 1

Mens

Warrnambool Wolves

Falcons

10.20am

Pitch 2

Mens

Shepparton

Barwon

10.20am

Pitch 1

Womens

Leongatha

Traralgon

12.50pm

Pitch 2

Womens

Bendigo

Drysdale

12.50pm

 

 

 

 

 

Pitch 1

Mens

FINAL

1 v 2

2.10pm

Pitch 1

Womens

FINAL

1 v 2

3.50pm

                                   




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