Picola United will be looking to build on a senior football finals appearance in 2024.
The Picola and District Football Netball League is approaching a new season and despite some changes in competing teams, not much is set to change from a league operations perspective.
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Yarroweyah has gone on hiatus for 2025, while Dookie United will join the league, keeping the competition at 15 sides.
“Dookie’s been in our competition before, and we’ve just found them seamlessly transitioning really easily,” league operations manager Shane Railton said.
Mathoura will be hoping to build on the base set in 2024 in football and netball.
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“We've had clubs transitioning to our league almost every year for each of the last three or four years (so) we're a little accustomed to change, and we work with the clubs and have them seamlessly transition into our competition, and it's been no different this year with Dookie.
“They seem pretty well prepared and ready to go.”
The league has put a focus on local rivalries this season, with geographical rivals, like Picola and Mathoura, matching up twice over the course of the season.
Teams have been working hard over the off-season to strengthen their squads, and Railton thinks the overall quality of the league will benefit from their efforts.
“Our clubs that were up there seemingly improved a little, and even the clubs that are likely to challenge seem to have improved a lot,” he said.
Dookie United are the new faces in the Picola and District League this season. Photo: Megan Fisher.
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“I think that we'll probably tighten up a little bit, but I think the whole standard of the comp will improve.”
The league gets under way on April 5, with local sides Picola United and Mathoura both at home.
The Blues will host Katunga, while the Cutters welcome Deni Rovers to Mathoura Recreation Reserve.
League finals are scheduled to begin over August 16 and 17, and the grand final is marked down for September 13.
