Here we go: Goulburn Valley Hockey Association will get its season started this Friday night.
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As winter draws nearer, so too do a number of exciting local sport competitions that are gearing up for season curtain raisers this weekend.
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Shepparton Sports City is set to become a hive of activity, as hordes of sportspeople, young and old, take to courts and fields around the complex.
At the hockey fields, Goulburn Valley Hockey Association started season 2022 on Thursday when Goulburn Valley Grammar School Blue took on Shepparton Strikers in the under-14s division.
Hockey clubs from across the region, including Benalla, Mooroopna, Euroa and Echuca-Moama will compete again this year — as well as the Shepparton-based teams, Strikers, SYC and GVGS.
Junior action will feature under-12s, under-14s and under-17s divisions, with senior players in the A and B men’s and women’s competitions.
Season debut: The Goulburn Murray Junior League will get underway this weekend.
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Meanwhile, junior footballers will kick off the inaugural season of the Goulburn Murray Junior League on Friday night at Shepparton’s Deakin Reserve.
The merger of three local leagues earlier this year saw the Shepparton District Junior Football League, the Seymour District Junior Football and Netball League and the Goulburn Campaspe Junior Football League all join forces under the GMJL banner.
Under-9s to under-13s will compete in four divisions from across the region — Seymour, Central, Goulburn Murray and Murray — as well as an under-15s Goulburn Murray boys division.
On the netball courts, the Shepparton Netball Association will kickstart its Saturday winter competition this weekend.
The 9-and-under age group will get proceedings under way at 9am, with 13-and-under, 15-and-under and 17-and-under age groups also set to compete across the day.
A wide selection of primary, high school and club teams from Shepparton and its surrounds will take part in the competition.
On the soccer pitches, the Shepparton Junior Soccer Association will be all systems go with a huge number of age groups ready to take to the fields.
Under-5s through to under-14s will play in mixed competitions, with an under-16 and open girls competition also on offer for round ball enthusiasts.
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