BFNL 2020 Season Postponed Until 31st May
The McDonald’s Ballarat FNL has today received a recommendation from AFL Victoria, as announced through AFL Goldfields, that community football leagues and programs should postpone training and matches until May 31st.
The league welcomes and endorses this recommendation for our clubs, their members and players health and wellbeing.
In the interim, the board of the Ballarat FNL will work closely with AFL Goldfields and AFL Victoria over the coming weeks to determine the structure of the 2020 McDonald’s BFNL competitions.
With the abovementioned recommendation, the start of the 2020 McDonald’s BFNL season will be delayed until the end of May initially, with the league to reassess the situation at this time, based on the advice of health professionals and sporting bodies.
Affected by this announcement will include:
Barwon Netball Championships | Sunday 22nd March 2020 | Cancelled |
BFNL Media Day | Sunday 29th March 2020 | Cancelled |
BFNL Junior Lightning Premiership | Sat 4th / Sun 5th April 2020 | Cancelled |
BFNL Season Launch | Friday 17th April 2020 | Cancelled |
McDonald's Senior Season | Saturday 18th April 2020 | Postponed |
McDonald's Junior Season | Sunday 19th April 2020 | Postponed |
Western Bulldogs Under 9's | Friday 24th April 2020 | Postponed |
Senior Interleague (-v- Bendigo FNL) | Saturday 2nd May 2020 | Cancelled |
Junior Interleague (-v- Bendigo JFNL) | Saturday 14th June 2020 | Cancelled |