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Welcome to season 2024

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Welcome to The Guardian and Gannawarra Times eighth annual football and netball season preview.

With another season fast approaching, every club across the Central Murray, Golden Rivers, North Central and Loddon Valley Football Netball Leagues have spent the past months busily preparing for the season ahead.

But it’s not just the football and netball clubs of our region who have been deep in preparations for the months ahead. Our own team has as well, compiling another in-depth and comprehensive season preview guide.

Inside this year’s 88-page edition, you will find up-to-date coverage of our region’s four leagues – as well as in depth analysis of Heathcote District Football Netball League club Leitchville-Gunbower and our regions only high-performance club the Bendigo Pioneers.

Our team has worked tirelessly to provide you with up-to-date information on all 36 teams our publications cover – with every clubs ins and outs, key players and team profiles across both football and netball.

Throughout the season, our coverage will continue every Tuesday in The Guardian and Gannawarra Times with our Final Score liftout, which will include a comprehensive review of all the weekend’s football and netball action across the CMFNL. Within each publication, you will also find all the scores and up-to-date information from across the Golden Rivers, North Central and Loddon Valley leagues.

We would like to thank all the clubs, coaches and players who have given their time and assisted us in making this publication as accurate as possible.

On behalf of the team at The Guardian and Gannawarra Times, we wish all the players, coaches, volunteers and supporters all the best for season 2024. May your season be a safe, successful and enjoyable one.

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