Chris Febvre • January 20, 2021
Tallangatta & District FL 2021 Fixture
Tallangatta & District FL 2021 Fixture
The Dunn’s Twin City Cranes Tallangatta & District Football League (TDFL) are pleased to release the 2021 season fixture. As is usually the case, compiling the TDFL Draw has its challenges around the allocation of games for Wodonga Saints who share the Martin Park Venue with the Wodonga Bulldogs. The Wahgunyah FNC, who also share their recreation reserve with the Wahgunyah Speedway, have two weekends that they cannot be scheduled at home in season 2021.
This year’s focus in compiling the fixture has been to provide as many club requests as possible and in doing so ignoring the usual focus of evening out the draw with the top 6 playing each other twice, etc.
The Wodonga Saints will this year play one scheduled home game at Sandy Creek, being Round 2 V Wahgunyah due to Martin Park being unavailable for this scheduled home game. Rounds 14 and 15 have also been swapped to allow Wodonga Saints home and away games to work so the order of opponents will change from the first seven rounds for Rounds 14 & 15.
Fixture Highlights
• The season will commence with Round 1 on March 27th, 2021.
• Round 1 will see 2019 Senior Premiers Thurgoona unveil the 2019 Premiership flag at home when they take on Kiewa SC.
• Yackandandah will unveil their 2019 Reserves Premiership flag V Dederang MB and Tallangatta will unveil both the 2019 Under 17’s and Under 14’s Premiership flags at home V Mitta United.
• Chiltern host Barnawartha and Wahgunyah host Rutherglen, both games that will hold plenty of interest for old rivals.
• Beechworth host Wodonga Saints at Beechworth and this game will be moved to the 22nd of May Bye round if Beechworth make the Wangaratta Cricket Association Grand Final played on this day.
• A Bye round has been scheduled for the Easter weekend after Round 1.
• Round 2 sees Kiewa Sandy Creek host a night game versus Tallangatta FNC under lights at Kiewa SC’s home ground at Tangambalanga.
• Wodonga Saints will host Wahgunyah at Sandy Creek due to Martin Park being unavailable.
• ANZAC Day falls on the Sunday this year and Round 4 will be played on Saturday April 24th with Rutherglen hosting Kiewa SC for the traditional ANZAC shield game.
• Two General Bye’s are also scheduled for the traditional Interleague round on 22nd May to allow our Juniors to play in the Wangaratta Junior Carnival and the 3rd July 2021 in the Victorian School holidays.
• Kiewa Sandy Creek will play a second twilight/night game in Round 9 when hosting old rival Mitta United.
The Tallangatta & District Football League Clubs should be mostly satisfied with the draw outcome as the majority of club requests have been able to be satisfied in compiling the TDFL 2021 Fixture.
2024 saw the launch of the AFL North East Border Volunteer Recognition Program, proudly supported by one of our long standing partners, APCO! The program recognised 20 volunteers across the region each week throughout the footy season and will do the same once again in 2025. The categories include - Club Volunteer Umpire/Club Umpire Junior/Youth Coach Auskick Coordinator/Volunteer Clubs are welcome to nominate one of their hard working volunteers throughout the year, and if they are selected they will receive a $50 APCO voucher to use in an APCO store near you. Nominations can be submitted by clicking on the following link - VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION NOMINATION FORM
Two local football netball clubs are set to receive a funding boost to upgrade their lighting infrastructure through the Country Football Netball funding program! The Milawa Football Netball Club who compete in the Ovens & King FNL and Barnawartha Football Netball Club competing in the Tallangatta & District Football League will both receive funding through the Country Football Netball Program which through a partnership between the Victorian Government, AFL, AFL Victoria and Netball Victoria aims to support county football and netball clubs infrastructure improvements and developments. A total of 7 clubs across Victoria received funding in this round, and with two clubs successful in the North East it is a great outcome for football in the region and both clubs should be congratulated for the work they have put in to be successful! We look forward to seeing these projects come to life! For more information on the program and other success applicants please click here - https://play.afl/victoria/news/funding-boost-country-football-facilities?fbclid=IwY2xjawIx1hdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYxTMXDPhmQhLOMmUjo6YAkpXU-dFqKLUzVdYIegdiFK2xGe-yf-PgwBiA_aem_EdgEJ5XDtkeJH8VGU35rfA
2025 saw AFLNEB host there now annual Club Development Day which had a focus on upskilling those who are hands on during game days throughout the season! With over 45 attendees participating in three dynamic workshops - - Club Umpire Session, - Coaching Masterclass Session, and - Building Stronger Clubs Workshop - Our Community Club Leaders and dedicated Volunteers are now equipped with the resources and skills to tackle the upcoming season! Additionally, more than 25 Sports Trainers benefited from the Level 1 Sports Trainer Course, enhancing their expertise and readiness. Massive thank you to La Trobe University Albury-Wodonga for hosting us at their amazing campus! We wish all the clubs the best for the upcoming season and look forward to further supporting them with additional sessions throughout the year!
