LODDON Valley is set to be the first of the AFL Central Victoria senior football-netball leagues to get under way in 2017.
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The 2017 LVFNL season is expected to begin on Saturday, April 1.
The following Saturday the Heathcote District league will begin on April 8, with that also looming as the likely opening round for North Central.
The Bendigo league draft fixture has a Good Friday start date to the season on April 14.
Round one matches slated for next year are the same games the BFNL has had in the opening round for the previous two seasons.
BFNL proposed round one fixture:
Friday, April 14 – Good Friday
South Bendigo v Eaglehawk
Kyneton v Gisborne
Castlemaine v Maryborough (night)
Kangaroo Flat v Golden Square (night)
Saturday, April 15
Strathfieldsaye v Sandhurst