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THE Heathcote District Football-Netball League finals series will begin at Gunbower.
The HDFNL has locked in its finals venues, beginning with the qualifying final at Gunbower on August 24.
Finals will also be played at Lockington, Heathcote and North Bendigo, while both the preliminary final and grand final will be at Huntly.
* HDFNL finals venues:
Qualifying final - Gunbower (August 24)
Elimination final - Lockington (August 25)
Second semi-final - Heathcote (August 31)
First semi-final - North Bendigo (September 1)
Preliminary final - Huntly (September 7)
Grand final - Huntly (September 14)
The North Central league's grand final will be held at St Arnaud on Saturday, September 14.
Lead-up finals will be played at Birchip, Wedderburn and Boort.
* NCFL final venues:
First semi-final - Birchip (August 24)
Second semi-final - Wedderburn (August 31)
Preliminary final - Boort (September 7)
Grand final - St Arnaud (September 14)
Meanwhile, the Loddon Valley league won't be in a position to confirm its allocation of finals venues until after this weekend's final home and away round in which top, third and fifth spots are all still up for grabs.
And depending on weekend results, the league may be forced to delay its finals venues announcement until late next week pending the Maiden Gully YCW player points penalty appeal and its potential finals ramifications for Marong and Calivil United.
"The LVFNL board of management will endeavour to release any information regarding the finals to clubs as soon as possible," LVFNL chair Simon Tuohey said.
Under the rotating system, this year's grand final is scheduled to be hosted by Maiden Gully YCW, which would be for the first time at the club's Marist College home ground.
However, if the Eagles senior team is playing in the grand final on September 7, Calivil will be the host venue.
Depending on results, grounds in the mix for lead-up finals are Inglewood, Mitiamo, Calivil, Pyramid Hill, Marong and Serpentine.
The league plays all finals on neutral senior venues.
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