NEWS: Inaugural Victorian Regional Challenge Cup in Geelong this weekend

THE inaugural Victorian Regional Challenge Cup, which will bring together four Men’s and four Women’s teams from right around Victoria, will be staged at Geelong Soccer Club’s Stead Park complex this coming weekend.

Administered by the Country Leagues’ Football Association in conjunction with Football Federation Victoria (FFV), the senior regional champions’ tournament willbe held at Geelong SC’s magnificently renovated complex all day on Saturday and Sunday.

The Men’s competition will see local champions Barwon SC take on Latrobe Valley Soccer League heavyweights Falcons 2000 from Morwell, the Goulburn North East League’s Shepparton SC and the recently formed South Western Football Association’s champions, Warrnambool Wolves.

The Wolves are no strangers to Geelong, having participated in the old WVSA competition in the early 2000s.

In the Women’s draw, local league champions Drysdale SC will be joined by Leongatha Knights from the Gippsland League, the Latrobe Valley competition’s Traralgon City and the Bendigo Association team.

The exciting new end of season cup competition was originally supposed to be hosted in Bendigo, but after the host pulled out, the Geelong Region Football Committee (GRFC) came to the rescue and agreed to host the weekend tournament in Geelong.

The Geelong Soccer Club’s Stead Park complex, which successfully hosted the recent Geelong Region Finals’ Series was selected as the hosting venue due to its availability and the club’s willingness to provide logistical and organisational resources to assist tournament organisers.

The full fixture list is as follows:

TOURNAMENT FIXTURES:                                                                                            

Day

Division

Kick Off

Pitch 1

Pitch 2

 

Saturday

Mens

10am

Barwon v Falcons

Shepparton v Wolves

 

Saturday

Ladies

11.20am

Drysdale v Leongatha

Traralgon v Bendigo

Saturday

Mens

1.40pm

Barwon v Wolves

Falcons v Shepparton

Saturday

Ladies

2.50pm

Drysdale v Bendigo

Leongatha v Traralgon

         

Sunday

Ladies

9am

Bendigo v Leongatha

Traralgon v Drysdale

Sunday

Mens

10.20am

Wolves v Falcons

Shepparton v Barwon

Sunday

Ladies

12.50pm

 

FINAL

Sunday

Mens

2.20pm

 

FINAL




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