A SIGNIFICANT upgrade to change room facilities at the Wangaratta Showgrounds is proving beneficial for more than just the Wangaratta Magpies Football and Netball Club.

Wangaratta Junior Magpies Football Club contributed $10,000 to a $100,000 redevelopment of the football change rooms fronting Norm Minns Oval.

Junior Magpies players have enjoyed making use of the new surrounds this season, including as they hosted fellow Wangaratta Junior Football League club Centrals across three grades last Saturday.

The revamped change rooms combine with construction of new facilities at the rear of the clubrooms, which are part of works funded by the Federal Government to equip the showgrounds as an emergency relief centre.

Together, the projects have brought netballers' and footballers' home change facilities under one roof and connected to trainers' rooms at the venue.

Wangaratta Football Netball Club (WFNC) co-president Jon Henry said it was also pleasing that the facilities could cater for some of the city's youngest footballers through the Junior Magpies connection.

He said the junior club's contribution to the redevelopment was an indication of the way the clubs were able to work together.

This Saturday, WFNC will further celebrate the district's young sportspeople with a junior development day, offering free gate entry to the Magpies' home games against Wodonga Raiders to all Auskick, Wangaratta Junior Football League and Wangaratta Netball Association players and their parents.

Mr Henry said the day offered youngsters and their families the chance to enjoy a day out together, soaking up the atmosphere of local sport, as well as the opportunity to see the change room upgrades in person.

The Magpies will also host former Richmond forward turned Channel 7 commentator Matthew Richardson on Saturday upstairs in the clubrooms, in a ticketed event running from 12 noon to 2pm.

Tickets for the function are $30, including finger food, and are available at https://wangarattafnc.teamapp.com/events/25144651.html.