The locations for the 2025 Ovens and King Football Netball League finals series have been unveiled.

For the first two weeks of finals, played across the weekend on Saturday and Sunday, matches will be split between North Wangaratta Recreation Reserve and Whorouly Recreation Reserve.

Saturday games, on 23 and 30 August, will be played at North Wangaratta, while the matches on Sunday, 24 and 31 August, will be played at Whorouly.

Preliminary finals will be at North Wangaratta on Saturday, 6 September, while the grand final remains at W. J. Findlay Oval in Wangaratta on 13 September.

It marks the third change in as many seasons regarding when and where the finals are played.

O&K FNL operations manager Daniel Saville said the league was keen to change it up and trial finals at different locations.

“It’s something we look at and review every year, and we went in the direction of trialling a new finals venue,” he said.

“Tarrawingee has such a long and successful history of hosting finals, but we wanted to see what else we have in the community, and Whorouly has some amazing facilities,

“We’ll trial it this year, and we’re sure it’s going to go well, but there’s nothing stopping us from reviewing or looking at other venues in the next couple of years.

“Whorouly has some brilliant facilities, football and netball - yes, it is a little bit further from the city of Wangaratta, but the other finals venues are in Wangaratta, so I’d hope it wouldn’t make too much of a difference for attending patrons.”

Whorouly FNC president Eddie Costenaro said the club was thrilled to throw open its doors for finals for the first time since the 2009 season.

“Daniel [Saville] rang me a while ago, after the first game, he came down and saw how good the ground and facilities were,” he said.

“We’ve been working pretty hard over the last few years to get it all up to standard - we’ve got one of the best grounds and with the new netball courts, state of the art courts, the facilities are all good.

“With everybody’s hard work, it’s good to be appreciated

“We’ve got a perfect ground, a perfect venue, so hopefully everybody will enjoy it.”

While Costenaro acknowledged parking space around the recreation reserve could be a potential limiting factor, plans are in place to accommodate the expected crowds who will flock to witness finals football and netball.

The 2025 Ovens and King finals series commences on the weekend of 23-24 August.