After 16 weeks of gruelling matches and even more time on the training track, it’s time for the best junior footballers in the region to fight it out for premiership glory. The Wangaratta and District Junior Football League finals series commences this weekend, with under 12, under 14 and under 17 elimination and qualifying finals to be played out across Sunday, 17 August at the Wangaratta Showgrounds. There’s a good spread of teams from across the region’s catchment area, including Bright, Benalla, Mansfield, Myrtleford, and of course Wangaratta. In the under 12s, Benalla Red and Centrals will kick off the day’s matches at 8.30am with their elimination final, before Benalla Black take on Bright from 9.50am. The action will keep rolling with a Benalla derby in the under 14s from 11.10am, before Myrtleford and Kangaroos take to the park at 1pm. The last two matches of the day see Tigers up against Mansfield in the under 17 elimination final from 2.45pm, ahead of Bright and Imperials rounding out proceedings in their qualifying final from 4.35pm. “We're looking forward to a good four weeks of junior footy,” WDJFL operations manager Matthew Elliott said. “We hope that everyone plays fair, spectators support positively, and we get some good weather for the kids to enjoy their footy.” The WDJFL finals commence on Sunday, 17 August, at Wangaratta Showgrounds.
