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THE junior College football and Greta netball outfits are heading for a new and updated look next season thanks to State Government funding for new uniforms.
The College Football Club will receive $1000 through the Sporting Club Grants Program for new playing jumpers, while Greta will receive $720 to update their new logo on junior netball dresses and polos.
College president Glenn Fieldew said it was fantastic to hear the grant had been accepted and while the design of the kits will be the same, he is looking forward to seeing a much needed update to the back of the guernsey.
"We've had our current jumpers now for some time and they run from numbers one right through to the 80s and we were running out of sizes," he said.
"We thought we'd get three individual brand new sets for the under 12s, 14s and 17s for numbers one to 30.
"At the moment kids are running around with number 81 on their back and no AFL player is going to be wearing those numbers; if you barrack for Richmond, you want number four on your back to be Dustin Martin.
"Having lower numbers and individual sets will just be nicer than having these large numbers."
Mr Fieldew said his club will have a raffle at its end of season presentation night and a sausage sizzle at Bunnings Warehouse later in the year to help with the rest of the costs for the jumpers, which will be rolled out for the start of next season.
The Greta Football Netball Club will officially complete the re–brand of its updated logo on all playing kits, with funding for new dresses and polos for their two Wangaratta Netball Association junior teams.
Greta updated its club logo at the start of this season to include an "N" to go with their original GFC intertwined logo to incorporate the netball side of the club, which can now be seen on all senior netball and football wear.
Secretary Emily Naish said the new uniforms will align the junior netballers with the club's inclusive values.
"With this year being such a big change with our uniforms we were looking for a little bit more in terms of supporting the girls with uniform," she said.
"We had chats about giving them our old dresses but it just wasn't going to align with our values going forward as one united club.
"Most of the grant will cover the uniforms that are needed which is great."





