The league had initially settled on the return date of Saturday, July 18, but announced on Monday it would instead push its start back a week to July 25.
It said this was due to allowing clubs and the league time to correctly implement the updated return to play protocols that were released by AFL Victoria and Netball Victoria this week.
GVL operations manager Josephine Spencer said the competition’s structure would be dependent on state government advice.
“We hope to be able to release details around how the competition will look as well as the fixtures as soon as possible,” Spencer said.
“We know from feedback from clubs that our juniors are ready to play, and we are doing all we can to ensure that we have everything in place at league level and club level to ensure the safety and wellbeing of everyone.”
A working group, chaired by GVL board member Amy Marshall, is seeking feedback from clubs before making its final recommendations to the board.
“The working group meetings have been extremely productive. We are all working towards the same goal with that goal being to encourage participation for our juniors,” Marshall said.
“It has been really pleasing to see everyone come together to formulate the way forward to ensure that this happens.”
Seymour fields under-15 and under-17 netball team in the Goulburn Valley League, as well as under-16 and under-18 football teams.
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