The Tamworth Netball Association will finish in one of two ways after a decision was made on how to close out the Saturday season at their last council meeting.
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TNA has scrapped the final two rounds of regular competition and semi-finals in favour of a straight grand final between teams that finished first and second on their respective ladders.
The finale is scheduled to be played on the original grand final date of September 11, if allowed to go ahead under COVID-19 restrictions.
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Meanwhile, an extension of the NSW regional lockdown, which will run until at least September 10, would spell the end of the season.
If grand finals can't go ahead, teams that finished first on the ladder will be named winners and the team in second will be named runners-up.
After options were discussed and voted on, TNA president Bec McKenzie said the straight grand final was the simplest solution.
She also noted an extension of the season would see other problems arise.
"We're very mindful of school holidays and other sports," McKenzie said.
"It just seemed the simplest solution at the end of it without adding extra bits and pieces and prolonging the season that could get canned again anyway.
"That [a grand final being played] will be dependent on if there's any extra rules coming out of lockdown.
"There's not even a guarantee that community sport will be able to be played coming out of lockdown."
McKenzie said it was disappointing not to be able to play a full finals series and thanked the clubs for their support throughout the season.
"As an executive we've been working hard, the clubs have been working with us and all you can do is roll with the punches and I think we've done that fairly well," McKenzie said.
She added: "Thanks to our members for working with us and being understanding of what's going on. It's affected our midweek comps as well so I thank them and hopefully we'll be up and running with those in term four."
Ben Jaffrey
Ben is a content curator and journalist for The Land. He has been with ACM since 2015 and first worked at The Area News and then at the Northern Daily Leader. Ben first joined ACM Agri as a digital journalist for all seven agricultural mastheads in 2022 before shifting to The Land full-time in 2023.
Ben is a content curator and journalist for The Land. He has been with ACM since 2015 and first worked at The Area News and then at the Northern Daily Leader. Ben first joined ACM Agri as a digital journalist for all seven agricultural mastheads in 2022 before shifting to The Land full-time in 2023.
