THE Hampden Football Netball League has scrapped split rounds in 2024. It comes after the competition included two split rounds in the 2023 fixture in a break with tradition. League president Shane Threlfall said the 18-round fixture, which was confirmed at its annual general meeting on Monday, December 11, was loaded with interesting match-ups. There will be a bye on Saturday, May 4 after the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival and byes on June 15 and July 6. The June 15 break is to cater for a potential under 23 interleague match against Ballarat while July 6 comes in the middle of the school holidays. "The draw was done in consultation with all the clubs and they gave feedback on what they particularly liked about this year's draw and what they didn't like," Threlfall told The Standard. "The draw for next year was done around those pieces of feedback we received. "Generally clubs felt there was no need to do the split round and they'd prefer to do weeks off where all clubs have the same bye." The Hampden league will start with a traditional Good Friday match between South Warrnambool and Koroit - the past two premiers - at Friendly Societies' Park on March 29. Round one will kick off a week later on Saturday, April 6 - the same weekend as the Warrnambool and District league. There is a Sunday fixture between Hamilton Kangaroos and Port Fairy at Gardens Oval on May 26 to give the Roos, who will be without a home base due to upgrades at Melville Oval, a chance to receive gate takings. "Hamilton's ground is out we presume for a fair chunk of the year, if not the whole year," Threlfall said. "They are looking at creative ways to play some games so they negotiated that with Port Fairy and it will be Hamilton's home game." The Kangaroos' other home games will be played in Dunkeld. The finals series will start on Saturday, September 1 with the grand final locked in for Saturday, September 22 - two weeks after the WDFNL finale and at the start of the school holidays rather than the middle like this season. Good Friday, March 29 South Warrnambool v Koroit Round one, April 6 South Warrnambool v North Warrnambool Eagles Camperdown v Terang Mortlake Portland v Port Fairy Warrnambool v Koroit Cobden v Hamilton Kangaroos Round two, April 13 Terang Mortlake v South Warrnambool Koroit v Cobden Port Fairy v Warrnambool North Warrnambool Eagles v Portland Hamilton Kangaroos v Camperdown (at Dunkeld) Round three, April 20 Hamilton Kangaroos v South Warrnambool (at Dunkeld) Camperdown v Koroit Portland v Terang Mortlake North Warrnambool Eagles v Port Fairy Cobden v Warrnambool Round four, April 25 and 27 Portland v Hamilton Kangaroos (Anzac Day) Warrnambool v Camperdown Port Fairy v Cobden Terang Mortlake v North Warrnambool Eagles South Warrnambool, Koroit byes May 4, bye Round five, May 11 Camperdown v Cobden South Warrnambool v Warrnambool Terang Mortlake v Port Fairy (at Mortlake) Koroit v Portland North Warrnambool Eagles v Hamilton Kangaroos Round six, May 18 Warrnambool v Portland Koroit v North Warrnambool Eagles Port Fairy v Camperdown Hamilton Kangaroos v Terang Mortlake (at Dunkeld) Cobden v South Warrnambool Round seven, May 25-26 Camperdown v South Warrnambool Terang Mortlake v Koroit (at Mortlake) Portland v Cobden North Warrnambool Eagles v Warrnambool Hamilton Kangaroos v Port Fairy (Gardens Oval, Sunday) Round eight, June 1 South Warrnambool v Port Fairy Camperdown v Portland Warrnambool v Terang Mortlake Koroit v Hamilton Kangaroos Cobden v North Warrnambool Eagles Round nine, June 8 (King's Birthday weekend) Cobden v Terang Mortlake Portland v South Warrnambool Port Fairy v Koroit North Warrnambool Eagles v Camperdown Warrnambool v Hamilton Kangaroos June 15, bye for interleague Round 10, June 22 North Warrnambool Eagles v South Warrnambool Terang Mortlake v Camperdown Port Fairy v Portland Koroit v Warrnambool Hamilton Kangaroos v Cobden (at Dunkeld) Round 11, June 29 South Warrnambool v Terang Mortlake Cobden v Koroit Warrnambool v Port Fairy Portland v North Warrnambool Eagles Camperdown v Hamilton Kangaroos Bye, July 6 Round 12, July 13 South Warrnambool v Hamilton Kangaroos Koroit v Camperdown Terang Mortlake v Portland Port Fairy v North Warrnambool Eagles Warrnambool v Cobden Round 13, July 20 North Warrnambool Eagles v Terang Mortlake Camperdown v Warrnambool Koroit v South Warrnambool Cobden v Port Fairy Hamilton Kangaroos v Portland (at Dunkeld) Round 14, July 27 Warrnambool v South Warrnambool Cobden v Camperdown Port Fairy v Terang Mortlake Portland v Koroit Hamilton Kangaroos v North Warrnambool Eagles (at Dunkeld) Round 15, August 3 Portland v Warrnambool North Warrnambool Eagles v Koroit Camperdown v Port Fairy Terang Mortlake v Hamilton Kangaroos (at Mortlake) South Warrnambool v Cobden Round 16, August 10 South Warrnambool v Camperdown Koroit v Terang Mortlake Cobden v Portland Warrnambool v North Warrnambool Eagles Port Fairy v Hamilton Kangaroos Round 17, August 17 Port Fairy v South Warrnambool Portland v Camperdown Terang Mortlake v Warrnambool Hamilton Kangaroos v Koroit (at Dunkeld) North Warrnambool Eagles v Cobden Round 18, August 24 Terang Mortlake v Cobden South Warrnambool v Portland Koroit v Port Fairy Camperdown v North Warrnambool Eagles Hamilton Kangaroos v Warrnambool (at Dunkeld) Qualifying final August 31 Elimination final September 1 Second semi-final September 7 First semi-final September 8 Preliminary final September 14 Grand final Saturday 21