Glen Orden will not field a senior men’s team for the upcoming Western Region Football League season.
The Hawks were unable to take the field in 2023 for the second time in six seasons and said in November it was aiming to have a team for the upcoming season.
Star Weekly understands the Hawks were unable to field both a seniors and reserves side and will instead just have a ‘thirds’ side that will play in a new WRFL competition.
Late last year Hawks’ president Peter MacDonald said he was confident his club would have two sides for 2024. The club was contacted last week for comment.
“We’re certainly more than confident that we’ll lead a team on the park next year, with the feedback we’ve got, the communication we’ve had from new and old players from around the area,” he said last year.
“We’re looking at having two competitive teams next year in what’s going to be a joint second division competition.
“We’ve got 30 odd on the books already, there’s still a long way to go to get those two teams.”
Via social media the club announced Rod Williams as its coach for the next two seasons in February.
The post also stated that the club is reporting “good” numbers at training as a team in the senior competition of the league remaining the goal for the club.
“Training has commenced on Wednesdays from 6pm sharp with some good numbers starting to appear on the track,” it said.
Previously some WRFL clubs have fielded their thirds sides in the Riddell District Football League Club 18 competition.
Last season, WRFL clubs such as Wyndhamvale, Yarraville Seddon, Caroline Springs, Albion and Point Cook played in the RDFL thirds comp.
It’s expected that these clubs along with Glen Orden will make up six of 12 teams in the new competition.
The WRFL division 2 fixture has been removed from the league’s website and an amended fixture without Glen Orden is expected to be released in the coming days.
