The Wimmera Football League and Wimmera Netball Association could soon become one.
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A proposal for the two organisations to be merged has been presented to the Wimmera league's nine football-netball clubs.
The clubs will vote on the proposal on Monday, November 23.
Planning to merge the two entities has gone on for years, with several iterations of different working committees attempting to come to an agreement.
He said years of hard work had gone into the new proposal.
"When we realised the season wasn't going ahead, we formed the working party to look at the possibility of finalising the proposal and presenting the clubs the opportunity to vote on a merge," he said.
"It's a process that has been going on for several years and hasn't come to a conclusion, so we worked hard to at least get something for the clubs to look at this year."
Stawell Warriors president Tim Williams said it was a move that made a lot of sense for both working parties.
"It will be good to have it all streamlined into one organisation," Mr Williams said.
The two associations have always worked closely, with all nine Wimmera league clubs acting as both football and netball clubs, and the fixtures being the same for both competitions.
Nhill's Trevor Albrecht has been commissioner of the Wimmera Football League since 2016, while the Wimmera Netball Association works via a rotation system in which clubs take turns annually to run the administration.
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2020 was the Stawell Warriors' turn to lead the netball association, with Toni Stewart appointed the association's president.
"It could create a bit less paperwork, fewer meetings ... that sort of admin work," Mr Williams said.
"And it could give the girls who look after the netball side of things a bit more of a break."
Mr Muldoon said initial feedback to the Wimmera league proposal had been positive.
A majority vote will determine whether the two entities become one.
If the vote is in favour of change, board positions will then be advertised.
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