The Victorian Netball League will start its season two weeks earlier than usual to avoid clashes with the Australian Netball League schedule.
The 2014 season will begin on February 12.
Netball Victoria coaching development co-ordinator Nicole Richardson told the Weekly the move to an earlier date was to ease the workload on ANL-aligned players and ensure the VNL finals are not compromised.
“Last year, the workload placed on those players was quite high and teams in finals that had ANL players playing for them weren’t having access to those players at training and that made it difficult,” Richardson said.
The VNL draw, released last week, pits City West Falcons against neighbours VU-Western Lightning in the opener at the State Netball and Hockey Centre.
The Falcons’ grand final rematch with Peninsula Waves will take place in round 11.
