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Western FL finals locked in

The Western Football League division 1 grand final will again be at Avalon Airport Oval, while two Braybrook venues will host the division 2 and women’s grand finals.

The league announced its finals venues last week, with finals to be held across five venues

Avalon Airport Oval will host just the division 1 grand final on September 21, the finish of the WFL season. With Werribee to host Victorian Football League finals is has meant limited use of the ground.

It’s one of two VFL venues that will be used to host finals.

Williamstown’s DSV Stadium will host the first week of division 1 finals, while the second week will be held at Yarraville Oval.

The preliminary final will be held at Skinner Reserve in Braybrook.

It’s the first time the league has been able to secure Skinner Reserve since its $3 million redevelopment of the ground was completed last year.

Skinner Reserve will host all the women’s finals including the grand final on August 31.

The women’s finals series get underway on the weekend with the two semi finals.

The thirds grand final will also be played at the ground.

Pennell Reserve will be the home of the division 2 finals series

All finals in that division will be played at Pennell Reserve finishing with the grand final on September 14.

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