THE Leeton Greens are building towards the new season and look to again be one of the teams headed for the pointy end of the ladder.
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Coach Paul McGregor has stayed on for another year in a bid to help the side go one better than last year after the Greens finished runners-up to their old foes the Yanco-Wamoon Hawks.
McGregor had been planning to hand over the role, but was convinced by his charges to give them another season under his guidance.
The team will have several new players to their name in 2020, as well as many regulars returning once again.
It's going to be a good opportunity for the girls to get some match time into their legs.
- Leeton Greens league tag coach Paul McGregor
Kayla Frazer will be a big out due to family commitments, but Katie McGregor will be back on deck again this season.
The side has already been putting in the hard yards during pre-season, training once a week for the last month, but recently moved to twice-a-week sessions.
Next weekend the team will head to Young to play in a round-robin tournament.
This will include a match against Albury where they will be playing for the Stephanie Scott Memorial Cup.
The match had been scheduled for this weekend, but due to several other commitments, it will now be included in this round robin event.
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"We're really looking forward to going to Young ... obviously we want to retain the Stephanie Scott Cup, it's something that is very special to us," McGregor said.
"It's going to be a good opportunity for the girls to get some match time into their legs.
"They'll play five games on the day, so that's going to be really good."
These games at Young will then lead into the Group 20 knockout on March 22 before the season proper gets underway on April 5.
Leeton is scheduled to face Darlington Point-Coleambally in the first round of the knockout.
Who they tackle next will be dependent on whether or not they secure victory.
In the first round of the regular season, the Greens will take on the Griffith Black and Whites.
"We're just working on coming together as a team at the moment ... we've picked up some younger players who haven't played senior football, so we need to get them used to our structures," McGregor said.
"At the moment we're just looking forward to the season, I've told the girls to have fun and we'll see what happens after that."
