WITH the Riverina football and netball league hanging on by a thread, Leeton-Whitton's netballers remain hopeful of a season going ahead.
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Earlier this week it was decided those Farrer and Riverina League clubs who wanted to compete in 2020 would do so in a combined championship competiton.
However, on Wednesday that idea too was looking doubtful.
Leeton-Whitton A grade and A Reserve coach Rachal Broadbent said her sides and the lower grade netball teams were all happy to play in 2020.
However, she did have several questions about how it would work, especially considering the spike in COVID-19 cases in NSW.
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She said it would be hard to determine where players outside of the MIA, who have been recruited to play for Wagga-based clubs, had come from and who they had been in contact with.
"Look, we're happy to play and we're still training at the moment like we are preparing to play," Broadbent said on Wednesday morning.
"There are questions we do have, but we're hoping they can be answered.
"Obviously we want to keep everyone safe and healthy.
"It's definitely been another interesting week that's for sure."
Doubts about the combined competition grew even more on Wednesday when the last of the Farrer league clubs willing to take part pulled the pin.
Broadbent remained hopeful some form of competition would go ahead, saying her players were ready to go.
We played an intra-club match last Saturday and everyone was really pumped to be back on the court.
- Leeton-Whitton senior netball coach Rachal Broadbent
"We played an intra-club match last Saturday and everyone was really pumped to be back on the court," she said.
"That involved our senior and some of our junior players.
"Hopefully we can build on that, but we will just need to wait and see what the week brings."
Leeton-Whitton had been due to play their first match of the shortened season this weekend against MCUE.
However, with the season delayed and the combined competition more of a reality, that draw was thrown into disarray.
With time the only factor in what will transpire, Broadbent said the Leeton-Whitton sides would continue with their training in the meantime.
"We're still doing all of that ... it's really all we can do," she said. "I think it's good for the girls to be getting out and doing it, even if we don't really know what will happen."
