District counts go worldwide

Horsham District Football Netball League will break new ground on Monday night when it joins forces with radio stations 3WM and MIXX FM and The Weekly Advertiser to broadcast its senior vote counts.

ACE Radio in Horsham will stream counts for the league’s senior Dellar football and A Grade netball best and fairest medals live via the station’s Youtube channel in a radio simulcast on 3WM.

It will be a Wimmera first that football and netball counts feature in a combined radio and video presentation in the absence of an in-person awards ceremony and dinner. A COVID-19 lockdown forced league officials to abandon a presentation dinner.

Horsham station content director Adam Roche, who will anchor the presentation alongside Local Footy Live and Shirtfront presenter Grant Kuchel, said it would be the first time the counts would be available to a worldwide audience.

“From computers and televisions and smart phones, people will be able to view from around the globe,” he said. He said the broadcast would start at 7pm. More details are available on page 16. Wimmera Football Netball League will have a similar presentation for its Toohey and Hatcher medals later this month on a date to be confirmed.