A Warrnambool and District league club has brought back a fundraising favourite.
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Nirranda will hold a calf drive on Sunday to help cover the club's general expenses.
Club stalwarts Jason Burleigh and Lauren Parsons have teamed up to find farmers happy to donate a calf.
Burleigh said the club was getting players involved "to show their appreciation to the farmers giving to the club".
The former Blues footballer said it was an opportunity for some players to catch up given they hadn't been training together because of the coronavirus pandemic.
"Hopefully, it will be an outing for the players as well," he said.
Parsons, the club's sponsorship coordinator, said people should expect to see netballers and footballers roaming around in utes and trailers, working together to pick up calves on Sunday.
She said the Blues hadn't had a calf drive for about two years and it was the ideal opportunity to bring it back with calving season coming to an end.
"Now is the time to do it, if you're going to do a calf drive," she said.
The club is sponsored by some calf buyers which will weigh and pay for the calves.
Parsons said the fundraiser had already received great support.
"The majority of people have been generous and happy to jump on board," she said.
She said it was a unique fundraiser for out-of-town clubs.
"It's probably an advantage over in-town clubs," she said.
"It's not something they can do - not having dairy farmers as part of their supporter base."
Nirranda's senior netballers also came up with a fun idea to promote community spirit earlier this month.
They made a fun edited-together video of teammates passing each other a netball.
The players submitted clips of themselves passing or receiving a netball in their homes or backyards.
Other WDFNL clubs are coming up with ways to boost camaraderie.
Old Collegians will start its Warriors Lotto this Friday.
The weekly competition gives people the chance to win $200 every week for the next year.
The club is also running a Warriors Unite competition this month to support its sponsors.
Participants need to purchase goods or services from club sponsors.
They then need to take a photo to show how they've supported a sponsor and post it to the club's Facebook page.
South Rovers is doing a monster online raffle with a Facebook live reverse draw to support its sponsors.
That's being drawn on May 29.
Meanwhile, Kolora-Noorat young gun Luke Justin, who played in the 2019 premiership team, has been hosting The Country Footy Legends Podcast.
Power forward Ben Fraser was his latest guest.
He's also been joined by former VFL player Bernie Harris and Kolora-Noorat premiership star Luke Madden.
The Power's footballers recently completed a four-week virtual fitness challenge.
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