2024 Hampden league draw revealed: Where your club will play and where

It comes after the competition included two split rounds in the 2023 fixture in a break with tradition.

League president Shane Threlfall said the 18-round fixture, which was confirmed at its annual general meeting on Monday, December 11, was loaded with interesting match-ups.

There will be a bye on Saturday, May 4 after the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival and byes on June 15 and July 6.

The June 15 break is to cater for a potential under 23 interleague match against Ballarat while July 6 comes in the middle of the school holidays.

"The draw was done in consultation with all the clubs and they gave feedback on what they particularly liked about this year's draw and what they didn't like," Threlfall told The Standard.

"The draw for next year was done around those pieces of feedback we received.

"Generally clubs felt there was no need to do the split round and they'd prefer to do weeks off where all clubs have the same bye."

The Hampden league will start with a traditional Good Friday match between South Warrnambool and Koroit - the past two premiers - at Friendly Societies' Park on March 29.

Round one will kick off a week later on Saturday, April 6 - the same weekend as the Warrnambool and District league.

There is a Sunday fixture between Hamilton Kangaroos and Port Fairy at Gardens Oval on May 26 to give the Roos, who will be without a home base due to upgrades at Melville Oval, a chance to receive gate takings.

"Hamilton's ground is out we presume for a fair chunk of the year, if not the whole year," Threlfall said.

"They are looking at creative ways to play some games so they negotiated that with Port Fairy and it will be Hamilton's home game."

The Kangaroos' other home games will be played in Dunkeld and Hawkesdale.

The finals series will start on Saturday, September 1 with the grand final locked in for Saturday, September 22 - two weeks after the WDFNL finale and at the start of the school holidays rather than the middle like this season.

Good Friday, March 29

South Warrnambool v Koroit

Round one, April 6

South Warrnambool v North Warrnambool Eagles

Camperdown v Terang Mortlake

Portland v Port Fairy

Warrnambool v Koroit

Cobden v Hamilton Kangaroos

Round two, April 13

Terang Mortlake v South Warrnambool

Koroit v Cobden

Port Fairy v Warrnambool

North Warrnambool Eagles v Portland

Hamilton Kangaroos v Camperdown (at Hawkesdale)

Round three, April 20

Hamilton Kangaroos v South Warrnambool (at Hawkesdale)

Camperdown v Koroit

Portland v Terang Mortlake

North Warrnambool Eagles v Port Fairy

Cobden v Warrnambool

Round four, April 25 and 27

Portland v Hamilton Kangaroos (Anzac Day)

Warrnambool v Camperdown

Port Fairy v Cobden

Terang Mortlake v North Warrnambool Eagles

South Warrnambool, Koroit byes

May 4, bye

Round five, May 11

Camperdown v Cobden

South Warrnambool v Warrnambool

Terang Mortlake v Port Fairy (at Mortlake)

Koroit v Portland

Hamilton Kangaroos v North Warrnambool Eagles (at Hawkesdale)

Round six, May 18

Warrnambool v Portland

Koroit v North Warrnambool Eagles

Port Fairy v Camperdown

Hamilton Kangaroos v Terang Mortlake (at Hawkesdale)

Cobden v South Warrnambool

Round seven, May 25-26

Camperdown v South Warrnambool

Terang Mortlake v Koroit (at Mortlake)

Portland v Cobden

North Warrnambool Eagles v Warrnambool

Hamilton Kangaroos v Port Fairy (Gardens Oval, Sunday)

Round eight, June 1

South Warrnambool v Port Fairy

Camperdown v Portland

Warrnambool v Terang Mortlake

Koroit v Hamilton Kangaroos

Cobden v North Warrnambool Eagles

Round nine, June 8 (King's Birthday weekend)

Cobden v Terang Mortlake

Portland v South Warrnambool

Port Fairy v Koroit

North Warrnambool Eagles v Camperdown

Warrnambool v Hamilton Kangaroos

June 15, bye for interleague

Round 10, June 22

North Warrnambool Eagles v South Warrnambool

Terang Mortlake v Camperdown

Port Fairy v Portland

Koroit v Warrnambool

Hamilton Kangaroos v Cobden (at Dunkeld)

Round 11, June 29

South Warrnambool v Terang Mortlake

Cobden v Koroit

Warrnambool v Port Fairy

Portland v North Warrnambool Eagles

Camperdown v Hamilton Kangaroos

Bye, July 6

Round 12, July 13

South Warrnambool v Hamilton Kangaroos

Koroit v Camperdown

Terang Mortlake v Portland

Port Fairy v North Warrnambool Eagles

Warrnambool v Cobden

Round 13, July 20

North Warrnambool Eagles v Terang Mortlake

Camperdown v Warrnambool

Koroit v South Warrnambool

Cobden v Port Fairy

Hamilton Kangaroos v Portland (at Dunkeld)

Round 14, July 27

Warrnambool v South Warrnambool

Cobden v Camperdown

Port Fairy v Terang Mortlake

Portland v Koroit

North Warrnambool Eagles v Hamilton Kangaroos

Round 15, August 3

Portland v Warrnambool

North Warrnambool Eagles v Koroit

Camperdown v Port Fairy

Terang Mortlake v Hamilton Kangaroos (at Mortlake)

South Warrnambool v Cobden

Round 16, August 10

South Warrnambool v Camperdown

Koroit v Terang Mortlake

Cobden v Portland

Warrnambool v North Warrnambool Eagles

Port Fairy v Hamilton Kangaroos

Round 17, August 17

Port Fairy v South Warrnambool

Portland v Camperdown

Terang Mortlake v Warrnambool

Hamilton Kangaroos v Koroit (at Dunkeld)

North Warrnambool Eagles v Cobden

Round 18, August 24

Terang Mortlake v Cobden

South Warrnambool v Portland

Koroit v Port Fairy

Camperdown v North Warrnambool Eagles

Hamilton Kangaroos v Warrnambool (at Dunkeld)

Qualifying final

August 31

Elimination final

September 1

Second semi-final

September 7

First semi-final

September 8

Preliminary final

September 14

Grand final

Saturday 21