WINGHAM Warriors would be sure starters in the one-grade premier league style competition Football Mid North Coast proposes to start in 2020.
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The Warriors will meet Hallidays Point in tomorrow's Southern League grand final. This will be the club's third consecutive grand final appearance, with the Warriors losing matches against Wallamba in 2017 and Old Bar in 2018.
Coach John Bevitt confirmed Wingham will nominate for the competition, which he said would suit his club perfectly.
The format for senior football on the Mid North Coast next year is still unknown at the moment.
The deadline ends this month for clubs from Football Mid North Coast and North Coast Football to nominate for the Coastal Premier League (CPL).
If this goes ahead the competition will be made up of 10 clubs, five from each zone, playing first and reserve grade.
However, Football Mid North Coast is also keen to accommodate the current premier league clubs with no intention of nominating for the CPL. This includes Taree Wildcats and Tuncurry Forster.
Under the plan the four clubs would join interested FMNC southern and northern leagues in a one-grade premier league. Bevitt said Wingham would definitely be nominating.
"That certainly interests us,'' he said.
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Bevitt said the Warriors have lost promising juniors to clubs involved in the Football Mid North Coast over the years.
"They want to play in a strong competition, you can't blame them for that,'' he said.
The Warriors were involved in the premier league on a couple of occasions, but struggled to be competitive against the bigger clubs. However, Bevitt is sure the club would have the roster to be a threat in a one grade tier 1-style competition, as proposed.
FMNC chairman Mike Parsons told the Times last week he was neither confident or not confident about the prospect of the CPL kicking off next year.
Meanwhile, tomorrow's Southern League grand final will be played at the Zone Field at Taree Recreation Centre kicking off at 12.45.