An initial draw was rejected by MyCricket last week, which forced GMC officials to produce another draw.
GMC president Jason Turner said the season would still include eight one-day games and three two-day fixtures, which were in the original draw.
‘‘Each (A-grade) club will play each other once and the home-and-away season will finish with three two-day games leading into the finals, which will also be two-day fixtures,“ Turner said.
‘‘It will be pot luck on who meets who in the two-day games, but it will be a rolling draw that extends into next season to even up the two-day games.“
Turner said although Cricket Victoria and Cricket Australia were recommending all one-day games, as was the case last year, it was not a mandate and it was left to the associations to make a call on the format of their games.
‘‘The majority of our clubs wanted some two-day fixtures and we have gone with that with these games leading into the finals, which will also be two-day games,’’ he said.
Turner said the season would start on Saturday, November 13.
In a backdown, the state government and Cricket Victoria have relented on players having to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to be eligible to play.
Players who have not been vaccinated can still play in Victoria, but must abide by COVID-19 regulations, which would rule them out of socialising in clubrooms during and after games.
But COVID-19 conditions for GMC’s two NSW-based clubs — Moama and Northern United — are different to Victoria.
Players from Victorian clubs making the trip over the Murray River to play at Moama or Bunnaloo must be double vaccinated until vaccinations reach 90 per cent in NSW to be able to play. When that target is achieved players who are not vaccinated will be eligible to play.
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