And it might never happen.
President Scott Slater admitted at the weekend his club had already had talks with the Goulburn Valley and Bendigo leagues about a possible transfer to either of these competitions in the future.
But he warned ‘‘it’s still a long way off and won’t be happening next year and maybe anytime soon’’.
Slater said a working committee of six, comprising three club and three neutral officials, was undertaking a feasibility study to explore and investigate all options open to his club.
‘‘We are on the end of a five-year plan and are looking to do what is best for our club for the future,“ he said.
‘‘Moama is more of a rural city than a country town these days and we have to plan for what is best for our club for the future.“
Slater said a possible move to either the GVL or Bendigo would still come down to what was best for the club long term and the decision would be in the hands of Moama’s members.
‘‘When the time comes, they (members) will get the final say from the options available or whether to stay put, but that’s a fair way off,“ he said.
‘‘There are age group differences in the netball grades in both the GVL and Bendigo from the Murray league and the best options have to be explored because a lot of our netballers would have to go and play elsewhere and that’s not what we would want or what our club is all about.’’
After an exodus of players this season, Moama was expected to struggle, but under new joint coaches, Kyabram premiership player Liam Barrett and Jye Warren, the Magpies have won seven of their eight games and are sitting in second place on the ladder.
‘‘We have a got a lot of local players who started their careers with the club to come back this season and it’s been working out well so far,’’ Slater said.
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