Thirteen weeks will be enough for the AWFA to run a condensed season and determine its champions for 2020.
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That's the message from association president Mark Leman in the wake of Football Federation Australia's decision to postpone all grassroots football until at least May 31, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
One round was completed before the season was stopped on March 17, with the AWFA hoping for 13 clear Sundays to play another 10 league matches, meaning everyone will have played each other once, before staging its three-week cup finals knockout series.
"We want to make sure all our juniors are playing as well as our seniors, so we've got to find a 13-week window," Leman said.
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"If we do play night games because we don't get a 13-week window, we may ask the kids to play Saturday and Sunday, but that's the worst case scenario at this stage.
"Our main question is, can we get 13 Sundays in a row and can we make this work for everybody?
"It will come down to fields that are available and it depends on how the draw looks.
"We'll do a separate draw again for the senior women to try to keep them with their clubs as much as possible."
Leman added it's important to recognise the clubs and the association are still doing work in the background during the crisis.
"We don't want to be wasting time going through administration issues when we should be on the park as soon as we can," he said.
"The first Sunday available, let's go and play football."