Murray Magpies president Ted Miller has poured cold water on the club switching leagues next season.
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Upper Murray league officials are keen to expand its competition to at least six teams after Border-Walwa went into recess two years ago.
They recently approached both the Murray Magpies and Wodonga Saints to gauge whether either club would be interested in joining the Upper Murray league next season.
Miller confirmed he had been contacted by Upper Murray league officials but was adamant that the Magpies would be staying put in the Hume league at least for the foreseeable future.
"The conversation didn't last long, we are simply not interested at all," Miller said.
"I told them that.
"We want to stay in the Hume league and have no reason to leave."
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Similar to the Magpies, Wodonga Saints president Adrian Barry also told The Border Mail on Monday that switching leagues 'was not on our radar at all.'
Both clubs endured winless seasons in the seniors this year to collect the wooden spoon.
The Magpies haven't belted out their club song since July 2018 and will start next season on a 40-match losing streak.
The Saints also snapped a 21-match losing streak in round 3 of 2019 but have only won one match since.
However, Miller felt the Magpies were a lot more competitive this year than recent seasons.
"If you look at the results we were a lot more competitive apart from a couple of blowouts against Osborne and Holbrook," he said.
"There were a couple of sides in finals contention who we just fell short of.
"So we feel we are not too far away from climbing the ladder, especially when we are at full-strength.
"Three or four key signings would make a world of difference to our side."
The Magpies struggled for junior players this season with no fourths and the thirds playing with reduced numbers.
"Unfortunately we didn't have under-14s this season," he said.
"Which was a bit of a surprise because we traditionally have a lot of numbers in the fourths.
"We probably ended up with 15 players on the list in the thirds when everyone was available.
"You only need a couple of injuries and a couple of players unavailable and it makes it tough to pull a side together.
"But all the other clubs were good and would lend us some players if we were short so the kids could get a game which is the main thing."
The Hume league has been a 12 side competition since the start of 2016.
Previously there were 13 sides before Walla merged with Rand-Walbundrie to form the Giants.
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