By Blake Tennant.   After a successful 2025 season, last year’s minor premiers, Chirnside Park, are eager to put their Grand Final loss behind them and contend once again.   Returning as the club’s senior coach, Justin Ficorilli, has labelled this year as ‘unfinished business’ heading into the 2026 season.   “We need to bring back that level we had last year but also lift due to the division being even with sides coming after us,” Ficorilli said.   Chirnside Park had a domina

By Christopher Kourtis.   Balwyn’s senior men’s program enter 2026 with aims of a three-peat in Premier Division, while their senior women’s side will look for similar finals success in just their second year of existence.   The Tigers sealed back-to-back Premier Division premierships in 2025, coming from behind to beat Blackburn in a brilliant Grand Final.   If they want to make it three-straight, they’ll have to do so without some of their greatest clubmen of recent history