Tallon Smith

Cooma and Bombala will open the 2025 Group 16 season with an Anzac Day clash after the competition’s draw was revealed last week.

Eden will play Bega on the Saturday, while Moruya will face Tathra and Narooma tackle Merimbula-Pambula to round out the opening round on Sunday April 27.

Narooma will have two home games to open their return campaign in the competition, with their round 2 clash against Bombala also at Bill Smyth Memorial Oval on May 4.

Batemans Bay will kick start their season in round two after an opening round bye, hosting 2024 runners-up the Eden Tigers at Mackay Park.

There will be no Grand Final rematch in 2025 after defending premiers Snowy River Bears moved to the George Tooke Shield following a player exodus.

One criticism of the draw has been the fact that teams will only play 12 games across the 14 round competition.

One club President told Battlers For Bush Footy that his club had prepared for a 14-game schedule and would be at a financial disadvantage without the gate takings from a seventh home game.

There will be a general bye on the June Long Weekend, with no games scheduled to take place.

The season concludes on the weekend of August 9/10 with Tathra facing Cooma, Moruya playing Eden, Batemans Bay travelling to Bega, and Bombala hosting Merimbula-Pambula, with Narooma having the bye.

The full draw is listed below.

2025 Betta Electrical Group 16 First Grade Draw

Round 1

Friday, April 25 

Cooma v Bombala

Saturday, April 26 

Eden v Bega

Sunday, April 27 

Moruya v Tathra

Narooma v Merimbula-Pambula

Batemans Bay bye

Round 2

Saturday, May 3 

Tathra v Bega

Merimbula-Pambula v Moruya

Sunday, May 4 

Batemans Bay v Eden

Narooma v Bombala

Cooma bye

Round 3

Saturday, May 10 

Moruya v Batemans Bay

Sunday, May 11 

Bega v Narooma

Eden v Tathra

Cooma v Merimbula-Pambula

Bombala bye

Round 4

Saturday, May 17 

Tathra v Batemans Bay

Sunday, May 18 

Narooma v Cooma

Bombala v Eden

Moruya bye

Bega bye

Merimbula-Pambula bye

Round 5

Saturday, May 24 

Merimbula-Pambula v Bombala

Sunday, May 25 

Cooma v Tathra

Eden v Moruya

Batemans Bay v Bega

Narooma bye

Round 6

Saturday, May 31 

Batemans Bay v Merimbula-Pambula

Sunday, June 1 

Tathra v Bombala

Cooma v Bega

Moruya v Narooma

Eden bye

Round 7

Saturday, June 14 

Tathra v Merimbula-Pambula

Sunday, June 15 

Bombala v Batemans Bay

Moruya v Cooma

Eden v Narooma

Bega bye

Round 8

Saturday, June 22 

Cooma v Eden

Sunday, June 23

Bombala v Moruya

Merimbula-Pambula v Bega

Narooma v Batemans Bay

Tathra bye

Round 9

Saturday, June 28 

Merimbula-Pambula v Eden

Sunday, June 29 

Bega v Bombala

Batemans Bay v Cooma

Narooma v Tathra

Moruya v BYE

Round 10

Saturday, July 5 

Merimbula-Pambula v Narooma

Tathra v Moruya

Sunday, July 6 

Bega v Eden

Bombala v Cooma

Batemans Bay bye

Round 11

Saturday, July 12 

Moruya v Merimbula-Pambula

Sunday, July 13 

Bombala v Narooma

Bega v Tathra

Eden v Batemans Bay

Cooma bye

Round 12

Saturday, July 19 

Batemans Bay v Moruya

Merimbula-Pambula v Cooma

Sunday, July 20 

Narooma v Bega

Tathra bye

Eden bye

Bombala bye

Round 13

Saturday, August 2 

Batemans Bay v Tathra

Sunday, August 3 

Cooma v Narooma

Bega v Moruya

Eden v Bombala

Merimbula-Pambula bye

Round 14

Saturday, August 9 

Tathra v Cooma

Sunday, August 10 

Moruya v Eden

Bega v Batemans Bay

Bombala v Merimbula-Pambula

Narooma v BYE

Finals Series

Saturday, August 16 Semi-Finals

Sunday, August 17 Semi-Finals

Saturday, August 23 Elimination Final

Sunday, August 24 Qualifying Final

Sunday, August 31 Preliminary Final

Notes

June 7/8 bye – King’s Birthday Weekend 

July 27 bye – Spare Weekend