Eaton Boomers will host the first match of the Dale Alcock Homes South West, SWFL 2022 Season, when they host the Harvey Bulls on Saturday, 26 March 2022.

After a bye and an away match to Donnybrook, the Boomers will be the first team to host new club Dunsborough in round four.

The Club will have 9 Saturday fixtures and 11 Sunday fixtures, and play just one twilight fixture.

LEAGUE FIXTURE

ROUND 1: Saturday, 26 March 2022 v Harvey Bulls – Day (HOME)
ROUND 2: Saturday, 2 April 2022 – CLUB BYE
ROUND 3: Sunday, 10 April 2022 v Donnybrook – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 4: Sunday, 24 April 2022 v Dunsborough (League Bye) – Day (HOME)
ROUND 5: Saturday, 30 April 2022 v Augusta Margaret River – Twilight (AWAY)
ROUND 6: Sunday, 8 May 2022 v South Bunbury – Day (HOME)
ROUND 7: Sunday, 15 May 2022 v Collie Eagles – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 8: Sunday, 22 May 2022 v Carey Park – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 9: Sunday, 29 May 2022 v Bunbury – Day (HOME)
ROUND 10: Saturday, 4 June 2022 v Busselton – Early Afternoon (AWAY)
ROUND 11: Saturday, 12 June 2022 v Harvey Brunswick Leschenault (HOME)
ROUND 12: Sunday, 19 June 2022 v Harvey Bulls – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 13: Saturday, 25 June 2022 – CLUB BYE
ROUND 14: Saturday, 2 July 2022 v Donnybrook – Day (HOME)
ROUND 15: Sunday, 17 July 2022 v Dunsborough (League Bye) – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 16: Saturday, 23 July 2022 v Augusta Margaret River – Day (HOME)
ROUND 17: Saturday, 30 July 2022 v South Bunbury – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 18: Sunday, 7 August 2022 v Collie Eagles – Day (HOME)
ROUND 19: Sunday, 14 August 2022 v Bunbury – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 20: Saturday, 20 August 2022 v Carey Park – Day (HOME)
ROUND 21: Sunday, 28 August 2022 v Busselton – Day (HOME)
ROUND 22: Saturday, 3 September 2022 v Harvey Brunswick Leschenault – Day (AWAY)

The first Sunday in April 2022 will beckon in the eleventh Club into the Dale Alcock Homes South West, SWFL, when Dunsborough officially enter the competition.

The new club may not have a League team in 2022, but they will have a Colts, Reserves and Womens team in their opening season, which will start at home against Bunbury, which is sure to draw a massive crowd.

Dunsborough’s Home fixtures will see the Reserves play first at 11.40am, followed by the Women at 1.30pm, both traditional time slots, while the Colts will play in the League time slot of 3.00pm.  The clubs opening fixture however, all times will be brought forward one hour as to not clash with the Western Derby in the AFL, with the Colts to start at 2.00pm.

When playing away, the teams will play in the traditional slots of Colts (9.45am), Reserves (11.40am) and Women (1.30pm).

There has plenty of hype around Dunsborough entering the competition, and numbers have been solid at early training sessions.  After playing Bunbury, the Sharks will then play Carey Park, with the Panthers being the reigning Colts Champions.  The Clubs first venture away will be in round four against Eaton Boomers.

The Sharks will have six home fixtures in the first half of the season, and will spend four weeks on the road either side of a Club Bye, not returning to Dunsborough until round fifteen.  The club will finish their final two fixtures at home to complete the home and away season.

ROUND 1: Sunday, 27 March 2022 – CLUB BYE
ROUND 2: Sunday, 3 April 2022 v Bunbury – Day (HOME)
ROUND 3: Sunday, 10 April 2022 v Carey Park – Day (HOME)
ROUND 4: Sunday, 24 April 2022 v Eaton Boomers – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 5: Sunday, 1 May 2022 v Harvey Brunswick Leschenault – Day (HOME)
ROUND 6: Sunday, 8 May 2022 v Busselton – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 7:  Sunday, 15 May 2022 v Augusta Margaret River – Day (HOME)
ROUND 8: Sunday, 22 May 2022 v Harvey Bulls – Day (HOME)
ROUND 9: Sunday, 29 May 2022 v Collie Eagles – Day (HOME)
ROUND 10: Sunday, 5 June 2022 v Donnybrook – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 11: Sunday, 12 June 2022 v South Bunbury – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 12: Sunday 19 June 2022 – CLUB BYE
ROUND 13: Sunday, 26 June 2022 v Bunbury – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 14: Sunday 3 July 2022 v Carey Park – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 15: Sunday, 17 July 2022 v Eaton Boomers – Day (HOME)
ROUND 16 Sunday, 24 July 2022 v Harvey Brunswick Leschenault – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 17: Sunday, 31 July 2022 v Busselton – Day (HOME)
ROUND 18: Sunday, 7 August 2022 v Augusta Margaret River – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 19: Sunday, 14 August 2022 v Collie Eagles – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 20: Sunday, 21 August 2022 v Harvey Bulls – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 21: Sunday, 28 August 2022 v Donnybrook – Day (HOME)
ROUND 22: Sunday, 4 September 2022 v South Bunbury – Day (HOME)

Donnybrook will play Collie in the opening round of the 2022, Dale Alcock Homes South West, SWFL season, and will be hoping to get their campaign off on a winning note.

The Dons will play their opening two games away before two home fixtures either side of Easter, hosting Eaton Boomers and Augusta Margaret River.

Other home fixtures in the opening half of the season will feature Bunbury in Round Eight as part of Belt Up Round, while Round Nine, will be part of the Indigenous Round at home against South Bunbury in the Dr Ern Manea Cup which also is the Chris Sheahan game.

Round eight also signifies the start of a streak of home games for the Dons with five games in six weeks at VC Mitchell Park, although one of those is against Dunsborough who don’t have a League team in 2022.  After home games in round seventeen and eighteen, the Dons will be on the road for three weeks before finishing at home against Carey Park.

LEAGUE FIXTURE

ROUND 1: Sunday, 27 March 2022 v Collie Eagles – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 2: Sunday, 3 April 2022 v Harvey Brunswick Leschenault – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 3: Sunday, 10 April 2022 v Eaton Boomers – Day (HOME)
ROUND 4: Saturday, 23 April 2022 v Augusta Margaret River – Day (HOME)
ROUND 5: Saturday, 30 April 2022 – CLUB BYE
ROUND 6: Saturday, 7 May 2022 v Harvey Bulls – Twilight (AWAY)
ROUND 7: Sunday, 15 May 2022 v Busselton – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 8: Saturday, 21 May 2022 v Bunbury – Day (HOME)
ROUND 9: Saturday, 28 May 2022 v South Bunbury – Day (HOME)
ROUND 10: Sunday, 5 June 2022 v Dunsborough (League Bye) – Day (HOME)
ROUND 11: Saturday, 11 June 2022 v Carey Park – Twilight (AWAY)
ROUND 12: Sunday, 19 June 2022 v Collie Eagles – Day (HOME)
ROUND 13: Saturday, 25 June 2022 v Harvey Brunswick Leschenault – Day (HOME)
ROUND 14: Saturday, 2 July 2022 v Eaton Boomers – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 15: Saturday, 16 July 2022 v Augusta Margaret River – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 16: Saturday, 23 July 2022 – CLUB BYE
ROUND 17: Sunday, 31 July 2022 v Harvey Bulls – Day (HOME)
ROUND 18: Sunday, 7 August 2022 v Busselton – Day (HOME)
ROUND 19: Saturday, 13 August 2022 v South Bunbury – Twilight (AWAY)
ROUND 20: Sunday, 21 August 2022 v Bunbury – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 21: Sunday, 28 August 2022 v Dunsborough – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 22: Sunday, 4 September 2022 v Carey Park – Day (HOME)

Collie will start 2022 with a home fixture against Donnybrook at the Collie Recreation Ground, with the Eagles playing all of their home games on a Sunday throughout the season.

The Eagles will play three times on a Saturday, all away to Harvey Bulls, Carey Park and Augusta Margaret River, all within the first six weeks, before becoming a staple Sunday team for the rest of the season.

Due to the uneven number of teams and ground availability, the Eagles will spend four weeks away from home between round nine and twelve, but then will play four of their next five games at home through the second half of the season.

Collie will play the Lions at home in round 21, and will have the bye in round 22.

LEAGUE FIXTURE

ROUND 1: Sunday, 27 March 2022 v Donnybrook – Day (HOME)
ROUND 2: Saturday, 2 April 2022 v Harvey Bulls – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 3: Sunday, 9 April 2022 v South Bunbury – Day (HOME)
ROUND 4: Saturday, 23 April 2022 v Carey Park – Twilight (AWAY)
ROUND 5: Sunday, 1 May 2022 v Bunbury – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 6: Saturday, 7 May 2022 v Augusta Margaret River – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 7: Sunday, 15 May 2022 v Eaton Boomers – Day (HOME)
ROUND 8: Sunday, 22 May 2022 v Busselton – Day (HOME)
ROUND 9: Sunday, 29 May 2022 v Dunsborough (League Bye) – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 10: Sunday, 5 June 2022 v Harvey Brunswick Leschenault – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 11: Sunday, 12 June 2022 – CLUB BYE
ROUND 12: Sunday: 19 June 2022 v Donnybrook – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 13: Sunday, 26 June 2022 v Harvey Bulls – Day (HOME)
ROUND 14: Sunday, 3 July 2022 v South Bunbury – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 15: Sunday, 17 July 2022 v Carey Park – Day (HOME)
ROUND 16: Sunday, 24 July 2022 v Bunbury – Day (HOME)
ROUND 17: Sunday, 31 July 2022 v Augusta Margaret River – Day (HOME)
ROUND 18: Sunday, 7 August 2022 v Eaton Boomers – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 19: Sunday, 14 August 2022 v Dunsborough (League Bye) – Day (HOME)
ROUND 20: Sunday, 21 August 2022 v Busselton – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 21: Sunday, 28 August 2022 v Harvey Brunswick Leschenault – Day (HOME)
ROUND 22: Sunday, 4 September 2022 – CLUB BYE

Carey Park finished seventh in 2021, and will be looking to play finals in 2022, and to do so, they will need to start the 2022 season well when they face Bunbury in the opening round of the season at Kelly Park.

They will then face the reigning premiers at Gloucester Park before playing Collie and then grand finalists, Busselton, both at home in rounds four and five.

The Panthers will play nine twilight fixtures, six at home and three away, with matches against Eaton and Harvey Brunswick Leschenault also at home in the first half of the season.  The team from Carey Park, will finish with matches against Eaton Boomers, Harvey Bulls and Donnybrook, all of whom finished below the Panthers in 2021.

LEAGUE FIXTURE

ROUND 1: Sunday, 27 March 2022 v Bunbury – Late Afternoon (HOME)
ROUND 2: Saturday, 2 April 2022 v Augusta Margaret River – Twilight (AWAY)
ROUND 3: Sunday, 10 April 2022 v Dunsborough (League Bye) – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 4: Saturday, 23 April 2022 v Collie Eagles – Twilight (HOME)
ROUND 5: Saturday, 30 April 2022 v Busselton – Twilight (HOME)
ROUND 6: Saturday, 7 May 2022 – CLUB BYE
ROUND 7: Saturday, 14 May 2022 v South Bunbury – Twilight (AWAY)
ROUND 8: Sunday, 22 May 2022 v Eaton Boomers – Day (HOME)
ROUND 9: Saturday, 28 May 2022 v Harvey Brunswick Leschenault – Twilight (HOME)
ROUND 10: Saturday, 4 June 2022 v Harvey Bulls – Twilight (AWAY)
ROUND 11: Saturday, 11 June 2022 v Donnybrook – Twilight (HOME)
ROUND 12: Sunday, 19 June 2022 v Bunbury – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 13: Sunday, 26 June 2022 v Augusta Margaret River – Day (HOME)
ROUND 14: Sunday, 3 July 2022 v Dunsborough (League Bye) – Day (HOME)
ROUND 15: Sunday, 17 July 2022 v Collie Eagles – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 16: Saturday, 23 July 2022 v Busselton – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 17: Saturday, 30 July 2022 – CLUB BYE
ROUND 18: Saturday, 6 August 2022 v South Bunbury – Twilight (HOME)
ROUND 19: Saturday, 13 August 2022 v Harvey Brunswick Leschenault – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 20: Saturday, 20 August 2022 v Eaton Boomers – Day (AWAY)
ROUND 21: Saturday, 27 August 2022 v Harvey Bulls – Twilight (HOME)
ROUND 22: Sunday, 4 September 2022 v Donnybrook – Day (AWAY)