THERE'S growing frustration among not only local football and netball clubs but also followers and spectators of the sports in Victoria about the lack of coverage of country football and netball in both regional and metropolitan Victoria, following AFL Victoria's decision to move its results service to PlayHQ.
The poor performance has led to Ovens and Murray Football Netball League chairperson David Sinclair to take to social media to vent his frustration.
"The lack of exposure of community footy has never been worse," Sinclair posted.
"Local footy has been sold a lemon. Time to go back to the old SportsTG system."
Sinclair featured on ABC Radio on Tuesday morning , saying that the information on the website isn't always right and the lack of media coverage was hurting the sports in general.
In the past the media has been provided with match reports, goal kicking lists and ladders by AFL Victoria's GameDay system for all grades both online and via email.
Clearance information was also available on the old system which isn't now.
PlayHQ has cost Goulburn Valley League outfit Echuca premiership points because of a player registration shemozzle.
Two players were recorded as registered but clearances hadn't come through for them to play but Echuca has since appealed the decision.
Netball Victoria has also changed websites, moving to a new system called 'Netball Connect' which has proved just as ineffective as PlayHQ.
"The netball system has also turned out to be a lemon," Sinclair added.
"Another problem is that the new system is creating more work for our volunteers and we can't afford to lose valued people, particularly after the last two seasons have been so heavily impacted by the pandemic.
"The PlayHQ system was implemented without any testing and very little training and is not fit for purpose."
