Cobden's Amy Hammond is missing netball but she's missing her football and netball friends more.
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The Hampden league open division reigning best and fairest said she enjoyed club camaraderie.
The HFNL senior season was cancelled on June 10.
"I was just annoyed, I was like 'what am I going to do with my weekends?'," she said.
"I miss all the girls, that's what I miss the most.
"Probably not so much the netball, but the social side with both the footballers and netballers."
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The talented wing attack hopes the coronavirus pandemic subsides so the Bombers can commence a long pre-season.
But the Colac-based netballer is doubtful it will happen soon.
In the meantime, she's kept in touch with teammates over the phone.
Hammond said she had largely been homebound due to coronavirus cases in Colac in past months.
"It's just frustrating because you can't go anywhere," she said.
"Can't go for a run with any of your friends.
"It's just boring, you've got to stay home."
She also hasn't seen her family, at Tongala near Echuca, since May.
Hammond has kept busy studying marine biology at Geelong's Deakin University.
The second-year student explained her course switched to online when the pandemic started.
She's making the best of it despite the challenges of online learning.
Her practical lessons are online.
"The teacher does it, then you watch it and answer the questions," she said.
"It's pretty annoying because you don't actually get to be there."
Hammond, who grew up on a dairy farm, has also picked up a job milking cows just outside Colac.
Running has been her other outlet this year and she tries to hit the pavement everyday.
She tends to clock up three to six kilometres, as well as a long run every now and then.
"I've always loved it," she said.
Hammond is running with her boyfriend and housemate Jesse Williamson who is a Cobden senior footballer.
"We've been doing a bit of running together," she said.
"It keeps us both a bit motivated."
Hammond said she enjoyed cross country running most and took it more seriously a couple of years ago.
She competed at school athletics events in year 12 when living at Tongala with her family.
The midcourter mostly grew up in the south-west and moved back in 2018.
I miss all the girls, that's what I miss the most.
- Amy Hammond
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