Eglinton FC is strongly positioned heading into Bathurst District Football season

The club have expanded their profile in the women's game with three teams across the top three grades of the competition while the club plays over seconds, thirds and fourths in the men's competition.

Club media manager Ashleigh Crook said the club has remained in strong shape during coronavirus delays.

"We haven't lost any teams. We have lost a couple of players but all those positions have been filled," she said.

"We've got three ladies teams and three men's teams. We're still going to have a first grade side. Last year we had a third grade side and this year we'll add one to second grade.

"Our third grade side won the comp last year and have made the move up to second grade. Our first grade looks very much the same as last year, with a few new players added."

The club's new entrants to senior competition are hoping to use their youth and speed to their advantage by taking on the second grade season.

Crook said it will be interesting to see how the young squad fares in a new environment.

"Our under 17s boys have just finished juniors and are moving up to second grade, with a couple of older heads joining those boys," she said.

"Pretty much all of our men's players are returning this year."

Bathurst District Football sought clarification from all clubs on whether their original registration numbers would remain the same, and Crook said there was never a doubt about it being consistent at Eglinton.

"We reached out to all players who had initially registered to see if they were still interested in playing this season and the response was quite overwhelming. Everyone was still very keen to play," she said.

"Our seniors look ready to get back into training this week or the week while our juniors might take a little longer to get going."