THE 2021 Christie and Hood Castlereagh League competition is currently suspended due to the NSW Dept of Health regulations that are in place.

Castlereagh League spokesperson Bryson Luff indicated that initially there were three Local Government Areas affected earlier last week which put the last round of the competition in jeopardy, and following advice from NSWRL, round 18 games set down to be played last Saturday were suspended.

Since then the entire state of NSW has been placed under Stay at Home orders and what lies ahead is unknown.

“Obviously our hands are tied until we know how long it will be until we can resume playing, but we need to talk about a number of possible options for the completion of our 2021 competition, and put a time frame on when we move from one option to the next,” Mr Luff said.

“At the moment Castlereagh League cannot give definitive advice on what might lie ahead, but what I can say is that we will be doing everything possible to ensure that the 2021 season is concluded. How that conclusion is arrived at remains to be seen.

“Given the fact that we were one of a very few competitions in NSW country that ran last year the commitment of the Castlereagh clubs, their players, their supporters and their sponsors cannot be questioned, and that same commitment still exists so everyone out here will be doing their utmost to get through the current situation and get on with it!”

A video meeting on Monday night 16 August devised various scenarios for completing the competition, with semi-finals to be held after two weeks training time if time permits, or going straight to an October grand final between the two top teams if lockdowns persist.