It's safety first for a number of sporting organisations and clubs in the Central West after a seven-day lockdown was announced for the Orange, Blayney, and Cabonne local government areas.
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Central West Rugby Union
All games in the New Holland Cup and Westfund North Cup have been cancelled.
This Saturday was to be the last round of the regular season before the finals, but with the top four in each of those competitions already decided and not much, if any, shuffling on the ladder expected between those who had qualified, clubs agreed to progress straight to semi-finals.
In the New Holland Cup first grade competition it means Parkes will host CSU in the major semi-final and Mudgee will face Dubbo Rhinos in the minor.
In the women's North Cup it will be minor premiers CSU and Narromine in the first grand final qualifier while Mudgee and Parkes will fight to avoid elimination.
At this stage those games will be played on July 31.
Group 11
Proceeding as scheduled. The Parkes Spacemen will make the trek up the Newell Highway to take on the Nyngan Tigers this Sunday.
Woodbridge Cup
Woodbridge Cup president Andrew Pull didn't waste any time putting his competition on ice, suggesting the "best way to keep players safe" is to take round 15 off.
Five clubs are part of the Cabonne area, making it a logical decision to scrap the entire slate, rather than try to dance around the areas that are safe.
"We've pulled the pin on this weekend and we'll make a decision on the week after as things progress," Pull said.
Premier League Hockey
Premier League Hockey had a meeting on Thursday night, after the press deadline, with delegates to make decisions on how to proceed.
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Western Premier League
On Wednesday morning it was announced that the Parkes Cobras and Macquarie United game would have to be postponed, due to Cobras having players living or working in the Cabonne area.
AFL Central West
All matches in the upcoming AFL Central West round were called off. Competition and development co-ordinator for Central West AFL, Casey White, is hopeful at this stage that the competition can resume on the following weekend.
"If clubs are significantly affected post the potential lifting of LGA lockdowns, AFL Central West will work with these clubs in isolation to discuss the potential of match ratio ladders and match postponements if required to allow unaffected games to proceed in future weeks."
Junior rugby union
Central West Junior Rugby Union has announced all matches on the weekend will be cancelled.
Junior rugby league
Going ahead, except for the games between Cabonne and Canowindra. Parkes Marist will host Red Bend at Pioneer Oval this Saturday.
Our juniors are doing amazingly well, with all but one side sitting either first or second on the ladder.
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