That's the verdict from Kempsey Shire Council regarding sports fields after the deluge of rain.

This means, officially, South West Rocks will be declared premiers in the first grade Macleay Valley Cricket Association competition.

The fixtures were scheduled for this weekend, however due to the council decision the games have been called off with the rules stating the minor-premiers are champions.

"Finals series games shall be played over Saturday and Sunday of the one weekend (irrespective of weather) and in the event that no decision is reached, the team occupying the higher position on the competition points score table shall be declared the winner," Rule 102 of the MVCA Competition Rules states.

For South West Rocks it's been an all-round performance.

In 10 out of their 14 regular season games played, the Rocks bowled out the opposition, going on to win the majority of those matches.

With the new ball, youngster Patrick Cotter was dynamite.

After giving the competition a taste of what he can do last season he's come on in leaps and bounds.

Cotter secured 19 wickets in 2019/20 regular season while in 2020/21 he collected 28 victims.

At the top of the order Jye Woodger was sensational, amassing 494 runs with the Rocks tallying the most runs for in the competition on 2232.

The experienced campaigner in Matt Ryan was crucial as well with 304 runs at 30.4.

Ryan, president of the club, was happy to see success at the club but understood if there was frustration from Nulla after their 8-wicket win in the semi-final.

"It's a good result for us, I wouldn't say we had a dominate season and Nulla could definitely feel aggrieved after their performance in the semi," he told the Argus.

SWR Thai on the Rocks were successful in the third grade competition as well and went close in second grade, finishing behind Nulla Billy Goats.

"It's a very proud moment for the club, we've shown consistency throughout the year and all three grades have been competitive," Ryan said.

Amazingly, if the games did go ahead it would've been the first time in SWR history that all three teams were in all three grand finals.

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