The Far South Coast Cricket Association's grand final has been called off this weekend.
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Association officials were hopeful for play to go ahead, but said they were heeding the instruction from Cricket NSW and Cricket Australia to suspend play.
"South Eurobodalla will be named the women's winners," Association president Charles Aggenbach said.
The Pambula Bluedogs are appealing the result that would have seen Tathra awarded the premiership.
The first division premiership will now remain undecided until the resolution of the appeals process.
Tathra captain Chris Dwyer said it was a disappointing finish for both clubs as he anticipated an exciting showdown.
"Obviously really disappointed that there is no match as it's a very anti-climactic finish to the season," Dwyer said.
"Given the circumstances, Cricket Australia has put these measures in place so the decision is somewhat taken out of their [association's] hands.
"Pambula have worked hard all year and playing to their true potential, while we played outstanding last week and would of been really hard to beat as well."
Mr Aggenbach said it was a truly unfortunate outcome for the competition with discussions running late into the week to try and complete the two grand final games, but a call had to be made to cease play.
The titles were decided on the competition by-laws.
'In the event of a tie, a draw, or no result in either a semi-final or final match - the team which finished highest on the competition point score ladder at the end of the competition rounds shall be declared the winner of the match.'
"It's obviously not ideal," Mr Aggenbach said. "at the executive level we were hopeful to get the games played."
"It would have been nice to finish with finals games, not a piece of paper, but that's the way the cookie has crumbled sadly.
Mr Aggenbach said it had been a tumultuous season for cricketers with a number of games suspended during the bushfires and further play lost to the subsequent floods.
A community cricket day aimed at ensuring everyone was coping okay following the fire crisis has also had to be delayed.
Mr Aggenbach said the community round was postponed at this time and was likely to run as a season opener later this year.
The Far South Coast are not the only association impacted either with Monaro having to cancel their finals, while there were still talks about games further north.
Mr Aggenbach said the only positive to be drawn from the stoppage of play is that the FSC had already completed the junior and second division finals in recent weeks. "It's terribly unfortunate, but the one positive we can garner is it's only the two games affected," he said.