But NSW Touch Football Association general manager Dean Russell was still pretty pleased with how the 2020 NSW Junior State Cup was run in Port Macquarie.

The wet weather and heavy foot traffic over the first two days made a large portion of Tuffins Lane unuseable on Sunday.

It meant round of 16 games had to be forfeited as the competition headed straight into the quarter-finals and unsurprisingly, the news was met with mixed responses from parents.

"By the time we finished on Saturday afternoon, the safe and playable fields we had available for Sunday had reduced to a point where if we played to the schedule we would have finished after 8pm," Russell said.

"We certainly understand the disappointment from parents who had a son or daughter in a team running third or fourth who missed out on an opportunity to play finals.

"But it wasn't a decision we made because of will we or won't we, we had no other option."

On reflection, Russell admitted an unplanned deluge on Wednesday night "buggered us up" and took any control largely out of their hands.

"The predicted rainfall was 20 millimetres and we got 89," he said.

"The fields were already soaked so the water had nowhere to run to and that was really what hurt us."

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Despite the challenges that parents, players and spectators faced over the weekend, there were few crowd problems.

"Given the conditions it was probably one of the best events for parental behaviour," Russell said.

"I'm sure they were frustrated having to crunch around the fields and then with the heat and humidity, they were really patient.

"90 per cent understood the decisions and why they were being made."

Following a seven-week period of challenging weather conditions, organisers are hoping for a smoother preparation next year.

"We had snow in Orange, bushfires and air quality concerns in December and the rain this time around so surely we're due for an event where we can put our feet up and just let it run."

Council ground staff did their best in difficult circumstances.

"Having the stadium and number one fields available and the way they handled the weather and water was really satisfying," Russell said.

"They were played on the whole weekend and they held up well; you wouldn't know it had been raining."

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