The Southern Tablelands Football Association and Highlands Soccer Association have announced that the finals of all joint competitions will be postponed until mid-August.
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The Champions League and Champions Shield tournaments have been severely impacted by the growing COVID-19 outbreak over the last month.
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Due to a number of close contact locations and its proximity to Sydney, the HSA has repeatedly called off all matches and asked its teams not to travel.
This culminated in the postponement of the Champions League semi-finals last weekend, both of which featured Highland teams, and one of the Champions Shield semi-finals.
STFA director of football, Craig Norris, today confirmed that all competitions will conclude after a short delay to ensure it is safe to do so.
"We're going to push ahead," Norris said.
"The finals will be Sunday the 15th of August, and the semi-finals will be played between now and then. We've thrown it back to the clubs to work out when they can squeeze it in best."
The two organisations have shifted all joint tournament fixtures to Sundays from now on, to ensure they won't impede the regular season, which returned to action on July 17.
Having invested so much time and effort in organising the competitions, Norris was relieved that they were able to schedule the finals.
"A lot of work's gone into getting the Champions League off the ground, and convincing some of the clubs that it's a good idea and getting people excited and involved," he said.
"And then bang, the outbreak hits. So we really want to see it go ahead and hopefully it leads to something bigger and better next year.
"At this stage we're just trying to get it done and dusted before anything gets in our road."
The Champions League and Champions Shield finals will be preceded by STFA/HSA Cup finals, which will feature the winners of pre-season tournaments from both associations.
The STFA/HSA Cup will be contested by the Under 13s, Under 15s, Youth League, and Women's divisions.
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