Dungog's sports clubs have all been hit differently by the wet start to the season

President of the Dungog Warriors Rugby League club, Peter Hudson, has been surprised at how little it has affected the senior men and woman's team.

"Mainly it's the training that's effected us. We just can't get out on the field to play or train," Hudson said.

The rugby league club is one of the most prominent sporting clubs in Dungog with their home games drawing people from across the shire, however due to rain the club has only recently played a single home game in round eight of the competition.

Home games are used to raise funds for sporting clubs either through donations or canteen funds.

Unable to use their home ground of Bennett Park, the Warriors have had to resort to using netball courts and other unofficial ovals around the shire.

"It's a bit hard on the players. They've just been training on the netball courts and the park behind the library," Hudson said.

Although the wet weather has been an inconvenience to the players, the Dungog all ages team has still gone on to have success on the field and their financial situation has not been threatened, however not all clubs have been so lucky.

The Dungog Soccer Club has had significantly more pressure placed on them, with their home ground of Barnes Oval still being too wet to use. Barnes Oval is owned by Dungog High School.

As a result of this, teams ranging from juniors through to all ages have been forced to use Dungog High School's basketball court to train.

Dungog Soccer Club's president, Karyn Marsh, said that having no home games is a big issue for a small club like Dungog.

"It's a massive loss. Being that all our registrations are at cost or below cost the only way that the club can make any funds is through grants or through the canteen," Marsh said.

"The canteen is a huge loss for us. It covers everything from our power bills, to our line marking, to our referees, insurance. The works."

As a result of this, the club has had to dig into their reserve funds which has meant that it is more difficult to obtain future grants as many of them require clubs to match government funds, according to Marsh.

In the future, Marsh hopes to see a purpose built facility for the Dungog Soccer Club rather than having to use Dungog High School's oval to train and play on.

"It would be nice to have our own home," she said.

Dungog Golf Club has also struggled, with their courses being closed the majority of April and May due to wet weather, according to a spokesperson from the club.

"All the closures have affected members competition play. The course is usually very popular with social golfers however due to the closures the clubs income from their green fee's has been significantly reduced," the spokesperson said.

Clubhouse patronage and bar sales has also declined, according to the clubs spokesperson.

Despite this, it isn't all doom and gloom in Dungog's sports.

Dungog Netball Association has been relatively unaffected by the wet start to the season, according to the clubs president, Sam Rumbel.

"It's got to be a lot of rain before they cancel games. As long as we get half a game in they declare it a round," she said.

Dungog Rugby League Club are currently in their ninth round having only played one home game. Dungog Soccer club are currently in their eight round with no teams being able to use their oval.