TAREE Wildcat footballers expect to return to the training paddock this week for the first time in a month.
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"With all the rain and the flooding we haven't been able to do anything,'' co-coach Ben Sedlen said.
The Wildcats were due to open the Coastal Premier League season last Sunday against Coffs Coast. However, the round was postponed following heavy rain in the Coffs Harbour region.
All matches in the CPL round had been switched to Coffs Harbour as grounds at Kempsey and Port Macquarie were closed. The Wildcats were originally due to host Coffs Coast, but moved the game to Coffs Harbour because of a clash with the national futsal championships played last week.
The Wildcats are expected to play Camden Haven on Thursday night at Laurieton in a FFA Cup game before tackling Port Saints at Port on Saturday in the CPL.
"We were supposed to play the FFA Cup more than a month ago,'' Sedlen said.
"It'll be our first game for the year.''
There is still some doubt as to whether fields in Port Macquarie will be right by this weekend. If that's the case Sedlen said there would be the option of transferring the game to Omaru Park.
"Michael Wallace mowed the field on Sunday and from what I've been told it's right to go,'' he said.
"We're training there this week.
