The record deluge has come at a high price for young people â weekend sports.
Perpetually soggy grounds have resulted in soccer matches in some areas being rained out for the past month.
President of Holroyd Soccer Club Danny Rizk told Today it has been a “heartbreaking” few weeks for young players.
“The entire purpose of our presence is to allow these kids to enjoy their sport and step onto the field. It’s incredibly disheartening when we have to inform them that, unfortunately, they can’t play,” Rizk mentioned.
“That’s happened now for four weekends.”
“We work extremely hard to keep our kids on the field playing sport, keeping healthy,” he added.
“And all this does is just drives them away and keeps them at home on monitors and on screens.”
Rizk said his one of the local fields in Guildford has poor drainage and is a muddy mess after heavy rain over the past few weeks.
He said when 75 per cent of the fields are unplayable, the whole round is cancelled.
The soccer president said synthetic turf is a good way to ensure wet weather doesn’t destroy the field.
“It’s not the only solution, but it’s definitely a solution,” he said.
“Having a few more in the vicinity will certainly ensure that weekends, like those we’ve experienced over the last four weeks, continue smoothly, at least within our local area.
“Currently, we only possess one synthetic field, and it’s simply insufficient. Last weekend, we needed to accommodate 58 games as an association, and they couldn’t be played.”
Locals first spotted the sinkhole at Tunks Park on Thursday after another big night of rain.
The sinkhole was pictured close to the goal posts at the park, which has been completely submerged by water.
Thursday was the wettest day of the year to date for Sydney.
The city’s monthly rainfall total reached a record 368.8mm by Friday morning,
Conditions eased on Saturday and the sun finally made a long-awaited appearance following Sydney’s wettest August since 1998.
