IT might be a cliche that good things come to those who wait, but when the draw for the remainder of the National Premier Leagues 4 season was finally released it contained good news for Western NSW FC.
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Of the 12 rounds which will be played before finals in a draw which was revised due to the coronavirus shutdown, Western will be on home turf for all but five of them.
Less travel is something coach Mark Rooke sees as a bonus as his side looks to make an impact when the competition resumes on July 18-19.
"The first game we play against Camden will be at Camden, but after that we have seven home games out of 11, so that's not a bad draw," he said.
"I think we've got one game in Lithgow and the other six are in Bathurst which is great because Bathurst is a good venue."
Just two rounds of the competition were played before the shutdown, with Western's last match against the same opponent they will face this coming weekend - Camden.
Since then Rooke's side had to firstly contend with no training or games, then as coronavirus restrictions began to ease, training was still limited to small groups and no-contact.
Full contact training and trial games are now permitted, but the build up has been less than ideal.
Western was set to play a trial game against Nepean on Saturday to help provide some match fitness, but that was called off. Instead Rooke's squad held a game between themselves.
"The only things that we've done is have a few games at training, we played Waratahs last Thursday for an hour and we have another training game between ourselves [on Saturday]," the coach said.
"Look it's been difficult to plan for which opponent you've got coming up or anything like that, but it's finally coming, slowly but surely."
However, Rooke knows many of his rival clubs have dealt with similar hurdles while some have had even less time to prepare as a squad for the resumption of the season.
He is just thankful that there will be a return to play for Western.
"I've heard different things, some teams have been back training as soon as they were allowed to come back to train, but a few teams couldn't go back because their ground wasn't available, council was looking after those grounds and didn't let them back straight away, and one of those teams was Camden," he said.
"So it will be interesting to see where they are at - it's hard to say. We're just happy to be back ... and it's good for out sponsors too."