AFL Canberra officials will consult with clubs to discuss the possibility of replaying round 11, after this weekend's games fell foul to Canberra's persistent drizzle.
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ACT Sportsgrounds were shut across the territory on Friday afternoon wreaking havoc with local competitions, some of which were forced to abandon scheduled fixtures.
The closure of venues will prevent Eastlake and Ainslie from celebrating the first ever Pride game to be played in the AFL Canberra competition.
Clubs will be contacted early next week as the league looks for a solution to postpone, rather than cancel the round, which would potentially allow the pride match to be played at a later date.
"From our point of view when Eastlake approached us, we certainly jumped at the opportunity, we think it's a great initiative," Ainslie coach Jordan Doering said this week.
Eastlake women's captain Catherine Brown said her club had been looking forward to wearing pride jerseys this round.
"Coming to AFL football a little bit later in life, I was struck by what a welcoming community it is," Brown said.
"This weekend just further echoes that sentiment that our clubs in particular, but also our greater sport is a welcoming sport for anyone regardless of how they identify or where they fall within our community.
"Nothing could be truer, as I said, of my own experiences, not only of myself personally but also the greater group I know."
MORE CANBERRA NEWS
The Canberra Raiders Cup have abandoned all of this weekend's senior and junior fixtures.
League officials considered moving the Woden-West Belconnen match from from Phillip Oval to Seiffert Oval in Queanbeyan, but were unable to salvage the Belconnen United-Queanbeyan Kangaroos match at old Raiders Headquarters in Bruce and opted instead to declare the round a washout.
All John I Dent Cup games have been postponed in the local rugby union competition.
Organisers are now eyeing off the pre-finals bye weekend as a potential alternative to replay this weekend's fixtures.
Meanwhile, Capital Football has manage to salvage all top-flight games in its men and women's competition this weekend by shifting games onto synthetic grounds.
In the men's NPL, Canberra Olympic will now play Monaro Panthers at the Hawker Football Centre at 7.55pm on Saturday night.
Tigers FC versus Canberra Croatia has been moved to the AIS while Tuggeranong now hosts Belconnen at Melrose Synthetic. West Canberra Wanderers and Gungahlin will remain at Melrose Synthetic as originally scheduled.
All NPLW matches have also been moved to synthetic fields, barring the Canberra Croatia-Canberra United Academy clash which remains at Deakin Stadium.
