The competition takes a break over Easter after kicking off last weekend.
The same eight teams as last year are lining up but some clubs appear to be drowning in numbers while others are needing to use every player they can get their hands on.
The building and population boom which has hit the Queenstown Lakes area and also flowed through into Cromwell has led to a lot more players floating around these areas.
Cromwell had more than 50 players at pre-season training and, although that had dropped down to 40 as the season properly got under way, it is still plenty of players for the club.
Upper Clutha and Wakatipu have also reported hefty playing stocks while Arrowtown has also had a solid turnout for its pre-season.
But the growth is not the same in areas further down the Clutha River.
There was hope Roxburgh would get a team going after it missed last season. But players pulling out and a few deciding to not take the plunge led the club with little option but to withdraw its team.
Otago Country chairman Bob Perriam, who has taken over from Geoff McPhee, said the Central Otago area was in a tough position.
Clubs such as Cromwell and Wakatipu had big playing numbers but other clubs such as those further afield in Ranfurly and Omakau were not in the same position and needed to use every player they could get their hands on.
Clyde-Earnscleugh was struggling and needed players to field a team this season.
Cromwell has made the decision to lend it some players.
The Cromwell club had decided to get active and it was better the players get some game time rather than sit on the sideline.
Up to a dozen players have gone down the Cromwell Gorge to turn out for the Clyde-Earnscleugh club so the club could field a side in the senior competition.
The clubs did not want to have a bye so it was wise to get players to fill a gap.
It is hoped the Clyde-Earnscleugh club will have enough playing numbers next season.
The moving of players from Cromwell has unfortunately had the impact of making the proposed Central Otago colts team no longer viable.
There had been a proposal to have a colts team from the area which would play in the Dunedin junior colts grade but, with the players turning out for Clyde-Earnscleugh, it did not have the numbers for the colts venture.
Perriam said it was a shame but the decision by Cromwell was the right one.
He said much hard work had gone into the colts idea and the Dunedin metropolitan clubs and union president Des Smith had done much work and got in behind the idea.
Getting a senior reserve competition in Central Otago was a way to look to address the uneven playing numbers.
Many players were turned off the games as they were not physically strong enough or did not like being part of a losing team.
But if there was a second-tier competition then more players may want to play.
Perriam said in reality it was probably only the clubs with higher player numbers which could look at having a second team.
Wakatipu Wanderers, which was the second team from Queenstown-based Wakatipu club, had been playing in the Southland lower division competition but Perriam said they wanted them back in the Central Otago competition.
Otago Country was also looking round for a new coach for its senior representative team.
Fraser Fletcher is not returning due to work and family commitments.
Perriam said they were keen to get someone else involved for a representative programme which started after the club season.