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    Autumn mixed league - Prem A and Div 1 fixture changes

    Just to let you know that Bath Uni have been in touch and it turns out they have a lot more constraints on their fixtures than I had taken account of. There are too many changes needed do to them manually so, I'm afraid I'll have to re-run the fixture generator for the two divisons affected - Prem A and Div 1.

    Really sorry about this. Duncan is helping and we'll try to get it done in the next day or so and re-publish.

    Cheers,

      Richard.


     

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    I'm sorry to have to relate that Hutton Moor are not able to field a team. I picked up on this second hand and haven't had any confirmation, either way, from them so have to assume the worst. As a result, division 7 is now down to 4 teams. I'm really sorry but, I would have to rearrange all of the lower 5 divisions to even this up and 3 teams would have to drop a division which is too much at this late stage.

    Apologies to those teams in division 7. I'll sort it out for the Spring leagues.

    I'm partially making this public to highlight the impact of not letting me know if a team needs to pull out. It affects quite a few other teams. Please be aware of that if you have the misfortune of having to pull out yourself.

    It's actually easier to add a team to a division of 5 than do all that rearranging so that's something to bear in mind.

    Cheers,

       Richard.


    I did need to make a couple more changes but it still all fits and feedback is good so I'll declare these fixtures frozen.

    From this point, if there is still a problem and there's a good reason to have to rearrange, it will be up to the respective captains to agree on a new date and let me know. After the first 4 weeks, there will be no further chance to change fixtures.

    Thanks again to Duncan for his help with the fixtures this time around. Good luck one and all!

    Cheers,

       Richard


    After some feedback and a few small changes we're getting closer. Please take a look in case any of your fixtures have changed. In general, as the system knows what you can and can't make, it should be OK but there's nothing like checking it!

    Changes should be restricted to Prem C and Div 2 to allow for the Bristol Uni trials.

    Note that we've allowed for the Uni away BUCS matches so they should be OK.

    Hoping to freeze in the next couple of days. Only fly in the ointment might be the ladies needing the odd Thursday but I'm hoping there are enough still free. We'll cross that bridge if we have to.

    Once the leagues are underway, we will still allow changes for one month if they are for a good reason and both captains arrange and agree a new date. We agreed that at the AGM.

    Thanks,

      Richard


    With thanks to Duncan Gaffney for his help assembling this season's fixtures, we have a first pass of the upcoming Mixed Autumn league.

    http://badsquash.co.uk/tables.php?league=111

    The fixtures are not final or frozen but hopefully very close. Please do:

    • Check which division your team(s) are in
    • Check the fixtues to make sure they are generally OK. I.e. they should take into account if you can't play home games on a Tuesday or you asked to avoid half term for instance.

    Please do not:

    • Book courts yet - these fixtures are still subject to change

    Any concerns or surprises please get back to me asap. I'd like to get them frozen in the coming week.

    You'll notice we're starting a week earlier than 'usual' to give us the best chance of fitting the fixtues in and that's worked well as we haven't had to jump through hoops this time. We are also down by a couple of teams who have had to pull out which also has reduced the pressure on the courts.

    At this stage we still have a bit of flexibilty so please let me know if any of the fixtures are a problem for you - and why. I still need a good reason!

    Thanks,

       Richard and Duncan.