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Post by Rajiv on Sept 30, 2012 22:38:48 GMT 8
The women had an friendly 11-a-side game on 26 August 2012, but continued with their Sunday games on a big covered pitch at Turf City on 2, 9, 16 and 23 September 2012.
Hur Yuin had ACL surgery on Monday, and Jasmin informed me that Jasmin will be in charge of the women's game while she is out of action.
The game today was cancelled.
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Post by Rajiv on Oct 30, 2012 20:22:43 GMT 8
Further women's games on Sunday on a big covered pitch at Turf City in October:
* 7 October 2012 (2)
* 14 October 2012 (5)
* 21 October 2012 (8)
* 28 October 2012 (2)
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Post by Rajiv on Nov 30, 2012 11:29:07 GMT 8
Further women's games on Sunday on a big covered pitch at Turf City in November:
* 4 November 2012 (5)
* 11 November 2012 (8)
* 18 November 2012 (4)
No game on 25 November 2012.
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Post by Rajiv on Jan 4, 2013 11:16:17 GMT 8
No women's game on 2 December 2012, but there was a game on a big covered pitch at Turf City every week after in December:
* 9 December 2012 (3)
* 16 December 2012 (6)
* 23 December 2012 (1)
* 30 December 2012 (4)
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 1, 2013 14:49:26 GMT 8
Only one women's game in January 2013, in the first week - 6 January 2013 (8). As in the last two years, the women, mainly from the Law Society's women's team, are now training for the Bench & Bar Games in May, so they won't be having their regular game on Sunday evenings. I'll consider an all-comers' game if there is any interest. We haven't had an all-comers or mixed game since 2009. |
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Post by Rajiv on May 4, 2013 21:28:02 GMT 8
.... I'll move the "Team Matches" board from the Men's Game category to a sub-board of the "Proposal/Details" board under the OPSAGE category. This was done soon after. Around the same time, I also moved the reports on the following team matches from the report board under the Men's Game category ( now the GIFFA-Defined Games category) to the report board under the OPSAGE category, which has been renamed "Post-Event Report & Comments": * Sunday Rep Game At Turf City - 12 June 2011* Thursday Challenge At Khalsa (5) - 1 Sep 2011* Thursday Match At Khalsa (8) - 13 October 2011* Sunday Team Match At Turf City (1) - 19 Feb 2012* Thursday Match At East Coast (4) - 23 Feb 2012I've left several other more ad hoc ones under the GIFFA-Defined Games category. More recently: The game tonight (Thursday) at East Coast ended up as Glenn T's Shell (Special Chemicals) team against the rest. Most of Glenn's team were new to our games. Glenn T put the names of 6 colleagues down together with his, and then requested that they be on the same team, which effectively gave rise to an old-style team match. I'd rather such matches come about by the team looking for a match letting me know early. One of the Thursday slots (9 to 10 pm, either at East Coast or Khalsa) can be made available. I will then either not schedule that slot as usual, or, if already scheduled, take it out of the regular schedule. Those looking for the regular game can still put their name down for the other venue. The alternative would be at the weekend. I ordinarily will not make a regular slot available for a team match at the weekend, but I can check for the availability of an additional slot. As I have pointed out before, for team matches, I am not concerned about the players in the other team. If a GIFFA selection is playing, I am more concerned that the GIFFA selection is not weaker than the team they are to face. .... Just over a year ago, on 5 April 2012, we had Chen Hong's Shell team against East Coast regulars. .... Likewise, the game was not recorded for those on Glenn's team, apart from Glenn himself. In future, whether a potential team match is scheduled under OPSAGE or under GIFFA-Defined Games will turn on amongst other things (1) how it came about, (2) who proposes it, (3) which set of players it is intended to benefit, and (4) whether it was proposed more or less than 5 days before the game. The report thread will be under the same category. |
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Post by Rajiv on May 4, 2013 22:32:14 GMT 8
Since Babs first brought beers for post-game drinks for the Saturday game at The Grandstand a year ago, on 12 May 2012, he has been organizing/co-ordinating a beer sponsor for the Saturday games, and keeping track of the same. I created a thread on the Proposal/Details board under the OPSAGE category, first entitled "Saturday Beer Club", giving some background, and adding: .... Two considerations: * There are the odd casual players who "freeload", ie, play once in a while, get a beer, but don't get round to taking a turn. * There are players who don't drink beer, or don't want a beer after the game. I wouldn't want to deter either of the above category of players from putting their name down for the Saturday game. At the same time, I wouldn't want those who take turns to bring beer to feel there are other players who regularly "freeload". A solution would be to have a Saturday Beer Club. Players who want to participate in the rounds of beer each week can put their names down below. They can then take turns, bringing enough beer for "members", and perhaps a few spare for friends or to tempt non-members to sign up. It also allows those who are injured or not playing to turn up to have a beer. Those interested, add your name below! Later: .... Babs, at some stage, you should limit the beers and the beer sponsors to those who sign up here. So far: Brendan Babs Rainer Rockstar Jye Arijit Add your name in the same way you add your name for a game. Also, you have to take into account that not everyone plays everyone week. Apart from Rockstar, Fred was out injured for several weeks. And you and Brendan have been away on holiday at various times. It will have to boil down to how frequently each person has a turn, based on how often they turn up (whether to play or watch). You might need to take attendance separately for the beer club! And even later: .... On the WhatsApp group chat, Foo Cheong and Sushil opted out of having beer after the game. Babs' response: With effect from this month, I will move posts concerning beer sponsors from the schedule thread to this post under OPSAGE, to be re-named again as "Post-Game Drinks". This will reduce the likelihood of the thread running into 2 pages, and hopefully, provide a more convenient way for Babs to manage his beer sponsors. Some other observations: .... I suppose Babs is sort of the founder. And he's been doing most of the monitoring and rostering. And you can call it anything you like - Babs' Beer Buds? .... There's nothing to stop anyone from co-ordinating pre or post-game drinks for any of our games. .... |
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Post by Rajiv on May 18, 2013 17:58:36 GMT 8
Hur Yuin messaged me as follows earlier today: Last year: .... ..., they won 7-0. I believe it was their first victory in a while. The regular Sunday games might have helped.  .... Anyway, the women's Sunday game will resume next weekend. |
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Post by Rajiv on May 27, 2013 9:50:17 GMT 8
With the long weekend, the women's game resumed yesterday (Sunday), 6 to 7 pm, at The Grandstand, on a small pitch. |
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Post by Rajiv on Jun 30, 2013 18:05:38 GMT 8
No Sunday women's games on 2, 9, 16 and 23 June 2013 due to the school holidays. The Sunday women's game resumed today - with the usual 6 to 7 pm game on a big pitch at The Grandstand (3). |
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Post by Rajiv on Aug 25, 2013 22:36:05 GMT 8
Sunday women's games in July 2013:
* 7 July 2013, on a big pitch (6).
* 14 July 2013, on a big pitch (9).
* 21 July 2013, on a small pitch (-).
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Post by Rajiv on Aug 25, 2013 22:37:43 GMT 8
Sunday women's games in August 2013:
* 4 August 2013, on a small pitch (-).
* 25 August 2013, on a big pitch (12).
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Post by Rajiv on Oct 17, 2013 8:49:59 GMT 8
Sunday women's games in September 2013:
* 1 September 2013, on a small pitch (-).
* 29 September 2013, on a small pitch (-).
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Post by Rajiv on Nov 13, 2013 14:32:45 GMT 8
Only one Sunday women's games in October 2013 - on 11 October 2013, on a big pitch (12).
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Post by Rajiv on Jan 2, 2014 22:18:39 GMT 8
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Post by Rajiv on Jan 15, 2014 7:08:22 GMT 8
.... * I have re-named the Proposals/Details" board under the "OPSAGE" category as "OPSAGE". I have moved all threads from the "Post-Event Reports & Comments" board to the "OPSAGE" board. I have moved the "Women's & All-Comers/Mixed Games Archive" as a sub-board to the "Post-Event Reports & Comments" board to a sub-board of the "OPSAGE" board. I have deleted the "Post-Event Reports & Comments" board. I have moved the "OPSAGE" board from the "OPSAGE" category to the "General" category. I have deleted the "OPSAGE" category. .... .... To allow players to get to know each other better, even if they don't regularly play in the same games, I'm going to try a weekend WhatsApp group chat for anyone who is interested in chatting about the football on TV or other sporting action each weekend. I will put up a thread on the "OPSAGE" board each Wednesday for players to sign up for that weekend. I will start in the new year. .... I put up a thread on the OPSAGE board for the weekend of 4/5 January 2014, but I didn't do anything to promote it, and with no posts and just 19 page views, it fell flat. I didn't put up a thread for the weekend of 11/12 January 2014. I've deleted the thread for 4/5 January 2014 and will put up a thread for 18/19 January 2014. It may take a while to get going. |
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Post by Rajiv on Mar 1, 2014 9:19:55 GMT 8
.... ..., as the "Women's & all-comers' game" thread has more page views (51 posts 819 page views) compared to the "OPSAGE" thread (25 posts, 588 page views), it makes more sense to merge the "OPSAGE thread" with this, "Women's & all-comers' game" thread (51 posts, 819 page views), and re-named it "OPSAGE, women's & all-comers' games". .... Done. Previously: .... ..., everyone should see [an all-comers' game] as just an opportunity to have an extra game which will be more social and less competitive. I haven't really tried to get it going so far (that is, on each occasion, I didn't SMS anyone, which is what is needed to get a new game going). When I do try again, I'll probably try a little harder. Before I extended the concept to include family under the age of 18, I referred to the all-comers' games as "mixed games". .... .... .... It is also for stronger players looking for a less competitive game, or for any player who has female friends who want to play as well. I'm not going to label any individual player who plays in a mixed game as stronger or weaker. More so than our regular games, which have become increasingly competitive and tactical, a mixed game will primarily be about fitness and fun. I think an all-comers game played at our regular venues requires too much co-ordination for not much benefit. A more social all-comers kick-about from time to time on a Saturday or Sunday morning might work better. I am thinking of having it on an open public field, so it should be free. Under the "Basic Standard" appendix to the "GIFFA System" thread, I have added: Apart from looking to add a couple of games to our regular schedule, I am also considering the following for this year:
- An 11-a-side match. We had six 11-a-side games in 2008 and 2009, the last of which was in June 2009. We could have two elected team selectors choosing their teams from a pool of players, as we do for our regular games.
- GIFFA tops, in white, red and perhaps black. Previously, in 2009, under the old blog, Gilbert arranged FIOFAFI jerseys in white, red and black. As I am more protective of the "GIFFA" name, this time round, I will do it myself.
Also, from the post above: .... .... To allow players to get to know each other better, even if they don't regularly play in the same games, I'm going to try a weekend WhatsApp group chat for anyone who is interested in chatting about the football on TV or other sporting action each weekend. I will put up a thread on the "OPSAGE" board each Wednesday for players to sign up for that weekend. I will start in the new year. .... I put up a thread on the OPSAGE board for the weekend of 4/5 January 2014, but I didn't do anything to promote it, and with no posts and just 19 page views, it fell flat. I didn't put up a thread for the weekend of 11/12 January 2014. I've deleted the thread for 4/5 January 2014 and will put up a thread for 18/19 January 2014. It may take a while to get going. I still haven't gotten round to promoting the Weekend WhatsApp Group chat, and it still hasn't gotten going. I will remove the date from the thread on the OPSAGE board, and just add a weekly reminder on that thread. If at least one of the above gets off the ground this year, I will be pleased.  |
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Post by Rajiv on Jul 5, 2014 9:02:02 GMT 8
From the "Reports, polls & chat" board: ..., from "The social dimension, and fun" thread: .... If, from April to September 2014, there are at least 10 players validly predicting at least 5 games each, there will be a prize for the highest placed user who has validly predicted at least 5 games. Although strictly speaking, the predictions and the prediction table are not part of the "GIFFA System", and more "OPSAGE", I will maintain the prediction table on the "Weekly Round Ups & Team Selector Table" board. For now, the thread for discussing predictions and the prediction table will be this "The social dimension, and fun" thread. .... .... For the first week of this month, I was trying to put up each predictions & report thread immediately after the poll closed, or where I suggested line ups, after the line ups were finalised, quoting extensively from "The social dimension, and fun" and this thread, and adding a quote from the schedule thread as to the team selectors/captains or line ups where I suggested them, and ending with: I also added a link in the schedule thread to the predictions & report thread, explaining that with the new style, it was up early. It was unwieldy and not consistently applied. From now on, the predictions & report thread will be put up when the poll closes, or, when I suggest line ups, when the line ups are finalised, stating as follows:
This was put into effect for the game last night (Wednesday night at Balestier Road). The post will be quoted back on the schedule thread, so that users can follow the link. And from the Overview thread on the "Weekly Round Ups, Tables & Game Records" board: .... Each report thread also allows for pre-game predictions. There will be a separate prediction table updated on a spreadsheet on Google Docs. Points are awarded as follows: - 4 points for correctly predicting the result and the exact scoreline.
- 3 points for correctly predicting the margin or being one goal off from the correct scoreline.
- 2 points for correctly predicting the result, but the wrong scoreline.
- 1 point for participating.
Only the last prediction by registered users not playing in that game made on either the schedule thread or the report thread for that game before the game starts will be included. Players will be listed by the Average Adjusted Points, which is: The prediction table will be maintained for the same periods of time as the team selector/captain table. At the end of a season, provided that there are at least 10 users who have made at least 5 predictions each, the highest placed player in the table who has at least 5 results included will win a prize. .... Apart from a player trying to predict the result of games in which he was playing (Rockstar, on 19 April 2014, and on 10 May 2014), so far, there have only been a couple of attempts by non-players to predict the result (Rockstar, on 26 April 2014, and Jeremiah, on 26 June 2014). It is currently more work than it is worth. I will abandon the prediction table for the rest of this GIFFA season (up to 30 September 2014). Players can continue to try to predict results, either on the schedule thread or the report thread (wherever the line ups appear), but that would be just for fun. |
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Post by Rajiv on Apr 5, 2015 12:48:14 GMT 8
There were no special events in 2014 to mark GIFFA's 5th anniversary. Perhaps the 10th anniversary, in 2019. Or the 10th anniversary of the FIFFA blog in 2017. On a separate note, from a thread on the "Introductions, Requests & Chat" board: Jan organized an 11-a-side game last Monday on The Float. The pool of players consisted of about 90% Giffa players. We had the pitch from 7-9pm and played full 90min split into two 45min halfes with a referee. It was a great experience that i recommend for everybody with a chance to play on that site. Very memorable to play in the middle of the financial district on a full size pitch. And it was tremendous value at sgd 28 each. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1_singapore_flyer_view_2012.jpgI have also tidied up the following in the first post on the "Forum Overview" thread: .... GENERALAny registered user can propose or organize other projects, sport, activities, games or events under the "OPSAGE" board under the "General" category. There is also an "Introductions, Requests & Chat" board under the "General" category, where anything can be brought up or discussed. New players and guests can introduce themselves or make other requests on the board. The "Stand-Alone Polls" board under the "General" category is for polls on matters relating to our games. .... It was previously one paragraph, which I have divided into three. I have also changed the header from "OPSAGE" to "General". I have also replaced "approved players" with "registered users" in the description of the "OPSAGE" board, so that it now reads: As set out on the "OPSAGE" page of the old blog: After somewhat of a hiatus, Babsy's Saturday Beer Buds is back in business. When one of Kelvin Neo's friends pulled out of the game at SBSA on Tuesday, 24 March 2015, he said he had a female friend who could replace him. I explained to him: I now refer to "mixed" games as "all-comers games", as age restrictions and basic standard requirements are also reduced or removed. The discussion on 24 March 2015 continued as follows: - Kelvin: Haha alright. She trains with the national team btw. But got some injury so became less competitive.
- Me: I know there are some good female players.
I will try an all-comers game again at some stage in the future. There were two sub-boards under the "OPSAGE" board:   As there is no longer any reason to keep them as sub-boards, I have moved all the threads from the two sub-boards into the main board, and deleted the sub-boards. |
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 5, 2017 12:12:07 GMT 8
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