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Post by Rajiv on May 13, 2011 10:01:43 GMT 8
.... For next week, I have been thinking of switching the regular Tuesday night game at Sports Planet to Wednesday night (as a one-off), but no pitch is available at Sports Planet on Wednesday from 9 to 10 pm, so I've not sure whether to have the usual Tuesday night game from 9 to 10 pm at Sports Planet (thus having 2 games next Tuesday), or just skip it for a week. I have scheduled next Tuesday's game at Khalsa from 6 to 7 pm. .... I can't get Sports Planet on Wednesday or Thursday night, so I am still thinking about having the Tuesday game at Sports Planet from 9 to 10 pm as usual, and having the Khalsa game as an additional game. The main concern is whether we have enough players for 2 games on the same day. As it is a public holiday, I would like to have a game at an earlier time slot, similar to Saturdays and Sundays. I think it might be too much to arrange two 7-a-side games on the same day. Also, there is currently interest from new players in playing 7-a-side at Khalsa. I'll schedule a game at Khalsa on Wednesday from 9 to 10 pm as usual and see how that goes. If it is very slow to fill up, the game could be switched back to Tuesday night at Sports Planet, switched to Sports Planet on Wednesday night itself (if a pitch becomes available), or cancelled. |
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Post by Rajiv on May 18, 2011 8:51:33 GMT 8
.... Several players seem to have taken Monday off to give themselves 4 day weekend, and others are either spending time with the family or are working. .... Both the Monday and Tuesday games were cancelled. |
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Post by Rajiv on May 29, 2011 13:27:42 GMT 8
There is no pitch is available at Premier Pitch @ Turf City before 6 pm next Sunday due to a day long event. The 6 to 7 pm booking is for the women's game. I will schedule a game at the Premier Pitch @ Khalsa instead for the usual 5 to 6 pm time slot. I do not have bookings at The Cage for Monday nights from 13 June 2011 to 11 July 2011 (5 weeks). The person I had been dealing with left The Cage, and didn't put my bookings in before he left. So Monday, 5 June 2011, will be the last Monday night game at The Cage until 18 July 2011. In any event, the games on 16, 23 and 30 May 2011 have been cancelled due to insufficient numbers. |
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Post by Rajiv on May 29, 2011 16:23:42 GMT 8
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Post by Rajiv on May 30, 2011 9:58:25 GMT 8
Prepayment has been introduced for the regular Saturday game at Turf City. The game will be designated as 7 or 8-a-side based on the state of the voting as at 9 am on Monday morning (before the schedule thread for the weekend's Saturday game is put up. For those who prepay: * Game designated as 8-a-side - $11.50 per player. The price is the same even if there are only enough players for a 7-a-side on the big pitch. * Game designated as 7-a-side - $13.50 per player. The price is the same even if there are only enough players for a 6-a-side on the big pitch. For those who don't prepay, I will round it up to $12 or $14 respectively, as the case may be. The state of the voting at 9 am this morning was 5:4 in favour of 8-a-side (see attached), so this Saturday's game will be designated as an 8-a-side. The introduction of prepayment for the regular Sunday game at Turf City is postponed to July 2011. However: No pitch is available at Premier Pitch @ Turf City before 6 pm next Sunday due to a day long event. The 6 to 7 pm booking is for the women's game. I will schedule a game at the Premier Pitch @ Khalsa instead for the usual 5 to 6 pm time slot. .... As all games at Khalsa are prepaid, as a one-off, this Sunday's game will be prepaid. .... As players are reluctant to play in an extra game due to the lack of a "track record", in future, I may incentivise extra 7-a-side games at the Premier Pitch @ Khalsa by setting the price at $8 per player. For the month of June 2011, it will be $8 per player for those who prepay for a game at Khalsa, regardless of whether it is a regular or an extra game. Attachments:
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Post by Rajiv on Jun 6, 2011 10:12:08 GMT 8
.... The game will be designated as 7 or 8-a-side based on the state of the voting as at 9 am on Monday morning (before the schedule thread for the weekend's Saturday game is put up. .... .... The state of the voting at 9 am this morning was 5:4 in favour of 8-a-side (see attached), so this Saturday's game will be designated as an 8-a-side. .... No change in the voting (see attachment), so this Saturday's game will again be designated as 8-a-side. Attachments:
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Post by Rajiv on Jun 6, 2011 10:40:30 GMT 8
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Post by Rajiv on Jun 8, 2011 10:41:57 GMT 8
.... I do not have bookings at The Cage for Monday nights from 13 June 2011 to 11 July 2011 (5 weeks). The person I had been dealing with left The Cage, and didn't put my bookings in before he left. So Monday, 5 June 2011, will be the last Monday night game at The Cage until 18 July 2011. In any event, the games on 16, 23 and 30 May 2011 have been cancelled due to insufficient numbers. I have got bookings at The Cage from 9 to 10 pm on Wednesday, 22 June 2011 and Wednesday, 6 July 2011. So that those who prefer playing at The Cage, or in the east but can't make Sports Planet on Tuesday or can't get in quickly enough for the Tuesday game (which usually fills up quickly), I'll schedule games for those slots so that they can still get a couple of games during those 5 weeks. I will decide later whether to have the two games in addition or in place of the regular Wednesday night game at Khalsa. |
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Post by Rajiv on Jun 13, 2011 9:01:29 GMT 8
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Post by Rajiv on Jun 14, 2011 19:07:37 GMT 8
.... I do not have bookings at The Cage for Monday nights from 13 June 2011 to 11 July 2011 (5 weeks). The person I had been dealing with left The Cage, and didn't put my bookings in before he left. So Monday, 5 June 2011, will be the last Monday night game at The Cage until 18 July 2011. In any event, the games on 16, 23 and 30 May 2011 have been cancelled due to insufficient numbers. I have got bookings at The Cage from 9 to 10 pm on Wednesday, 22 June 2011 and Wednesday, 6 July 2011. So that those who prefer playing at The Cage, or in the east but can't make Sports Planet on Tuesday or can't get in quickly enough for the Tuesday game (which usually fills up quickly), I'll schedule games for those slots so that they can still get a couple of games during those 5 weeks. I will decide later whether to have the two games in addition or in place of the regular Wednesday night game at Khalsa. For this Wednesday (15 June 2011): A lot of people away, so I don't see us getting enough players for this game. Also, still a lot of places left for Thursday. .... Game cancelled. Also, we only had 12 players the week before (8 June 2011). I'll switch the game next Wednesday (22 June 2011) to The Cage. |
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Post by Rajiv on Jun 23, 2011 9:16:51 GMT 8
Last night's game was at The Cage. I believe there are enough players around to resume the regular Wednesday night game at the Premier Pitch @ Khalsa next week.
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Post by Rajiv on Jul 20, 2011 11:47:33 GMT 8
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Post by Rajiv on Aug 21, 2011 15:31:42 GMT 8
.... I'll put up two separate hours next Sunday as well - 4 to 5 pm and 5 to 6 pm - both at Turf City. .... I'll do the same this Sunday, and continue for as long as we have the numbers. |
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Post by Rajiv on Aug 26, 2011 11:33:25 GMT 8
The three weeknight 7-a-side games (Tuesday to Thursday) have been filling up on the message board, with a few reserves for each game (although with withdrawals, most of the reserves have gotten to play). However, I think there are a lot more who would play if they had the chance. .... .... I have been able to get a 9 to 10 pm slot at Sports Planet for Thursday nights. Before the Thursday night game was moved to Khalsa, Sports Planet was our regular venue for Thursday nights. Kelvin Au is keen to get that started again and I believe he has been recruiting his colleagues for that purpose. I'll give it a try. We've had two games on the same night at two different venues before, even though it can get a bit complicated. I'll try it for a few weeks. The minimum we need is 24 (12 per game). However, if we do not have enough players for two games, it will be the Sports Planet game that will be cancelled. I don't want to cancel any Khalsa weeknight games as it's really hard to get a pitch. It's also cheaper than the pitch at Sports Planet. Two games worked out well last night. I'll schedule two games on Thursday nights regularly. |
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Post by Rajiv on Aug 31, 2011 9:25:32 GMT 8
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Post by Rajiv on Sept 29, 2011 11:59:08 GMT 8
We have two slots on Thursdays and Sundays. The regular slots are: * Mondays, 9 to 10 pm, The Cage ( 5-a-side, will go ahead 4-a-side if short of players) * Tuesdays, 9 to 10 pm, Sports Planet (7-a-side, will go ahead 6-a-side if short of players) * Wednesdays, 9 to 10 pm, Premier Pitch @ Khalsa (7-a-side, will go ahead 6-a-side if short of players) * Thursdays, 9 to 10 pm, Premier Pitch @ Khalsa (7-a-side, will go ahead 6-a-side if short of players) * Thursdays, 9 to 10 pm, Sports Planet (7-a-side, will go ahead 6-a-side if short of players) * Saturdays, 5 to 6 pm, Premier Pitch @ Turf City (8-a-side, will go ahead 7-a-side if short of players) * Sundays, 4 to 5 pm, Premier Pitch @ Turf City (8-a-side, will go ahead 7-a-side if short of players) * Sundays, 5 to 6 pm, Premier Pitch @ Turf City (8-a-side, will go ahead 7-a-side if short of players) The 4 to 5 pm slot on Sundays may be used for challenge matches. I'm also in reserve for an 8 to 9 pm slot on Wednesdays and Thursdays at Khalsa, to be used for a challenge match should a slot become available. As for price: .... * Monday night at The Cage - $10 per player. * Tuesday night at Sports Planet - $10 per player. * Wednesday night at Khalsa - $10 per player. * Thursday night at Khalsa - $9 per player. * Thursday night at Sports Planet - $9 per player. * Saturday evening at Turf City - $12 per player. * 2 games on Sunday afternoon/evening at Turf City - $11 per player. Another way to rationalise the pricing is that for games at The Cage, Sports Planet and Khalsa, it will ordinarily be $10 per player while for games at Turf City, it will ordinarily be $12 per player. However, on days where there are two games, $1 will be knocked off the price. Further, for Turf City, due to the manner in which the Premier Pitch price the pitch, this will only apply where the two games are back to back. .... .... However, as we approach the end of the year, numbers tend to fall away, so if I have difficulty filling up two games on Thursdays or Sundays, the newer game will be scrapped for a period of time, that is, the Sports Planet game on Thursdays and the 4 to 5 pm game on Sundays. The price for the remaining game will revert to the full price. Conversely, two additional games under consideration for the fourth quarter: * Mixed game on Saturdays, 6 to 7 pm, at the Premier Pitch @ Turf City (5 or 6-a-side). I'll try to get it going from October 2011. * 5-a-side game on Wednesdays, 9 to 10 pm, The Cage, available from the end of November 2011. There is currently a regular women's game from 6 to 7 pm on Sundays at Turf City. It is scheduled on the big pitch, but if there are insufficient players, it is switched to a small pitch. I've archived the following: * Schedule & Prepayment: 2nd % 3rd Quarters 2011* Update on prepaymentThe matters covered by this post can be discussed under the following threads on the QSDI board: * Extra games on weeknights* Extra games at the weekend* Challenge matches* Mixed games* Price & payment |
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Post by Rajiv on Oct 5, 2011 18:07:43 GMT 8
If by Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, there does not appear to be enough players for two games on Thursday, I will cancel the Sports Planet game and consolidate numbers for the Khalsa game, as I have done this week. For the two slots on Sunday: .... ..., if the 5 to 6 pm slot fills up quickly, I will try to arrange a modified challenge match for the 4 to 5 pm slot: * Any two players down for the 5 to 6 pm game keen on a more challenging match can pick their teams from the pool available for the 5 to 6 pm game (subject to the player's availability for the earlier time slot). * Any shortfall in players for the 4 to 5 pm game can be made up from other players (up to 3). .... If the 4 to 5 pm game goes ahead, anyone playing in the 4 to 5 pm game can only be in reserve for the 5 to 6 pm game. .... Therefore, theoretically, we could have up to 32 players putting their named sown for the 5 to 6 pm game, of whom 16 could be selected for the challenge match from 4 to 5 pm. If we are short of 32, the numbers could be made up from players outside the pool, or some players playing both games. Whether the 4 to 5 pm slot is used really depends how quickly the 5 to 6 pm slot fills up, and the total number of players available. On the other hand, if there are later a lot of withdrawals, the 4 to 5 pm game will be cancelled. |
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Post by Rajiv on Nov 14, 2011 17:43:26 GMT 8
Again for this Thursday, by Wednesday, the Sports Planet game at East Coast was full, while there were only three for the Khalsa game (with one who could switch over to East Coast). I'll put it this way - if by Wednesday, it looks like we don't have enough for two games on Thursday, unless the East Coast game has significantly more players, I will cancel the East Coast game and consolidate numbers for the Khalsa game. |
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Post by Rajiv on Nov 24, 2011 0:19:31 GMT 8
Both games tomorrow ( Khalsa and East Coast) cancelled, so for the first time in ages, we won't have a Thursday game. I expect numbers to drop as we approach the end of the year, so games will be cancelled if we are short of players. .... ..., additional games under consideration for the fourth quarter: .... * 5-a-side game on Wednesdays, 9 to 10 pm, The Cage, available from the end of November 2011. .... I've cancelled the bookings at The Cage for last night and next Wednesday. If numbers for Wednesday night at Khalsa don't hold up, I may switch the Wednesday night game to The Cage in December 2011. I won't try to run two games on a Wednesday night until sometime in the new year. |
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Post by Rajiv on Nov 28, 2011 9:43:00 GMT 8
Both games tomorrow ( Khalsa and East Coast) cancelled, so for the first time in ages, we won't have a Thursday game. .... On the other hand, we did manage two games at Turf City yesterday (Sunday), one from 4 to 5 pm and the other from 5 to 6 pm. As we had 4 reserves for the 5 to 6 pm slot by Thursday night, I opened up the 4 to 5 pm slot, and filled it by SMS. Even with several withdrawals after that, the places were filled up by others coming in, largely on the message board. We've now had two 4 to 5 pm games since July 2011. The first, on 21 August 2011, was scheduled as an extra game, and ended up as "Monday Boys versus the Rest". By September, I stopped trying to schedule an extra game every Sunday (whether 4 to 5 pm at Turf City or 6 to 7 pm Khalsa) as the numbers, even for the regular 5 to 6 pm game at Turf City, were not consistent enough. However, I have had a regular 4 to 5 pm booking every Sunday since October 2011. The booking is used either to accommodate a surge in numbers on Sunday, or, if two teams are available, for a team match. In 2010, we had two games on Sunday, one from 5 to 6 pm, and the other from 6 to 7 pm, both on the big pitch, on the following dates: * 25 July 2010, first, and second. * 29 August 2010, first, and second. * 5 September 2010, first, and second. We also had an extra game on a small pitch from 6 to 7 pm on Sunday, 21 August 2010, which had originally been scheduled as a mixed game, but we didn't get any female players. The 6 to 7 pm games were scheduled separately, but numbers dried up, and finally, the women took over the 6 to 7 pm slot. Accommodating a spillover might be easier with a later slot (6 to 7 pm) rather than an earlier slot (4 to 5 pm), but the extra slot that is available is 4 to 5 pm, so I'll leave it at that. The other consideration is whether I should schedule a 4 to 5 pm slot separately, and let numbers for the two slots fill up separately, rather than opening up the 4 to 5 pm only when the 5 to 6 pm slot fills up quickly, and there are several reserves. The numbers haven't been consistent enough for that, and if I open up two slots straightaway, and numbers are not enough for two games, I will have to collapse the two games into one. Then priority becomes a headache. I think yesterday worked out ok, and I will leave it like that until numbers for two games are more consistent. |
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