Tuesday game & extra game

From the "Venues, pitches & team sizes" thread:

Jul 26, 2018 12:10:35 GMT 8 Rajiv said:

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The usual 5-a-side game on Tuesday night on Premier Pitch's covered pitch at the Grandstand was switched this week (24 July 2018) to Pitch E at Rainforest Sports Hub (also at the Grandstand), which is for 6-a-side, but is uncovered.

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As we are now at the end of July, going into August, let us try out Pitch E at Rainforest Sports Hub for a few weeks.  ....

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The Tuesday game has been on a 6-a-side pitch at Rainforest Sports Hub since then, and will continue until the end of September 2018.

The advantages are that we can accommodate 2 more players, and it is a good quality pitch. The disadvantage is that it is uncovered, and we risk games being cancelled when we get to the rainy season at the end of the year.

I have put up a poll to decide whether we continue on the uncovered pitch at Rainforest Sports Hub beyond September 2018.

The Tuesday night game has been filling up well since July 2018, with several players on waitlist. Unfortunately, it is the only day we cannot accommodate at least 14 players. Games on all other days are 7-a-side (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday) or 8-a-side (Saturday and Sunday). I cannot get a bigger pitch anywhere for 9 to 10 pm on Tuesdays. The remaining solution is to have an extra game on Friday night, the only day of the week on which we currently do not have a game. A 5-a-side covered pitch is available at Premier Pitch at Grandstand from 9 to 10 pm.

I will start with this Friday (7 September 2018).

We only had 2 names down for the game last Friday (7 Sep 2018), so it was cancelled. As there is some interest in a Friday night game, and all the other games are filling up well, I will continue to schedule a Friday night game until the end of November 2018. In any event, we already have 8 on waitlist for Tuesday night.

The alternatives to Friday nights for an extra game are Saturday mornings or Sunday nights.

From the schedule thread for the game this Friday night / Saturday morning:

Sept 9, 2018 18:00:23 GMT 8 Rajiv said:

From below:

Sept 13, 2018 17:44:45 GMT 8 Rajiv said:

No names down for Friday night.

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... from the "Tuesday / Friday game" thread:


As a pitch is available, I will try this Saturday, 10 to 11 am, 5-a-side, at Premier Pitch @ Khalsa. I will change the first post above accordingly.

Done.

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I have created new labels, "WE-M", for weekend mornings, and "SR(S)", for the 5-a-side pitch at Khalsa.

I have also changed the subject of this thread from "Tuesday / Friday night game" to "Tuesday game & extra game" to reflect its wider scope.

From the schedule thread for the game this Tuesday (9 October 2018):

Oct 9, 2018 19:46:01 GMT 8 Rajiv said:

Senthil was keen to switch to the covered pitch at the Premier Pitch due to the heavy rain this morning. If it has not been raining at the Grandstand since this morning, I think the water would largely have drained away by now, but we are in any event stuck on 11, so it makes sense to use the slightly smaller pitch at Grandstand. Sivaraj, Paul, Gerard, Oliver, Sushil and Akshay were ok with that. Paul also suggested 5 v 6, which Gerard agreed with. I haven't heard from the rest, but we'll go ahead with 5 v 6 on the covered pitch at the Premier Pitch @ Grandstand. I'll modify the first post accordingly.

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The poll is still in favour of sticking with Rainforest Sports Hub, so I will continue the Tuesday night game there.

Following on from the post above, although we got to 12 for the Tuesday games on 16 October 2018 and 23 October 2018, we were forced to switch to the 5-a-side covered pitch at the Premier Pitch @ Grandstand for the Tuesday game on 30 October 2018 as we could not get to 12.

The game last Tuesday (6 November 2018) was cancelled as we were stuck on 6 players. The game tomorrow is struggling to fill up, and we still need 1 more for 10. As we are not getting the numbers for a 6-a-side, and with the greater risk of rain towards the end of the year, I will switch the game back to the 5-a-side covered pitch at the Premier Pitch @ Grandstand at least until the end of the year.