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    Mixed Spring fixtures frozen!

    Now we have the final OK from the uni teams and the ladies fixtures have worked around the Thursdays that were left we're looking good.

    There are a couple of requests for a change or two which the requesting captains will follow up on but, apart from that, please consider these fixtures FROZEN.

    Please go ahead and book your courts.

    Thanks for all the input (!) and help from Duncan. Another jigsaw puzzle completed!

    Cheers,

       Richard and Duncan.


     

    We've heard back from both uni teams and the generator has done its best despite having to work with around 40 sets of constraints! We are missing one fixture that Bath Uni will have to sort out themselves (against Chew Valley A) but, apart from that, the fixtures should be good.

    Please take one final look. We're so tight on availability we probably won't run them again en masse but if there is a problem let us know and we'll see if it's possible to sort out.

    We plan to freeze in the next day or so. Please get back to us ASAP if need be.

    Cheers,

      Richard and Duncan.


    Based on what we've heard back from the clubs/teams we've put a first pass set of fixtures together for the Spring League. Please have a look through and see if they how they look.

    Please note:

    • The promotion/relegation is based on two-up/two-down, one division movement.
    • We've lost two teams from Prem A and added three teams lower down. That allows us to have a general movement up so, at every division boundary we were able to make further adjustments - either an extra team or two went up or a team or two didn't go down. We decided each additional movement based on:
      • Team level - the goal was to have competitive divisions
      • Keeping teams from the same club apart
      • Keeping teams from opposite ends of the region apart to reduce travel
    • We've not heard back from Bath Uni at all and, given they are constrained by short terms, exams and BUCS matches there may need to be some adjustments when they finally get back to us. For now we've made some assumptions based on what Bristol Uni told us (and we've looked up the BUCS match dates).

    The main thing to check for now is that the fixtures are 'doable'. E.g. we haven't scheduled a home match on a Tuesday when you can't do that.

    The fixtures begin 11th Jan and go on til the end of March. Easter is later this year so there is a week or two in April we can expand into if need be but that doesn't work for the uni teams which is where the crunch is.

    Please reply ASAP so we know:

    • You've seen this update and looked at the fixtures
    • Any problems

    Final fixtures will be out later this week in order to give clubs enough notice to book courts.

    Cheers,

      Richard and Duncan.