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    Summer league starts Weds 13th May - Frozen!

    Looks like we got there. Hopefully you'll be able to book the courts you need.

    One question came up which I'll remind you of here and that is that the large clubs with lots of teams have been 're-lettered' so that the teams are in the right order. That way players can be drawn up and down as usual. The clubs may need to agree which squad is playing for which team and that might mean a change of team letter from the squad's perspective. If you want any help mapping which team went where then please let me know.

    Replies to [email protected] please.

    Cheers,

      Richard.

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    I'm going to name and shame Colston for waiting til now to tell me they don't have courts over summer so I've had to reshuffle a second time today to get to what has to be the final set of fixtures.

    It just about fits. Weston C are in, we have 270 fixtures and the teams are reasonably competitive within the divisions. I can't do much about the distances I'm afraid so one or two teams will have some driving to do.

    I need to freeze now so the courts can be booked. It really should be OK as I've just abount managed to meet all the club requirements so any problems will have to be sorted out as a one-off. Or ignored.

    Please get back to me asap if you spot something crazy. I'll send a final message out once the league is finally frozen tonight.

    Cheers,

      Richard.

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    Not quite there yet... Redwood Pheonix have concluded that they can't commit to the whole league and withdrawn. Better at the start than half way through so thanks to them for letting me know.

    This therefore allows Weston C to join the leagues but it'll require a shuffle from Div 1A all the way to Div 4B. I'll do my best to do that during the day and re-run the fixtures again. It looks like we're already tight on courts and I've had to add some randomisation into the code so I can then try a few times until it all fits. Yes, it's that tightt! And that's why there are some matches on a Thursday.

    Please look out for an update later. I know the court booking clock is ticking - I'm doing my best.

    Cheers,

      Richard.

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    OK. The issue was that there weren't enough dates for all 270 fixtures and I hadn't spotted that. That old chestnut again. I've had to add an extra week (so some fixtures are now on 22nd July) and swap a couple of teams around (Lansdown D and Redwood Phoenix B). Now it fits and we have a full set of fixtures!

    Only doubt now is that Redwood Phoenix A are wavering and in the light of being able to let Weston C join in I'm holding off for confirmation tonight. If that happens, there will be a lot of shuffling (up) from division 1 down so we're not there yet.

    I think I have all the club constraints coded in now (all 17 of them) so if the dates on the system at the moment work for you then they'll probably be OK even after a possible re-shuffle.

    Final dates should be posted at the end of the day (today).

      Richard

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    Odd dates alert - sorry. Something went wrong and some bad dates have snuck in. I'll have to fix them and re-publish. Aggh.

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    I have taken into account the many requests I have received about when teams can or cannot play including working around half term as best I can and have a first pass set of fixtures for the summer league.

    Please have a look through asap and let me know if there's a problem for you.

    The fixtures run from Weds 13th May through to Thurs 16th July.

    We have 9 full divisions and one team (Weston) who we can't add because we're full so, if you're one of those big clubs with lots of teams, please make sure you can put out all those teams sustainably for the whole league.

    If you think you might struggle then please pull out one of your teams and allow Weston to take your place. They have enough players for 4 teams but only 2 in the league.

    I'd like to freeze the fixtures end of today if at all possible because some clubs need to give 2 weeks notice to book their courts.

    Thanks,

      Richard ([email protected])

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    Based on what happened last summer and what captains have asked for in the way of teams this summer, I have done the tables. Please check through asap and let me know if you see anything crazy.

    I've re-ordered teams within clubs so 'A' is above 'B' (for instance) in the tables. It doesn't make sense for teams to be in the wrong order. It also makes it impossible to draw up or down from adjacent teams. So, if your club is one of these, please arrange your players within the teams appropriatey.

    I've tried to separate teams from the same clubs as I'm sure you all play each other enough anyway and I've moved a few teams around (within 1x, 2x, 3x and 4x) to even things up a bit standardwise. It's becoming quite hard to avoid the A divisions being a little better than the B divisions but with the rearranging I've just mentioned the teams within those divisions should all get decent games. There shouldn't be any superstars or fodder so to speak... I've not been able to do much about northern teams not playing southern teams though I did bear it in mind.

    I've had to do a run-through the fixture generator just to get the tables listed but please ignore the dates. If these tables look good, I'll do a proper run through of the fixtures attempting to take account of the requests I received.

    Thanks,

      [email protected]