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Winter League 2007-8
ENTRY
FORM &
Match Card
Message Sent By Philip Jenkins.
As some of you are aware by now, I am the new Hertfordshire Squash
Men's league organizer. It is coming up to that time of year again
when you have to decide “can I be bothered to enter a team this
year”. Well hopefully the answer to the question is a resounding
yes.
Attached you will find an entry form for your team, please can you
fill this in and reply back to this e-mail address. All I really
need is your commitment to run a team, an email address that you
use, along with your money, £50 per team this year.
The committee has decided to increase the costs from £30 to £50 per
team due to several factors, the main one being that we are trying
to get more advanced league software up and running and it costs
money. All entries must be returned by Thursday 30th August along
with payment. The planned start date for the league is the week
beginning 1st October.
Also, there is a requirement of affiliation to England Squash.
Please ensure that your clubs/players are affiliated to England
Squash. Non affiliated clubs/players will not be permitted to play
in any of the leagues.
CHANGES
We are trying to introduce a couple of changes to the way the league
is run that I would like to share with you, they are league software
and score cards.
We are in the process of buying new software to run the leagues
with, follow the link to see what it will be like
http://www.discoverysoftware.co.uk/NineNil.htm
. It should make life easier for both you and
me to keep information up to date.
As a team captain, you will have an account set up on the web site
to enable you to add your player details. It will be the captain’s
responsibility to make sure that player details are entered
correctly before the start of the season. I will be able to assist
with the administration if you are having difficulties, and as this
is something new I am sure that there will be a few hiccups along
the way, but please bear with us as the outcome should make things
easier for all.
Having a valid e-mail address for each of your players makes things
much easier for everyone, so if you can get details from your
players that would be a great help.
Standard Team orders apply and anyone playing 3 times for a team
commits them to that team. Please let me know if you need a full
listing of the rules.
Also, in placing all league information on-line I would like to try
to do away with the score cards as much as possible. (I have two
young children and a manic dog and all I can envisage with the cards
being delivered through my door everyday is that they get scribbled
on or torn up). I think that the score cards are a useful way to
remember the information on the night, but after that the
information should be transferred to the website by the captains.
Here is copy of a score card for you to use, I have also included it
as an attachment.
SUNDAY
LEAGUE
Also I am interested to know if any of you would like to run a
Sunday League of perhaps 10 teams. My thoughts are:
· 2/3 players per team,
· Games handicapped depending up winter league division and
structured on a division by division basis.
· Scoring would be American up to 15, point per shot, best of 5
games.
· Fewer restrictions than the standard winter leagues.
· Any member of the club would be able to play, provided that they
played in club order.
· Games to be played am or pm depending upon preference, say 10am or
4pm.
· No food commitments.
It would require a commitment from captain and club.
A 2 man team would take about 90 mins, a 3 man team about 2 hours.
My preference would be for a 2 man team with games / points per game
to decide the winner in the event of a 1:1. £20 entry per team if
the league is a 2 man team, £30 for 3 man.
Your thoughts please.
To make communication easier and consistent, please use this reply
address
hertssquash@btinternet.com rather than any other e-mail address
that you have for me.
If you know of anyone who is interested in running a team, please
forward this mail to them.
Regards
Philip Jenkins
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