2014 Capital cancellations and trainwrecks

The definitive thread for changes.  Cancellations already opening week.

Opening weekend

Unfortunately with the drought conditions and then the rain over the last few days, the Councils have imposed heavy restrictions and closed some grounds for this weekend.

With midseason promotion/relegation, Capital’s 11-14 need to all finish at the same time.

Given these circumstances, we are going to do as mentioned in earlier emails, and stagger the start of the season. At this stage this means Capital 11-14 will have their first game next weekend, 13 April.

Within the constraints of the make-up of the competition, we factor in 4 weeks of cancellations in a season, so these divisions will still get their 18 matches by the end of the season.

We have had some changes to the divisions, with some teams entering and withdrawing this week.  I have attached the new leagues showing what teams are now in what divisions.

Note, Capital 15 is now an 11 team league (10 games over 11 weeks) so there is a need to find an additional 2 playing days one of which will be ANZAC day (Thursday 25th April).

Probably pay to check the draw to see where you have been moved to.

Capital AND Mainland train wreck. 

Sounds like we can raise your drought with our earthquake. Rumour has it all junior footy for SEASON OPENING DAY about to be cancelled due to Chch city council not marking the grounds! 

Have to feel for Capital Football, nothing they can do about the drought and then when the rain inevitably comes the fields will be mud baths very very quickly. Going to be a tough season for Jamie me thinks!

Although with more and more artificial pitches the strain on grass fields will be reduced. I think they need to maximize usage of the various turfs around Wellington even more - even though this may mean crappy kick off times.

Last year we played a number of games on the turf and if I remember correctly were only cancelled one - a very good season.

Let's pray for much of the same (NB - this doesn't refer to my team's results though!!)

 There are a few sides who could play a 3:00 am at Wakefield.  Cab there straight from Electric Ave.

 Just a relocation to the turf.  Alternately could just play upstairs at the Ave.

See which team can 'score' the most?

Great if YOUR club has a turf....ones who don't contunie to struggle to members back to to there clubs for the after match....

On the otherhand, would your members go to your clubrooms if their game was cancelled?

 The Nighthawks have ben known to.

 Would say you guys would be few and far between.

I only ever went to the clubrooms after we'd played, but then I did live in the southern subrbs and played for Karori. That may change now that I live just across the road from the club.

Anyone getting blank pages for the capital football website (fixtures particularly)?

I was up until today, the fixtures etc since sporting pulse took over has been abysmal - not that the original cap footy website was much better

Seems to be going ok. They have this weeks and next weeks on it now

Yeah liking the fixtures being up over a week in advance. Good for my work if that keeps up. 

Been looking for the junior draw - empty page for the week and just before a completely blank page (i.e. nothing at all).  Now it's back to just being empty.

No ref for us in Cap 4 This week.

No ref for us in Capital four on the weekend, yet Central league game immediately afterward with Ref Two AR and an assessor. 

Wonder why an AR could not do the job then do the line in a Central League match? I suppose there is a risk of them pulling a muscle or something but realistically how often does that happen. 

Despite the apparent shortage of Refs, have not seen Cap Football push to gain more with notices on Website, Emails to clubs etc.

And when you consider the amount of shit refs get, who would want to be one. No thanks

There is irony in that people complain when they don't get them and when they do, they bag the shit out of them.

Yeah, but they should only be acknowledged and supported if they have made every decision in the entire game correct.  If any official makes any decision incorrectly, players should be able to abuse them all they like, and any fines they get paid for by Yellow Fever

Yep

shut it

More money into refs --> better refs --> better games --> LESS cards. If you have a referee that is performing well and getting all the fouls he is, managing the players in the right manner, in theory, you will have less cards. Time wasting and dissent gets managed better, players that are borderline get pulled out earlier as they are recognised. You will still have them but then I guess you are looking more at the stuff dumb players do rather than incompetent refs could have prevented. Either way I would ask you if you chucked an inexperience ref on a high level game, vs an experienced ref on that same game, I would bet 9/10 times the experienced guy has less cards.

In the end referee = paid out by everyone. That's what should stop.

I watched the Birkenhead ECB game in the weekend and I watched the ECB players and coach all whinge at the ref for not giving a penalty AGAINST their team. You would think anyone would be delighted but not these chaps. We stood on the bank and laughed because I don't think we have ever seen anything like it in our lives. That was some funny shit. Incidentally, they lost 2-1 and spent 90mins kicking everything, whinging and then blaming the ref for the loss.

There are a number of referees who do choose to do more than one game a weekend. Others have can't physically handle that or have other things they want to do with their time. 

And I have to agree that better referees should result in fewer cards - in my experience if I don't give a card out when I should early in a game, it results in 2 or more that I can't avoid later in the game.

But that's classic frustration. Let the game go to a point where the players get pissed off and sort it themselves. 

Enough ref talk. This is about cancellations, which I'm guessing there have been none of? 

Pretty average - if not crappy - weather for the last few days.

Now we sit and wait...

Expecting the 'hawks to get canned as we played opening week so if they pull some we're in the firing line.  Although the cloud has lifted out there.

Status

Friday - 3 May 2013

 All grounds are closed except for Nairnville, Te Whaea, Wakefield and Wellington College Artificial Turf.

Saturday/ Sunday 4 and 5 May 2013

 For an update of the weekend status please telephone (04) 801 4134 or contact your sporting club or code.

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