Crap didn't realize Div 1 was a six team competition this year.
Yep, and that 6 contains Westerns 3rd team who are not eligible for promotion. Varsities and Parklands failed to enter Chatham Cup 
. Leave them there and put Cashmere, Waimak and FC2011 in the Premier League next year along with Richmond. 12 team league home and away (22 regular games) makes much more sense than 8 team 3 round League. Alternatively if Woolston and Cashmere merge, also Western/Nomads, that gives us a 10 team League. Either way a better set up than the current 8 team league. The 8 team league was established to improve playing standards, I have yet to see any improvement in the 5 years or so of this structure so who are Mainland kidding?
. Leave them there and put Cashmere, Waimak and FC2011 in the Premier League next year along with Richmond. 12 team league home and away (22 regular games) makes much more sense than 8 team 3 round League. Alternatively if Woolston and Cashmere merge, also Western/Nomads, that gives us a 10 team League. Either way a better set up than the current 8 team league. The 8 team league was established to improve playing standards, I have yet to see any improvement in the 5 years or so of this structure so who are Mainland kidding?Being a Varsity old boy, I can tell you they haven't bothered entering the Chatham cup for a long longggg time. For a club with so little cash flow (no bar, students! and lack of sponsorship), the 250 dollar entry fee just to get humped by a Mainland league team was deemed as a waste