MPL Reserves League. This league has a bye each week with only 7 teams now in it.
Mainland had a prior draw out with 8 teams and no bye needed.
They have had the old chestnut from previous years of trying to fit all clubs reserve teams {MPL & CCL] into a league to suit all.
CCL Reserves have 5 teams and a bye.
What happened to Mainland coming out with we must have 8 team leagues?
There is a game between the two teams with the bye each week.
Western due to play Selwyn in the first of these games at the same time as the Western MPL team are at English Park v Nelson.
The previous draw had both leagues combined for the reserves but a few teams objected to this as it makes things a lot easier when reserve teams play before main teams at the same venue.
Having had to rush across the city to sit on the bench previous I can guarantee as a player I got to play longer for a reserve team when both were at the same place. It just makes logical sense