NZ Football have announced the following 'corrections' in a Media Release to the ISPS Handa Chatham Cup Draw released yesterday:
- Mainland; the game between Central Pirates and Richmond AFC has been cancelled; both teams will have a bye in the Preliminary Round
- Mainland Football; Western AFC were entered into the ISPS Handa Chatham Cup twice, this has now been corrected
Corrected Mainland Draw is now:
ISPS Handa Chatham Cup 2017 – Preliminary Draw on 25 April or the weekend of 22 – 23 April (Home team first, dates and venues TBC)
Mainland Region:
FC Nelson v Wakefield FC
BYES
Mainland:
Nelson Suburbs, Cashmere Technical FC, FC Twenty 11, Coastal Spirit, Western AFC, Nomads United AFC, Ferrymead Boys, Universities, Halswell United AFC, Selwyn United FC, Waimak United, Christchurch United, Parklands United, Central Pirates, Richmond AFC
Media release also included -
Mainland; Bucklands Beach AFC have been included and have a bye in the Preliminary Round
but clearly Bucklands Beach AFC are in the Northern Region
Holy shark that is embarrassing. I felt bad when I got the tipping points wrong but this is actually someone's job. In fact, it must be more than one person's job as surely there would be someone checking what names are in the hat.
If this is how the national body run the game maybe we shouldn't be so hard on club administrators when they stuff up the registrations.
Vim there were also corrections in the Central / Capital region as well.