This is up on the CF website...
They included the above photo, ironically, from an abandoned game!
On Sunday 31 May 2009 Capital Football chose to go ahead with the games as scheduled. Some of you may have been surprised considering the forecast temperatures. The decision was a marginal call as it would have been easy to have cancelled all games. However, the decision to play was based on the following:-
All four councils sports grounds were open. By far the most complaints Capital Football would get is when we cancel games and the grounds are open.
The condition of the grounds was actually pretty good. (erm Cobham?!)
All Sunday games (apart from one Champs Premier and one Women's Knock Out Cup game) the previous week were cancelled. Some women's teams if Capital Football had cancelled would have been on their third cancellation.
The forecast was for clearing and patchy (which was exactly the case, although this is somewhat of an understatement).
Those that did play experienced bouts of sunshine along with around every 20 minutes, a hail storm. 75% of the games got played. Of the 24 scheduled games, 5 were postponed due to weather and there was one default.
So congratulations to all those women and men, referees, coaches, managers and supporters who braved the cold. A particular mention to Women's Division 5 who played all their games.