Regardless of whether you are playing Winter League or not, if there is anyone on email at work this morning, please can you give your thoughts on the Winter League format:

Alternatives suggested to my previous system (2 divisions split over 2 days each; promotion between rounds; points awarded after weeks 2 and 4 for overall standings. Original points mean that anyone in division 2 couldn't win overall)

A) Keep divisions, promotion and schedule fundamentally the same, but the final standings will be based purely on where teams finish after week 4. Would hopefully mean more games against similar teams. Schedule and fixtures remain largely unchanged.

B) Change schedule to a 14 team single round robin event over the 4 weeks. Teams get 13 games each over the course of the event. Might mean some mismatches, might not. Means that you have a definitive league winner. This will result in a total re-write of the schedule.

C) Another format. (Note that we have 4 pitches for 6 hours a day for 4 days. That means at each event you can fit in 24 x 50min games, 20 x 60min games, 16 x 75 min games, 12 x 105 min games)

Please offer your opinions, as I would quite like to run a league that people enjoy playing in, rather than there being constant problems with the format.

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Andrew Godber
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