It is
my job to give you a brief overall view of how the League season has
progressed.
First
of all a huge thank you to all the members of the league committee who have
given of their time – voluntarily – to keep the league running smoothly. I
don’t think anyone who has not been involved with the League realises how much
time, for example, Divisional secretaries spend, checking team sheets, making
phone calls, and even sending out fine sheets. Although this season, there were
not many of those. Any query, complaint
etc. is discussed at length and any decision made has not been arrived at
without a great deal of debate and deliberation. However, this season we have
spent an inordinate amount of time having to deal with issues because some
clubs have been unwilling to accept our decisions.
This
season we went online and I have to thank Nicky Grey for imputing the results
to Fixtures Live. We have had many
favourable comments from clubs about this system and so we are proposing to come
completely in line with the Mens’ League next season and
ask clubs to phone their results directly to Fixtures Live. Nicky will be
responsible for implementing the new procedures.
A very
exciting season was had by many divisions – going right to the last game to
find the winners and runners up. There was the other extreme – in Div 1
Macclesfield were unbeaten although they also had a nail biting final game
against
The
Colts League was not a success – we had 3 divisions, only one of whom completed
their games. We propose to continue with the Colts for at least one more season
and then review whether we should continue or not.
We
already have several applications from new teams to join our league next season
which will mean another division. We continue to be probably the most
successful league in the