This season has seen so many postponements compared to last season. Obviously playing on grass instead of astro turf is the major reason for this, but we have also seen games postponed this year because of other reasons.
The Wallasey League called off all last Saturday's games in the girls league because they believed that with the temperatures forecast to drop over Friday night, the pitches were all likely to frozen or very hard on Saturday morning. This decision was taken in the interests of the girls safety as playing on a frozen pitch can be very dangerous and cause injuries. The league made this decision on Friday afternoon.
Most of the other times that games have been called off due to the pitches being unfit are as a result of them being waterlogged. This has happened to us at home and away. For our home matches, the Club chairman will inspect the pitches usually late afternoon on the Friday and make a decison. We then communicate that to the League and to parents/girls via the website and text.
Other reasons that have led to games being called off this season include teams not being able to put out enough players. A minimum of 4 must play and teams cannot ask for a postponement just because they are one or two short. We have had to postpone one of our games this season because we did not have 4 players and we have had one postponed because the opposition could not put out 4 players. In these situations, the team calling the game off loses the points and the other team gets them.
The League has a strict procedure in place leading up the Saturday games. The home team has to ring the away team by the Wednesday night and confirm that the game is on and that both sides know where the game is being played, what time it kicks off, that there is no colour clash and that a referee has been sorted. Sometimes at training on Wednesday evening, we are still waiting for confirmation about games so cannot definitely say where the game is etc. Some teams have more than one ground, others use Council pitches and they might be moved.
With so many games postponed, the backlog of games still to be played before the end of the season is high. We should be playing around 30 games this season plus cup games and so far have only played about 10. The League may extend the season to the end of May and will look to additional play games in midweek after March.
Finally, the pitches at Waverton are taking some stick because of the wet weather this season. This means that the Club has to be cautious so as not to completely ruin the pitches for the rest of the season. We now have so many Waverton teams from u6 to u16 that we just have to make sure that we have some grass left for everyone to play on!
The Wallasey League called off all last Saturday's games in the girls league because they believed that with the temperatures forecast to drop over Friday night, the pitches were all likely to frozen or very hard on Saturday morning. This decision was taken in the interests of the girls safety as playing on a frozen pitch can be very dangerous and cause injuries. The league made this decision on Friday afternoon.
Most of the other times that games have been called off due to the pitches being unfit are as a result of them being waterlogged. This has happened to us at home and away. For our home matches, the Club chairman will inspect the pitches usually late afternoon on the Friday and make a decison. We then communicate that to the League and to parents/girls via the website and text.
Other reasons that have led to games being called off this season include teams not being able to put out enough players. A minimum of 4 must play and teams cannot ask for a postponement just because they are one or two short. We have had to postpone one of our games this season because we did not have 4 players and we have had one postponed because the opposition could not put out 4 players. In these situations, the team calling the game off loses the points and the other team gets them.
The League has a strict procedure in place leading up the Saturday games. The home team has to ring the away team by the Wednesday night and confirm that the game is on and that both sides know where the game is being played, what time it kicks off, that there is no colour clash and that a referee has been sorted. Sometimes at training on Wednesday evening, we are still waiting for confirmation about games so cannot definitely say where the game is etc. Some teams have more than one ground, others use Council pitches and they might be moved.
With so many games postponed, the backlog of games still to be played before the end of the season is high. We should be playing around 30 games this season plus cup games and so far have only played about 10. The League may extend the season to the end of May and will look to additional play games in midweek after March.
Finally, the pitches at Waverton are taking some stick because of the wet weather this season. This means that the Club has to be cautious so as not to completely ruin the pitches for the rest of the season. We now have so many Waverton teams from u6 to u16 that we just have to make sure that we have some grass left for everyone to play on!
