A quick mail to keep you all up to date on the LWL plans which are
becoming ever firmer. Chris Hughes has made a valiant attempt to
synchronise dates so that the 1st Sunday in every month is free for
Winter Leagues everywhere in the UK � it would help us all greatly if
event organisers could respect that.
Sunday October 19th � Savage 7 hat tournament run almost exactly the
same as last year. Please do not apply to enter yet � Alex will publish
more details soon. In case you didn�t know the Savage 7 hat acts as an
initial scouting mission for the yearly Clapham draft. Yes we know it�s
Mallorca hat that weekend, but it�s a busy season and we have to put
this event somewhere. Yes we know Kennington South are having their open
practice this weekend � I guess they�re going to have it on Saturday
now.
Sunday November 2nd � LWL Matchday 1
Sunday December 7th � LWL Matchday 2
Sunday January 4th � LWL Matchday 3
Sunday February 1st � LWL Matchday 4
Sunday March 7th � LWL Finals day and Charity Shield
I know January 4th is a bitch, but since most people are back at work by
the 5th it shouldn�t be a hassle. Do you think Steve Redgrave missed
training sessions because it took him 4 days to get home from his New
Year�s party? Do you ever want BLING yourself or are you happy just
seeing other people wear it? To compensate we�ll do what we did last
year � the final scores will be each team�s best 3 out of 4 events. That
means easier points for teams that make the January date, perhaps
sufficient incentive.
For those that don�t know how it works we play in 3 or 4 Divisions of
6-8 teams each Matchday. Division 1 is on Clapham Common, Division 2 is
on Regent�s Park, and we probably need to rehouse Division 3 (Hyde
Park?). Each division is ideally 2 groups of 3 or 4 with one crossover
at the end of the day, so every team should get at least 3 good games a
Matchday. At the end of each Matchday the winner is promoted to the
division above for the next event and the loser relegated. In the event
of teams missing events this may be changed: we will always try and make
sure the winner is promoted � it may well be that in some circumstances
the bottom 2 are relegated. In all cases the LWL Committee�s decision is
final.
If you are the captain of a team entering you need to join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lwl-contacts/ . If you�re a player you
need to join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/londonleague . If you�re on
the Committee you�ll need to join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lwlc .
Some changes from last year:
1) Parties � we�re going to try and co-ordinate a London Frisbee
Massive party with as many events as possible. We do after all need to
breed if future generations are to experience as much BLING as us. The
Princess girls have already noticed that the Friday before Matchday 1 is
Halloween and have put plans in motion for a party � if other teams
could step forward and help out on LWL2,3 or 4 there�s a lot of people
out there who�ll come�.
2) The Finals day will be more like the Summer league with only
teams that have finished in the top 2 or 4 of their divisions playing.
Yes I know it�s going to be a bitch to work out who�s won divisions and
things like that because of relegation and promotion, but everyone will
know the criteria well in advance. How this fits in with the Charity
shield, and even whether we run another event like that, is still to be
decided. (If Wigsy or another Northern WL person could get in touch that
would be grand).
3) Paul Hurt has generously allowed us to use the
www.londonultimate.com <http://www.londonultimate.com/> site to publish
the results, and he�s even said he�ll let us use a copy of the summer
league site design.
4) The charge will be between �10 and �20 per event depending on
which division you�re in. This covers administrative effort required
over the 6-9 months each LWL runs. People have in the past asked why
they have to pay for events with unmarked pitches and/or hassled me over
the LWL disks (which are held-up the Clapham design department), to
which I say � �you are more than welcome to run LWL next year if you can
do as good a job and do it for free! Get in touch! Do you have ANY idea
how much work it is?� There will be a deposit of �50 per team required
well in advance.
5) I�m looking for individuals to act as mini-TDs for Divisions
2,3 and 4. These will be a paid roles to ensure that organisation
standards of the LWL begin to rise. If your team gets promoted or
relegated you can hand the baton onto someone else. Please get in touch
if you�re interested, but I�m also looking to groom people to share more
of the responsibility and be involved in shaping LWL year on year
(particularly from the Division 2/3 perspective). These TDs will join me
in becoming the LWL Committee for this year.
6) Divisions may be 6 teams as opposed to 8 teams. This will
reduce the number of games from 4 to 3 (seen as a good idea given the
frequent miserable weather), and ensure that each team plays more games
nearer it�s own level. This is not a final decision yet.
7) Teams will be required to have entered each event at least a
week in advance, and there will be both financial and point penalties
for teams pulling out after that week deadline. I spent too much time
seeding and reseeding teams as they dropped in and out last year, and
teams dropping out at the last minute caused serious problems (have ever
you tried getting teams to go to Clapham instead of Regent�s Park @ 8am
on a Sunday?). You should only enter this league if you intend making
all events (except possibly the January one) and will have a large squad
that can field a team at all events even if 3 of you get a stomach bug.
8) Teams missing an event are not guaranteed to be put back in the
same division as they finished the last event they entered.
Overall the intention is to bring the London Winter League into line
with the Summer league in terms of commitment of the teams involved,
partying and organisation. Please help! The place to discuss all this is
the londonleague yahoogroup.
All for now,
Roger
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