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The committee have now drawn the next rounds of the primary cup. For the U10/11/12 these are the semi finals. For the U 13/14/15/16 these are the quarter finals. These matches will be played on the 7th March. I have postponed any league matches including these teams. Will you please check your fixtures and email me with any extra fixtures that you can fit in for the 7th.

The semi-finals for the U 13/14/15/16/18 will be played on the 28th March, so please bear this in mind when reorganising fixtures. Hasland U18 will play Birley Spa in the primary cup on the 28th February and the winners will play Somersall (date to be confirmed, but will be before the 28th)

Tony will post the dates of the finals in the near future.
It is likely that we will go ahead with the secondary cup for all age groups, weather permitting.

I will post the teams involved in the near future and will do the draw once the committee confirms that these competitions will go ahead. For those of you who are struggling with your league fixtures, you will have the option to withdraw from the secondary cup, so I am giving you advanced notice to consider this as an option.

I wish you all the best of luck in your coming fixtures, please remember to rearrange your postponements as soon as you can and email me with these.

Thanks to all the Managers/Secretaries that have rearranged fixtures so far, it is much appreciated!

Clive Pickles
RDYFL Fixtures Secretary

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Everyone will be aware of the problems that teams, clubs and the League has encountered because of the spate of bad weather this season. We appreciate the concerns that you have with the backlog of fixtures that have arisen, and how these can be dealt with in the rest of the season. Several suggestions have been sent to RDYFL by managers and these plus other options have been considered by the League Management Committee.

The outcome of these considerations are outlined below and we would be grateful if you can communicate them to all teams in your club. I would point out that the under mentioned applies to teams in the U10s to U18s – we will be writing separately to the team managers in the U7; U8s & U9s mini soccer divisions.

1. Duration of season
Could you remind managers that the last day for league matches to be completed is Sunday 9th May for U10s to U18s. We are not extending the season because of problems teams will have in securing pitches plus other commitments players will have. This means there are 16 Sundays left in the season (excluding Easter Bank holiday). ). Each Club/Team Manager is responsible for ensuring all their fixtures are completed within the Season. Failure to do so and your club will incur severe penalties.

2. League matches
There are sufficient dates left to complete league fixtures. We’ve looked at all divisions; games played & dates left.

3. Outstanding fixtures
We expect managers to liaise & sort out dates when they can play fixtures which have been cancelled. Please ensure that Clive Pickles, Fixtures Secretary is informed of agreed rearranged fixture dates.

4. Mid week matches
We encourage teams to utilise mid week matches (especially when the clocks go back an hour for BST on 28 March) for any outstanding fixtures they have. With co-operation by teams these can quickly catch up several postponed games. Again inform Clive Pickles and also contact Jim Brieder to organise a match referee.
Although FA rules do not allow the League to enforce teams to play on Easter Sunday, there is nothing to stop teams doing this on a voluntary basis – it is something you might wish to do to catch up on outstanding fixtures.
5. Divisions with 8 or fewer teams

These will continue to play opposition teams three times in the season. We’ve considered playing twice ie home & away but in looking at the number of games played and the number yet to be played, overall we don’t think a change is needed.

6. Use of opposition grounds.
We strongly encourage teams to use the opposition team’s ground whenever the ‘home’ ground is unavailable either because of it is unfit, or insufficient pitches are available. Additionally they could use a neutral ground. Clearly managers need to communicate with each other to ensure teams don’t have wasted journeys to unfit grounds.

7. Cups.
Although the Primary Cups has been blighted every time we fix a date for this cup round, we do intend that the Primary Cups will run to completion.
For the time being we have deferred making a decision on running secondary cup rounds. We will come to a final decision at the end of February as to whether these will run, but those age groups involving a large number of teams are especially at risk. We’ll contact you as soon as a decision is made on Secondary Cup competitions.

8. ‘Free dates’
Any team wanting a ‘free’ date must first obtain the prior approval of Clive Pickles & four weeks advance notice is required. Given the fixture backlog, and the impact on opposition teams, ‘free dates’ will only be granted sparingly. We would also remind teams that a match must be played if 8 registered players are available. Any team cancelling a fixture due to lack of players must notify the Fixtures Secretary.

We very much appreciate the difficulties facing you but hopefully with a change in the weather and co-operation on all sides we’ll get this season done.

Tony Chadbourne Clive Pickles Eric Gilson
Chairman Fixtures Secretary League Secretary

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