FORUM CLOSING ON 14th JANUARY

Milhouse wrote:

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I think the point that Jackpot Wheeler is trying to make is that the opposing team would surely have known a long time before if they were not going to make the game.   Possibly even the day before, so why leave it to the last minute to blame it on the snow ?








For your information millhouse and Mr wheeler i was the person who was to drive the team to kidlington ,it was my first day back to work after having the wed off because of the snow,  it took me half an hour longer than normal with a few slides and wheel spins and only driving at 10 mile an hr for 20 miles  because of the bad road conditions on thur ,so as it didnt get any better through out the morning and afternoon  i rang my captain and told him i will not be driving due to the road conditions and i wouldnt put anyones lives at risk ,so how could he have given 24hrs notice to cancel ,rules are rules but sometimes they need to be broken ,also in all the 26 years i been playing  pool  it dosent state anything about weather conditions in the rules, so jules could you add this little rule into the rule book for next year , i will also save up and buy a 5 seater snow mobile for our team

 

 

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-- Edited by pots on Tuesday 12th of January 2010 06:00:13 PM

i would like to say that is the point i was trying to make  the game could of been cancelled b4 and as 4 the lift scenario i wouldnt expect any one to put themselves at risk let alone others and i was  just trying to clear up the other matter reguarding the issue last year as same sort of thing  because the only spare week we had was on the team knockout date which we were in where as this year we are going to play the game on doubles not so we aint in it so we can play it all i was saying was ive played in leagues where at the end of the season they have a 2 week gap b4 finals nite so the first week they can play a rear ranged game. these forums r for discussion  and i will speak my mind 2 clear up things that need to be addressed.    thanks millhouse at least someone can c where i was coming from and lucky lewis can u also buy me one or pick me up as i live on a hill hope i havent affended anyone i just think certain points needed 2 b raised if i have dont worry one day it will all blow over when the snow goes  like i have mentioned its a pool nite we all like to play the game and have a laugh as well

jackpotwheeler wrote:

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i was  just trying to clear up the other matter reguarding the issue last year as same sort of thing  because the only spare week we had was on the team knockout date

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Why is it that Teams believe that re-arranged matches need only be played on the normal night (Thursday), rather than another night suitable for both teams. Just because some players play in Sun, Mon, Tues Pool Leagues isn't really a concern of the Thursday league. Restricting any re-arrangements to one particular night risks been unable to get matches played as you've found out, to your teams cost

When re-arranging matches, there has to be a little give n' take from both teams, with a large amount of COMMUNICATION between the Captains.

  hulio wrote:

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And after last nights SNOW are ALL tomorrows matches OFF Mr. Wood ?.

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I have just been out in my it was great until i reached the main roads. What snow are we talking about.

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That  WHITE stuff m8

jackpotwheeler wrote:

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like i said other pool leagues that i have played in do have a couple of weeks spare b4 finals night 2

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Most leagues aren't as big as this league and nor do they run a Summer League between Winter seasons, therefore there isn't many spare weeks to play re-arranged matches. The league has a tight schedule in this respect (the same as the Abingdon one, I run) so it can't delay proceedings just because one or two teams don't have enough players to fulfil these re-arrangements.



jackpotwheeler also wrote:

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also for gods comment about  waiting 4 the snow to come well the snow fell 2 days earlier so y wait till the day 2 cancel  because if food is already sorted then it is a waist

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It's very unusal for Oxford to have this much snow and then not to be followed by rain which washes it all away the next day so waiting until the matchday to cancel is reasonable, though perhaps the decision could have been relayed to the pub/club earlier.

However, is it not also reasonable to expect the Landlord/Manager to consider the state of the roads, especially if their pub/club is on a side street where very little, if any, gritting had taken place and take steps to confirm with his/her Captain, who would MAYBE contacted the away Captain, that the match would be taking place, before preparing food.

In the end, none of us (except Malc) spends all our day thinking about pool matches (yes, I do occasionally drive them trains) so it is unfortunate that food wastage takes place. My advice is to sign on a couple of BIG geezers who'll take care of that problem in future

 

Anyway, back to the purpose of this thread...

Shelley Arms 10 - 1 White House

Altaf Ali             2 - 1   Paul Waters
Tom Williams    2 - 0   Alan Doherty
Ben Muir           2 - 0   Tony Scoglio
Jaz Thapar       2 - 0   James Bound
Ravi Sundar     2 - 0   Les Edwards

 i didnt c the first game but it was close and about an hour long but we won it 2-1 the second i heard doyle missed an easy black  then the other player just kept tucking up in the next 2 when there was chances to maybe clear up but we went on 2 win that one 2-1 so we was 4-2 up then mark went on and from what i c deserved to win it 2-0 by playing better than the other player so that made it 6-2 which i thought was a comfortable lead going into the last 2 matches then schweitzer went on made a few mistakes but come away with a 2-1 loss to make it 7-4 so the match was already won by ourselves with a nice lead going into the last and the way i played i might as well had not turnt up as i played ****e which capped off a week that was just shocking all over. in the first he started off well potting a few but looked like he hadnt planned to get on the next one after but some how did then i potted as well as missing pots then he got in done a good shot on his second last red and cleared up and deserved the 1st the second i done some good pots then misssed pots as well had he had potted some then the player starded tucking up  turned abit scrappy  then i played a shot that i thought was not a bad safety and he pulled off a brilliant pot  then potted an easy black so i didnt deserve  the frames  and went on to lose 2-0 so it finished 7-6 to the red lion but the game was already won by the 4th and glad schweitzer took a leg to win   the match

commenting on mings statement                                                                                   
i play in the bicester league that has 10 teams in each of the three leagues  but they manage 2 get 2 leagues in a year period they also manage to play any rearranged games as well so i dont think that is an excuse.also waiting to the match day 2 cancel shouldnt be allowed exspecially as the snow as i stated came down 2 days earlier as was even worse then. if u wait till the day to cancel then in your statement how could u let the pub or club know earlier as u dont know yourself till the match day. i also would like to say y is it up to the captain to ring up the away captain to c if they r gonna go ahead with the match thats the whole point of haveing home and away advantage if your away and cant make it then u ring up the captain and they  should not have to chase about. and also our pub knows when which team is at home  and they go ahead with preparing the food and like i said if you r to cancel a game whether its the team i play in or somebody elses i dont think 2-3 hrs notice is acceptable as that is to close to the start of the match despite the captains rearrangeing it after then for another time my captain knows what i think about it i would rather play the match and lose it rather than take the points as well as the rest of the team would but i have had convosations with others and im just stateing if one team has to go by the rules then it should stand 4 every team. im not stateing that it shouldnt have  not been cancelled as i rang up mine to c if it was going ahead at 4.15 and he said it was i think it was right 4 the safety of others to b cancelled as i was hoping when i rang him for him to say it was . but all im saying as a person it would of been better 4 it to b cancelled b4 lunchtime(12 o clock) with 8hrs notice than just over 2.

Mike i not sure what you are moaning as your game went on against us cricketers vs crown house that week and as for rearanngements i remember last season that the week of selsey i wanted to rearrange our match weeks before hand and you said your players could only make the night we were all away which could of cost us the league so maybe you should think about yourself before commenting on other peoples games

 

THEMASTERPIECE wrote:

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Mike i not sure what you are moaning as your game went on against us cricketers vs crown house that week and as for rearanngements i remember last season that the week of selsey i wanted to rearrange our match weeks before hand and you said your players could only make the night we were all away which could of cost us the league so maybe you should think about yourself before commenting on other peoples games

 That's not Mike, it's his brother!

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Minx wrote:

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THEMASTERPIECE wrote:

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Mike i not sure what you are moaning as your game went on against us cricketers vs crown house that week and as for rearanngements i remember last season that the week of selsey i wanted to rearrange our match weeks before hand and you said your players could only make the night we were all away which could of cost us the league so maybe you should think about yourself before commenting on other peoples games

 

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Very good point Boinky, I remember that one and as I recall that was also a pretty suss claim coz Gee-man was ahead on most wins with one of their players close behind, and Gee nearly ended up losing Most Wins as a result of that claim against them. Thankfully fate intervened

 

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oops! sorry mike but point made anyhow

 

replying to god if there aint any spare thursday then fair enough but i think that first week after the final game was comps nite so what is wrong in playing a rearranged game on that nite if u cant play another day the trophys could still be sorted out  just leave the engraveing off if it affects that league as long as the game is played fairly it shouldnt matter



replying to ming
i will write a posting as quick as i will so if words or its writtern not 2 your requirements then ****off and dont read or comment on them there is no need to start getting personal over the way people write things these forums are for results and debates but now i take it u r going abit personal now otherwise u wouldnt write that saying about  how ive been educated and b4 u comment on stuff look at your own bit of sentence where u have used i and  I together

then i suppose like someone commented on one of my posts there should be enough players ie stand in ones and then the league could check b4 the comps could go ahead  or both teams could just decide on a mutal venue central to both teams whether your at home or away its only a game of pool or just play it at the other teams venue

reguarding standins ming we only have the bare 5 at the mo and did so last season as well and i bring another player from bicester i cant play on another nite at the moment so if i drive then thats 2 of us out of the team anyway. if my captain wanted to play a rearranged game on another nite then thats fine but he also knows he will have to find 2 players as well as i cant do another nite. if we had the stand ins there then i think my captain would use them as we play as a team and if one of us loose a game then we useually get dropped and the other player does come in but the last 2 seasons we have been unlucky that we have not had the player to be able to do that