Fall 2009 Preliminary Schedule - notes
WYSL teams and guests
OK. Ready or not here comes the preliminary schedule for Fall 2009. (Cllick the link at bottom of the notes.) You can stay in the beach chair but you’ll need your computer or a print-out of the attached and a pencil.
You know the drill, you have to check this schedule for errors and omissions so that the final given out at the pre season meeting will be as close to correct as possible. Remember this is the Preliminary. It is not final. Don’t plan anything important based on this schedule. Warn your teams too. Typically 5-10% of the games change between the prelim and the final.
You need to check:
Your teams
Your fields and how I’ve assigned them - the rules were a bit complex this year for some of you. Double check me.
Look for gaps in the schedule, double bookings, or too little time for a game of that age.
Watch for teams on incorrect fields and give me specific suggestions for moving games if you think there is too much usage on one field or if you want to shift things around (without changing the times!)
Please check for your teams’ requests and the coach coordinations. It was very hard to give the coaches much time to get between games especially in fall. Don’t expect more than the barest minimum to get a coach from the end of one game to the whistle of the next. *Please* let me know if I missed any requests. I don’t mind checking. But don’t give me any NEW requests. It’s too late. Pressing for new requests just makes me annoyed. We mean what we say. There has to be a cutoff. No requests after the prelim is out.
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This fall will be a 9 or 8 game season depending on the number of teams and the age of the division. We skipped Yom Kippur and Columbus Day. By league decision there are very few TBS games in the schedule. Many divisions will play slightly unbalanced schedules. But TBS games have been a constant problem and the decision was made to severely limit them. We’ve made sure that all teams get nearly the same number of games. Every team plays one another. (If an opponent is missing, tell me!) Most of the few TBS games are added to divisions with an odd number of teams.
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You have ONE WEEK - until the close of business on Friday August 28th - to get me corrections and changes. Send them by email. Make them as clear and complete as you can. Thanks for your help. This is a collective effort which benefits everyone.
Thanks for the help.
Terry
Download the Fall 2009 Preliminary Schedule here.
PS If your club has teams in the "Tri-League," any Sunday home games will be integrated into the WYSL schedule. Now that the main schedule is out, teams can see where there is field space. Please contact me when these teams want to add a Sunday game. The WYSL will be handling some aspects of two divisions (G13 and G14).
