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 Re: 2023/2024 Season

Post by Stephen Westmoreland » Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:18 pm

Doncaster have trampled through the Silver Rook, whilst the final relegation slot in the Woodhouse is very tight. Note that three clubs had point deductions from defaults this season.

I am still twitching over the events on the 17th Feb. Multiple defaults and three appeals on the back of various incidents. Nothing in the last two years and it all happened in one weekend..
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Re: 2023/2024 Season
Post by MartinCarpenter » Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:58 am

I don't blame you! The league generally seems to run itself super smoothly :) Slightly traumatic recently, especially as several might have real consequences. Even defaults have been much rarer the past few years iirc.

Hopefully we'll manage to keep it running itself, it's much better. Writing the rules & procedures to be chess player pedantry lever proof would be so much, basically futile, work.

I was idly looking at A8 (player eligibility) recently, and I couldn't tell how you'd ever fall foul of it. But I also can't ever remember seeing anyone fielding a team that wasn't very strongly geographically based. The travel & theme of the league makes sure of that.

In fact, given that some Woodhouse teams (like Sheffield I think?) don't even really exist as formal entities, I have no idea how you'd be more restrictive even if you wanted to be. And I don't think you would want to be anyway.
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Re: 2023/2024 Season
Post by Stephen Westmoreland » Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:01 am

When it does happen, it tends to be when players play for an A team, disappear for a bit and then come back to a lower team. Or where new teams and unaware players are in play, after postponements. I personally think the balance is right.

V nice squad from Donc :)