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The Subbies womens 7's GF is this weekend featuring Newport vs Lindfield is to be held at Daceyville over a best of 3 game fixture 3.35pm, 4.45pm and 5.15pm. Well done to both clubs for driving and developing this comp and the strong efforts to intergrate the girls into their respective clubs.
That said, FFS, I am sure Subbies have a reason for this venue and timing and I'd like to hear it. Newport's mens teams are at home for their last game of the season playing for a spot in the Barraclough finals at exactly the same time. Lindfield have a last round bye, so will most likely be at the snow or away enjoying their bye week.
So the GF will be played late in the afternoon, 1.15hr away from one club and 45 min away for the other in front of basically no one. The games are played so late that the Newport girls will not get back to the rugby club till 7.30pm. As I said Im sure there is reasoning behind this, but for a fledgling womens comp to ask its young female chargers to travel for miles, play in front of no one into the early evening on a Saturday night doesnt sound like the worlds best idea if they want them to play again next year and feel part of their respective clubs. The boys from both clubs would turn out to watch if given a chance, they have been denied this.
An alternative would have been to play a 1 game final with 10 min halfs at 3.00pm at Porter Reserve as a curtain raiser to 1st grade in front of 500-700 people. A 20 minute drive for the the Lindfield faithful who Im sure would have turned up in numbers. I'm sure I must be missing something here.
rant over
That said, FFS, I am sure Subbies have a reason for this venue and timing and I'd like to hear it. Newport's mens teams are at home for their last game of the season playing for a spot in the Barraclough finals at exactly the same time. Lindfield have a last round bye, so will most likely be at the snow or away enjoying their bye week.
So the GF will be played late in the afternoon, 1.15hr away from one club and 45 min away for the other in front of basically no one. The games are played so late that the Newport girls will not get back to the rugby club till 7.30pm. As I said Im sure there is reasoning behind this, but for a fledgling womens comp to ask its young female chargers to travel for miles, play in front of no one into the early evening on a Saturday night doesnt sound like the worlds best idea if they want them to play again next year and feel part of their respective clubs. The boys from both clubs would turn out to watch if given a chance, they have been denied this.
An alternative would have been to play a 1 game final with 10 min halfs at 3.00pm at Porter Reserve as a curtain raiser to 1st grade in front of 500-700 people. A 20 minute drive for the the Lindfield faithful who Im sure would have turned up in numbers. I'm sure I must be missing something here.
rant over
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