Dave Deacon Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 SWPL secretary Phil Hiscox has taken a slightly different approach to this Saturday's process when it comes to calling off games. Phil has just started a thread on the SWPL Forum's Postponements page and it reads as follows:- "I will NOT be accepting postponements prior to Saturday morning this week and I WILL require a formal referees inspection this week. That may sound harsh as I am fully aware that many pitches are saturated still and I am aware that the forecasts do include some more rain in them. However, there are no yellow or amber weather warnings in force, no flood alerts and in may ways the forecast is not unexpected for the time of year – It is after all February and that is normally on the cold side, with bouts of wet weather either in showers or longer spells of rain, often light and murky rather than torrential as we have experienced recently. I am aware that some pitches will still not be fit for play this weekend, but I think some maybe and we are all in the position now that a playable pitch where it exists should be played upon. The best way for me to enable that is to insist upon a referees inspection on match day, at such time as to prevent the away team travelling and as per league rules. I will of course keep weather forecasts under consideration in case a weather warning is issued by the Met Office, and of course I will be at my desk from early Saturday morning to list games off as normal, I’m just trying – as we all should be – to keep some Games On if at all possible !" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leedsunited Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 With the band of rain sweeping the region again on Friday evening & into Saturday morning i can see a lot of postponements again this week Dave, pitches are just bot drying out with these heavy showers & prolonged spells of rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderhead Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Seems a pragmatic and fair approach - any steps that help avoid further decisions to play two games in a 48-hour period is good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 After all the games off so far, another few won't matter. Rip your pitch up in what may be the last bad week....don't make no sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 It's hardly stopped raining in the St Austell, St Blazey area all week. Everywhere there is surface water. If there's any games on it'll be a miracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leedsunited Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Think the two bands of rain heading torwards Devon & Cornwall on friday early hours, & Saturday early hours through until early afternoon will do the damage Paul. Thats not including the showers in between! Dont envy the ground staff trying to rectify the playing surfaces if there is a match on the weekend, will do more harm than good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leedsunited Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 On 2/11/2016 at 10:21, Dave Deacon said: SWPL secretary Phil Hiscox has taken a slightly different approach to this Saturday's process when it comes to calling off games. Phil has just started a thread on the SWPL Forum's Postponements page and it reads as follows:- "I will NOT be accepting postponements prior to Saturday morning this week and I WILL require a formal referees inspection this week. That may sound harsh as I am fully aware that many pitches are saturated still and I am aware that the forecasts do include some more rain in them. However, there are no yellow or amber weather warnings in force, no flood alerts and in may ways the forecast is not unexpected for the time of year – It is after all February and that is normally on the cold side, with bouts of wet weather either in showers or longer spells of rain, often light and murky rather than torrential as we have experienced recently. I am aware that some pitches will still not be fit for play this weekend, but I think some maybe and we are all in the position now that a playable pitch where it exists should be played upon. The best way for me to enable that is to insist upon a referees inspection on match day, at such time as to prevent the away team travelling and as per league rules. I will of course keep weather forecasts under consideration in case a weather warning is issued by the Met Office, and of course I will be at my desk from early Saturday morning to list games off as normal, I’m just trying – as we all should be – to keep some Games On if at all possible !" Dave, This has now changed, after reading his post minutes ago on the SWPL website, Phil Hiscox has now granted permission for host clubs to Postpone games as of Now if they deem their pitches unplayable & will be waterlogged for tomorrows fixtures. With the in clement weather thats due in overnight i can see a lot of games being Postponed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Very, very sensible fella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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