Morning All!

Please see the 2020 Summer Captains Pack on the website here: http://acteba.com.au/wp/?page_id=9336

and some notes on some specific items below.

Next Season

Poolstat PINs will be sent to Captains and Vice Captains over the coming week.

All captains should ensure their venues are aware the season is starting, and provide them with a copy of the relevant draws so they know when to expect players to show up.

If you have any questions or notice any errors, please feel free to contact Graham O’Connell or Ian Stanley.

The Draw
Note that there have been significant scheduling challenges so it has been made as fair as possible but the draw will not exactly resemble what has occurred in the past for some teams (1 home and 1 away game against each team in your division).

For example, you may find that you play the same team at home twice, or away twice this season. However, except for a small number of teams, when combined with all of your other matches you will have the same number of home games as away games.

We expect to get a lot of feedback about this draw however please note that significant discussion and iterations have already taken place to get it to this point which we believe is as fair as possible, so with that taken into account, please still feel free to send through any feedback or thoughts.

Team Gradings
Another item that may cause significant discussion is how we have come up with the team gradings. Basically, this is the process that was followed:
1. Rename all divisions up one (Div 1 becomes Super League, Div 2 becomes Div 1, etc)
2. Apply bye-laws to promote and relegate teams, this was as per normal for all divisions except Super League where we relegated 4 teams to Div 1.
3. Specifically related to Super League, it is a coincidence that the top 4 teams from last season’s div 1 have remained in Super League. As per the Super League proposal the selection was the top 2 from last season’s div 1 followed by the next 2 highest ranked teams for the inaugural season, after the inaugural season it will follow the same promotion / relegation system as other divisions.

Thanks, and play well!

Graham and Ian
Tournament Directors

Entries will close on 9^th December 2019 – approximately 4 weeks away.

The draw will be done over the two weeks following and we will get it out on the 20^th December – before the Christmas break.

The Winter season starts on 15^th January 2020.

This will be the first time that Ian and I have done the main comp draw so getting entries in early would be greatly appreciated.

Follow the link to enter: https://forms.gle/hsAP4kC1FzxiR1KH8

Venue: Harmonie German Club
Date: Saturday, November 16th
Start Time: 5th, 4th, 3rd division at 2.30pm. 2nd, 1st division at 6pm.
Initial Teams: [View as PDF]
Series Score: 1-1

Players can expect to be contacted by Graham O’Connell to confirm your position and availability to play, or you can comment or private message him from the post on facebook.

We are looking for whole side captains for this match to assist with getting each of the sessions underway. If you are interested or if you will be at the club for the two starting sessions please let Graham know.

For any general enquiries about the event please contact Graham on atd@acteba.com.au

The top ranked player in each team will be designated captain on the day to organise team order and substitutions, unless they organise with another player on the team to be the divisional captain.