The 2016-2017 season is nearly upon us.  The League committee met last week to finalise the divisions and tables for the upcoming season.

The good news for us is that our Ladies B pair are remaining in Division 1 due to Harold Hill pulling out of the league.  Also good news for our Men’s 2 team who are promoted to Division 3 due again to Harold Hill pulling out of the league (along with Minster who pulled out mid-way through last season).

We also have the addition of a new Mixed 4’s / Combination league this season.  This will give us the chance to enter another team into the league in an exciting new format.  We enter a team of two men and two ladies and they play matches against the other teams in the league in the following format:-

Man 1 / Man 2 vs Man 1 / Man 2
Lady 1 / Lady 2 vs Lady 1 / Lady 2
Man 1 / Lady 2 vs Man 1 / Lady 2
Man 2 / Lady 1 vs Man 2 / Lady 1
Man 1 / Lady 1 vs Man 1 / Lady 1
Man 2 / Lady 2 vs Man 2 / Lady 2

It should make for some entertaining and interesting matches having to change things up and play a mixture of Men’s, Ladies and Mixed in one fixture.

The Ladies fixtures have already been confirmed and are on the website now.  They’re also filtering down onto the calendar so if you’ve subscribed to the calendar on your phone, you should start to see these coming through.  If not, refresh the feed and it should work.

All that is left now is to get our teams sorted out and players registered.  I know the captains are already asking people if they’d like to play and we’re going to be holding some “team trial” nights at club to get pairings sorted out.  If you’re interested in playing in one of the teams – please make sure you let the captains know!  Captains for this season are:-

Ladies – Jess
Mixed (including Mixed 4/Combination)- Penny
Men – Gary

That’s it for now!

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