having just returned from reading i thought i had to put this post on.
the tournement had some good points, which northern tournement organisers should take in to hand at more tournements.
there was plenty of parking close on to the marquee, which was in itself big enough to accomodate all the players.
the fields were all set up close enough to the staging area with adequote netting. not many balls came either over or under the netting.
most teams we played and talked to were friendly and some of them even said that they were looking forward to playing us.
most of the play was fair with a few pushing, but not breaking the rules as this is the nature of the game in the top division.
now for the complaints.
the fields were badly set upwith starting bases being off set from each other, and the whole field being un-simetrical to such a point that they were far from being even.
one field had more barricades on one side than the other.
many people have talked about the north/south divide. many say it does not exist. bullsh*t !!!!!!!!!!
not in the playing ability but in the marshaling.
never before have i seen such biast marshalling.
the northern teams that attended never stood a chance with southern players and friends of the marshalls being wiped down on a regular basis when playing the northern teams.
not just us but sad pheonix and a few others.
i have been playing for many years and in that time i have only ever been 1.4.1'd once.
today i was threatened with it on 4 occasions. mainly for contesting very bad judging decisions.
one of them being for......
we were 5/2 up on the astro turf field when i mugged one of the players. i ran through and was dropping in to my next bunker when i was hit on the top of the head. i asked the marshal if it had burst. i got straight up when a marshal from the other side of the field ran over and 1.4.1'd me. what a croc of ****e. i asked why (in no aggressive tone at all) for this he up'ed it to a 2.4.1, two seperate marshals pulled players. we by know getting pissed off contested it and the field ultimate refused to put one of the players back in.
INFULTRATORS i thought you had a little more about you than to make such crap and biast decisions.
to put a rumour to bed. i never threw my marker either at the floor or a marshal after this or any game.
ballers can be worse than women for telling the tale and twisting it to suit.
the team we were playing ( l.p.s adrenalin) could not understand what was going on either. as we walked off many players came up to us and said we were robbed.
the final 1.4.1 threat was the last and we packed up and left with 2 games left to play.
D.O.A ZELOTS, we said this to you at the time, but us kicking off with the marshals was not a problem with you but with the marshals.
not all the marshals were of the same low standard. some were quite proffesional if a little slow. one was even running around as well as he could even after hurting himself and limping quite severly for a lump of the afternoon.
sparkily did her best to sort out the problem that we took to her, even though nothing came of it.
fields were getting well out of sync with the schedule.
teams were coming off one field and being pushed straight back out with only 2/3 minutes to turn around then having to wait for well over an hour for thier next game.
the marshals even stopped for mid-morning tea and sandwiches. very civilised but i thought that was what dinner break was for.
i could go on and on with the complaints but the post will end up like war an peace.
the whole thing has left a sour taste in my mouth and unless the problems are addressed i for one have no intention in playing the southern leagues again.
ian - u.k chameleons.
the tournement had some good points, which northern tournement organisers should take in to hand at more tournements.
there was plenty of parking close on to the marquee, which was in itself big enough to accomodate all the players.
the fields were all set up close enough to the staging area with adequote netting. not many balls came either over or under the netting.
most teams we played and talked to were friendly and some of them even said that they were looking forward to playing us.
most of the play was fair with a few pushing, but not breaking the rules as this is the nature of the game in the top division.
now for the complaints.
the fields were badly set upwith starting bases being off set from each other, and the whole field being un-simetrical to such a point that they were far from being even.
one field had more barricades on one side than the other.
many people have talked about the north/south divide. many say it does not exist. bullsh*t !!!!!!!!!!
not in the playing ability but in the marshaling.
never before have i seen such biast marshalling.
the northern teams that attended never stood a chance with southern players and friends of the marshalls being wiped down on a regular basis when playing the northern teams.
not just us but sad pheonix and a few others.
i have been playing for many years and in that time i have only ever been 1.4.1'd once.
today i was threatened with it on 4 occasions. mainly for contesting very bad judging decisions.
one of them being for......
we were 5/2 up on the astro turf field when i mugged one of the players. i ran through and was dropping in to my next bunker when i was hit on the top of the head. i asked the marshal if it had burst. i got straight up when a marshal from the other side of the field ran over and 1.4.1'd me. what a croc of ****e. i asked why (in no aggressive tone at all) for this he up'ed it to a 2.4.1, two seperate marshals pulled players. we by know getting pissed off contested it and the field ultimate refused to put one of the players back in.
INFULTRATORS i thought you had a little more about you than to make such crap and biast decisions.
to put a rumour to bed. i never threw my marker either at the floor or a marshal after this or any game.
ballers can be worse than women for telling the tale and twisting it to suit.
the team we were playing ( l.p.s adrenalin) could not understand what was going on either. as we walked off many players came up to us and said we were robbed.
the final 1.4.1 threat was the last and we packed up and left with 2 games left to play.
D.O.A ZELOTS, we said this to you at the time, but us kicking off with the marshals was not a problem with you but with the marshals.
not all the marshals were of the same low standard. some were quite proffesional if a little slow. one was even running around as well as he could even after hurting himself and limping quite severly for a lump of the afternoon.
sparkily did her best to sort out the problem that we took to her, even though nothing came of it.
fields were getting well out of sync with the schedule.
teams were coming off one field and being pushed straight back out with only 2/3 minutes to turn around then having to wait for well over an hour for thier next game.
the marshals even stopped for mid-morning tea and sandwiches. very civilised but i thought that was what dinner break was for.
i could go on and on with the complaints but the post will end up like war an peace.
the whole thing has left a sour taste in my mouth and unless the problems are addressed i for one have no intention in playing the southern leagues again.
ian - u.k chameleons.
