(7th July 2010) The general consensus seems to be change is needed in the league. Main points of interest are the schedule in season XX was not ideal. This was my (Keiran) mistake. However this will not be the case next season (Party Date, Start Date & Meeting dates above). Last season I used a "mirrored" schedule system which resulted in teams playing the same opposition team 2 weeks in a row in the middle of the season. It also resulted in teams who had a bye at week 7 also having a BYE in week 8 and with a few teams dropping out at that same time(week 7-8) resulted in some teams have 3 BYES in a row and then an away game! Very unacceptable! I will not use the Mirrored schedule every again. I apologize for the mess. The scheduling system I used in season 18 will be used for season 21(Starts in a few weeks). The schedule in season 18 worked a treat. I’ve basically tried 3 different types of schedule over the last 3 seasons; Seasons 18’s schedule worked the best for everyone, it basically means that whichever team u meet in week one, you will not meet again till the middle of the season. So if you have BYE in week one, then you will not have another BYE until the middle ofthe season. I would also aim to not give anyone a BYE in week one for the record, that was just an example. If there is a BYE to assign in week one, I would assign it to my team or Johnny’s. It is fine for us as we can go round then and see if everything’s running smoothly and gets some reports done to go on the league webpage’s.
Another topic is, BYE themselves. Everyone hates a bye but sometimes it’s unavoidable. In season 20 we split teams into 3 divisions of 7. We will not do this again; there are far too many byes. 3 teams had a bye each week, not good. I suggest 2 divisions at the most possibly, one depending on the amount of teams that play.
The Next topic is the divisions themselves. Last night Charrinee from Aloha Bar met Ken from Mash bar for the first time. Ken did not even know where Aloha Bar was located let alone played darts in there. This is obviously the case with other bars and players. So at most 2 divisions for the current amount of teams from now on, I would also suggest at least 10 teams per division if there is to be divisions at all. Also, if there are to be divisions in season XXI which starts in a few weeks, then throwing all teams names into a hat and drawing them out to decide which division they are in, seems to be the favored method at least this coming season to mix all the teams up which means people meet and play against new people and get to play in venues that they may never have even been into previously.
The other topic of interest is the penalties we implemented for late score-sheets. It didn’t work anyway, with score-sheets arriving late regardless. So I suggest we throw it out or at least refine it. Moonshine David has a better idea; this and all the above and anything that I have missed will be discussed at the pre-season meeting so please come and help us revamp the league.
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