I've just put the (provisional) league fixtures for 2024/25 season up on the LMS. You have eight days to check them before the Fixture Meeting next Tuesday (17th Sept at the Trades & Labour Club on Duke Street, S2 5QQ). Let me know if you spot any errors that I may have made. If it's just that there's a fixture that you don't like the date of, but hadn't asked me to avoid, then leave that until the Fixture Meeting and have a word with the opponents to try to move it.

Note that I've had very little communication with anyone from the University teams and I've just based their fixture needs on what they went with last year. Hopefully we'll not have to do much juggling once they're back in town.

Note, as well, that there are some fixtures due to be played in the week commencing 23rd September. The season runs from 15th September to 30th April so having some on 23rd is not unreasonable. Note that league fixtures are not permitted in the weeks set aside for cup competitions, i.e. weeks beginning on second Monday of October, November, January, February or March, unless clubs have already been knocked out of the cups. Unfortunately, I've had to 'park' a couple of Div 5 fixtures in the Feb and March cup weeks. I'm hoping they won't be affected by the cup but may have to be moved later.

Best wishes

Geoff Brown

Gen Sec, S&DCA