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Dear
All
Following
the email sent in August and the positive feedback received I am pleased to
announce that the Yorkshire Junior League will launch on Saturday 11th
November at Ackworth School. My thanks to Phill Beckett for organising the
venue.
Entries
are now formally invited. Teams will be of six players although all clubs
are welcome to turn up with reserves and these will be accommodated; either
by bolstering short teams or forming ad hoc teams. The aim of the event is
to get as many young players involved as possible. I'd welcome feedback on
this point but the plan at present is to start at 13.30 prompt with three
games of roughly an hour each (thirty minutes per player) and the day will
include a short training session with juice and biscuits available between
rounds.
Separately,
I would also like to invite entries for a junior longplay league of four
boards for young players who want that kind of event. I would also like to
ask THEIR opinions as to whether they would prefer a team vs team home/away
arrangement or a single event at a central venue. I intend for this event
to sit separately from the other events so that juniors who want to play in
both events can do so.
There
will be a few admin points to sort out (there will be a small entry fee per
team and we need to decide whether to ECF rate the event). Obviously we
will need to experiment with what works and what doesn't. However hopefully
this will go some way to giving Yorkshire juniors the team events they
deserve.
Andrew
(andrewzig@hotmail.com)
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