In lieu of the reducing of restrictions and pubs now returning to (almost) normal operation, the committee has now deemed it suitable to look at restarting the Lancaster Pool League, and as such, would like to request teams register for the upcoming 2021/22 Winter League.
In order to minimise the requirement for meeting in person, this can now be done online via the form on this page. We ask that only the captain (or a single representative) from each team completes the form, in order to speed up the organisation of the upcoming season.
There are also a couple of optional questions pertaining to a vacancy within the League Committee (following Cian Jarvis’s departure), as well as an open submission for any issues to be raised at an AGM.
While we’ll endeavour to make such a meeting accessible to all from a distance (via some form of an online video call), we’d equally like to encourage attendance from captain’s that are comfortable, in order to both support the host venue, and to facilitate ease of discussion surrounding any matters that are raised. The AGM is currently pencilled in for 7pm, 6th October, at Reform Club. Changes to either the time or venue will be published if and when needed.
The league itself is pencilled in to commence on 27th October, with fixtures subject to team signups.
In regards to the curtailed 2019/20 season, it has been decided, due to both the number of fixtures remaining, and due to change in circumstances for a number of teams involved (notably the annual reshuffle of the University cohort and the loss of the Hornets Bar table), the league season will be scrapped, along with the cup competitions, with entries paid by teams to such competitions being rolled over into the upcoming 2021/22 season. The individual and doubles competitions will play to a finish with the traditional “Finals Night”, ahead of a new competition to run at the start of 2022, as per the usual timeline. If you are still in the running in either of these competitions, please endeavour to play any outstanding matches in the competitions. All fixtures up to, but not including, the last 16 in the singles, and up to but not including the quarter-finals of the doubles, need to be completed ASAP (a finals night date is TBC, but expect this to be some time in November or December).
While we understand that some teams will be disappointed by this decision, we aren’t able to complete the remainder of the previous season and ensure that the matches would be of the same standard as prior to the pandemic, and as such results would be unfairly skewed due to the number of matches completed by teams being both unequal and unevenly distributed between the fixtures.
We look forward to getting back to regular Wednesday night action, and hope to see you all back on the baize very shortly.