Please read ALL of the below…I would hate for any of you to drive to the rink when you don’t have to, or show up at the wrong time for one of your remaining games!
As many of you know, the rink renovations at 4S are (not surprisingly) running behind schedule. The latest word is that it will be ready for use ‘sometime in early 2020’. We have had to do a lot of juggling this season to keep things on track, but thankfully we are a well-oiled machine at this point, and it takes more than a few setbacks to derail us. We had already booked this Sunday, November 17th in Escondido as our ‘safety net’ week, in case 4S was not ready to rumble, when advertised…lo and behold. So, we have simply extended that safety net through December 15th, and I have made some modifications to the schedule to ensure that there is minimal change to the original time slots for each of the remaining games. The result of all these moves are as follows:
- The Green v Purple game, originally scheduled for this Sunday has been moved to 6:00pm on Sunday, December 15th. Members of Green and Purple…you do NOT play this Sunday, November 17th.
- The remaining games this Sunday have been moved forward :30 from their originally scheduled start times. So, if you were scheduled for 5:30pm, you now start at 5:00pm sharp.
- The White v Tie Dye game, originally scheduled for 6:30 in Week Eight (November 24th), is now scheduled for 5:00pm on Sunday, December 15th. Members of White and Tie Dye…you do NOT play on November 24th.
- The first two games for Week Eight have been rolled forward :30. The last two games have been rolled forward 1:30.
- The Red v Black game, originally scheduled for 8:00 in Week Nine (December 8th) is now scheduled for 7:00pm on Sunday, December 15th. Members of Black and Red…you do NOT play on December 8th.
- The remaining Week Nine games will see NO CHANGE to their originally scheduled times.
- December 15th has been installed as ‘Week Ten’, and features all of the games moved from the previous weeks. Members of Blue, Orange, Pink, and Maroon, you do NOT play on December 15th.
- Again, ALL games for the remainder of the regular season will be held at the rink in Escondido.
- We are off on December 1st for Thanksgiving, and December 22nd and 29th as well for the holidays, and I hope to have an update on the 4S rink at the start of the new year…stay tuned.
In light of the above schedule changes, I have started working on patching the broken score keeper and ref duties. I will send out more on that to the folks involved. Most of the assignments stayed intact, but with those three games moving, I did have to change a few here and there. If you notice any changes that involve you or your team, and want to send me an email confirm/decline, please feel free to do so any time.
For you visual creatures (like me), this modified schedule is already posted on the schedule page.
I am really sorry about all of the turmoil this season. I can assure you that we are doing the best we can to minimize the chaos. If the above seems a bit convoluted, bear in mind that this was in lieu of moving every remaining game up sixty to ninety minutes. I felt that would have a much bigger impact on standing requests, and it would leave us with a blank week on December 15th, or with the playoffs starting on that date…which would mean clock concerns for OT/SO. Spreading the games out let us avoid the 3:00pm slot that no one seems to want, and we managed to avoid any double-headers in the process.
On another note…I am sad to report that Thursdays beyond this week are NOT available at either rink. So, I hope you have a good book club, or maybe a basket weaving class you can register for until we can bring that back online in 2020.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns…