Don't leave us hanging....Originally Posted by Goatscheese
Don't leave us hanging....
So the main news out of the NNSW meeting tonight is that the WPL will be a 7 team comp next year, with the same age groups. Each team will have 18 games with 3 byes.
Age restriction rules will remain the same as this season.
Valentine are out only because no one would step up within the club and run the program. Bruce (the president) was keen for WPL but could not run it himself...
so i guess all the talk about new lambton coming in and their new experienced coach is over....
7? So is it just Valo gone with no replacement or has a replacement come in and another team has also left?
Wonder what happened because a few months ago I know some players were approached and told they would like them to come to their trails.so i guess all the talk about new lambton coming in and their new experienced coach is over....
so i wonder where all those valentine players will go now???
And that experienced coach if late to the game was correct is still at Warners Bay as the 1st grade coach. Something I expected to happen.
I have a feeling that a few Valo players will be going to Warners Bay they all seemed pretty chummy with the Warners Bay players at the semi-final.
although we dont like having byes in the comp, with less teams, hopefully the players from the now defunct valentine will filter through other teams to maybe raise the quality of the competition again
That's one of the good things to come out of it, not only raise the quality but also increase the depth.
Has anyone heard anything about player movement ?
Is Leon Davis coaching at Warners Bay again ?
Spoke to some of the Valo players last night they are intending on going to Warners Bay as is most of the 1st and 18's.
YesIs Leon Davis coaching at Warners Bay again ?
I will be going to Warners Bay as well. It seems like a good club that's well managed by a good committee, they have a good playing surface with excellent drainage, most likely the cheapest registration fees,an experienced and well respected coach and I am told they will have a new clubhouse built by the end of January.
They also treat us girls better than or equal to the men. It's definitely a club on the rise.
Going to be a lot of current Warners Bay players looking for a new club ;-)
they don't have a team in either of the top 2 male leagues. Having that takes up alot of time resources and money. So easyier to focus on women.
I know one guy on the committee and he only has daughters. So maybe thats what they are trying to do. Have a club that puts women first. I have No problem with that .
It is one of the better grounds used this year, not sure about excellent drainage they seemed to have it closed more often than not. Though they may be because they consider it to be Wembley and the slightest bit of rain prompted the grounds to be closed. Hopefully in that new clubhouse they designed space for changing rooms that aren't the size of a broom closet
They treated their WPL senior squad better this year, some of the younger players got shafted after promises won't kept. As for their AAW teams well I know one team that won't be returning they felt hard done by and treated poorly by the club.They also treat us girls better than or equal to the men. It's definitely a club on the rise.
Lot of Valo payers too, half the first grade team will almost certainly be retained.
It seems like they are putting women first
What happened to some of their younger players. I heard that they looked after all their players, apparently they gave the Junior WPL free clothing. I also know people from their three all age women teams and as far as I know they were all happy.
The drainage on the WPL field works well, I think you will find it was the other field near the creek that had an issue and I am told that is being fixed this off season. I am sure they didn't have any WPL matches washed out all year. Their old clubhouse change rooms were small and not much bigger than a broom closet but I think you will find that the new clubhouse will be based on the councils Swansea prototype, they have huge change rooms and it is an excellent clubhouse.
They gave them free rego too, they initially told a number of 14's and 16's they would also be paid if they signed up with the club (along with all 1sts and 18's) but then they later broke that commitment to the 14's and 16's. 1sts and 18's still got their sign on fee.
Well hopefully, as much as I hate to say it good on Warners Bay and Lake Mac council for doing that. Hopefully they have more success this year 16's were strong 1sts were strong once Leon took over hopefully they fix up the issue with the 18's. Do you know if they kept the 18's coach again, surely they must have got in someone new.
I don’t believe that is true about the Warners Bay rego and payment regarding junior players. I know girls in every age group at Warners Bay, we have friends of the family who have daughters that play WPL and when the rumours were getting around about free rego etcetera I asked my friends and they all said that they paid their own registration and to their knowledge every junior did, they laughed when I asked them if they were offered money. They said that the registration fee they paid was reasonable and cheaper than other clubs. I also contacted a committee member/ friend and they said no junior was offered or paid money.
My friends would have heard grumblings etcetera during the year if Warners Bay had gone back on a promise to their players and I imagine that we would still be hearing about it from the disgruntled players, who surely would have taken it further.
I think it was just a rumour that someone started for a stir.
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