Quote Originally Posted by boz-monaut View Post
why should clubs like Azzurri or Cooks Hill be limited to fewer All Age teams when they already have zone squads (and New FM)?

in what way would it benefit the game if this would move teams to other (arguably poorer run) clubs away from where people live and want to play?

a lot of people, teams and clubs want to play in a less restrictive competition like All Age, or more suited to their lives like your Friday night competitions, rather than going into zone and requiring additional resources, fences, canteens and other stuff that is in the zone rules - not everyone wants to be in a squad of players

easier fix would be to axe the ZL3 competition, move the better teams to ZL2 and the remainders can go to All Age
ZL3 is the entry level for zone league and must be kept. We need to grow the competition and not reduce it. For the last two years the all age competition has taken alot of players out of the lower end of zone leagues. We need to find out why and fix the problem, move more referees into the zone leagues and making less available for all age competitions may help bring back players/clubs.
Shortland and South Cardiff 4 teams each, really?? Come on someone from those clubs. Start a zone league team. Maybe reducing the entry fees in zl3 might help, not sure?? Maybe the clubs need to work together in the lower grades to help get more players into zone leagues. Instead of pushing guys into all age, maybe they could push them towards smaller clubs that need players? A stronger zone league competition is better for all then helping the all age competition grow.