Quote Originally Posted by Hunter403 View Post
The 18's in group C play 5 games with multiple byes so the finish is at the same time as everyone else. No Wallsend or NIAS makes it a joke.
Agree with you about 3 divisions of 8 (as long as there are 8 in each group) playing three times. Top 2/3/4 promoted with equivalent demoted. Numbers up and down open to discussion as each have pros and cons.
3 (full) tiers of 8 sounds the most functional while offering a platform for consistent hard/quality matches at those levels of like for like.

Would be ideal if it was based on team standing, rather than club average (so clubs can build off of success)...and kids can feel empowered to impact the standard they get to play as well. (If you play really well, and your team is excellent, you don't get punished for the club having a poor average.

I feel that the mid season relegation is far from ideal...although someone suggested to me yesterday, this would work better if, the final phase was a full home and away season (i.e. 11 games phase 1, then 14 games phase 2)...helping to bring us closer to Sydney's 30 round season...they also made a good case for mid week matches too.

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Will be interesting in a couple of weeks to see who is likely to be re promoted from tier II...think Charlestown managed a draw and a win against Cooks Hill...H/A would probably help with turning that around