All,
Just some things to touch upon as we head into week 5 with the mens competition beginning to wrap up and the mixed now a quarter of the way through (in terms of time not games at least).
Mens final week next week
Next week, week 6 – 11th of June, is the final week of men’s. All mens teams will pay at 7PM and there will be drinks and a brief presentation in the clubhouse. All men’s players are expected to attend so if you are a men’s captain get them to lock it in.
Team lists
Team lists are now due so if you’ve not sent them through already please do so asap. The team list is a two step process
- Ensure everyone on your team checks in at least once during the season
- Send us a list of full names (not just given names) of everyone on the team
As a rule of thumb if a player on the team is not on the printed team list they either need to check in or you (the captain) send me their name.
Uniforms
If you capatain of a mixed team and have not yet sorted your uniform then we need an explanation as they are expected to be in place by week 3 (this coming Wednesday is week 5).
Being out of uniform lets everyone down ie the player, the opposition, the referee and the spectator.
Fixture and byes
The fixture for week 5 is up and please made some minor changes in mid/early afternoon so if you checked it around then, I suggest checking again as there were some minor changes to game times whilst I was editing it. Everyone else can ignore it as its now complete and won’t change.
https://princesparktouch.com/social-competition/wednesday-draw/
You will also note there have been and will be a lot of byes for mixed in the first 7 weeks of the season (this coming Wednesday is week 5). This is because the men’s and women’s competitions and state of origin. All of which have ended already or will end soon. In fact over the last 9 weeks every mixed team will play every week (excepting week 10 state of origin 3). All teams will get the regular number of games it is simply that all the byes are front ended this season.
Social Touch
As you should all already know Princes Park Touch’s aim are not touch, they are social relationships and opportunities through touch.
To that end I’ll reiterate that if your team is just playing and going home you are missing the whole point.
Anyway to that end I would urge you all to arrange a drink and dinner with your team, ideally at our sponsor the Great Northern Hotel.
Of equal importance through are the relationships between players across teams and with officials and that is something uniquely strong at PPT. As such we will be restarting presidents drinks. So if you see team in the fixture with 🍻 next to the team in the fixture keep afterwards free for a drink with the opposition and the committee.
