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Posted by marc
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Mar 17, 2009 06:19 PM |
The 2009 Season information including registration information can be found under the "2009 Season" menu on the left hand side of the site.
There will be an email going out soon to give some further information about where the registration night will take place etc.
Online team registration will be open soon as well.
If you have questions you can post them here, or email communications@wtfl.ca
Thanks and have a great season!
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Posted by canadianclimate
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Mar 18, 2009 03:11 PM |
What is happening with the multi-team player rule? I haven't seen any offical statements on the site, yet.
Jason
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Posted by marc
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Mar 18, 2009 05:48 PM |
The multi-team player rule has been removed. Players will be limited to playing on only 1 team this year.
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Posted by marc
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Mar 20, 2009 11:30 AM |
Like last year, we'll be offering a stadium day for teams if they wish to play an opponent at the stadium. The cost is $200 a team and the stadium has been booked for July 18th. Please see the 2009 Season menu on the left for more information.
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Posted by marc
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Mar 20, 2009 11:33 AM |
The following email went out yesterday to the WTFL members. If you're not a member yet, or your email address has changed (update your profile!) I've posted the email below so you're in the know:
Welcome back valued member of the WTFL (Winnipeg Touch Football League),
Spring is around the corner(!) and so is your WTFL 2009 season!
Everything you need to kick-off a great year of football is at your online ‘clubhouse’: www.wtfl.ca. PLEASE CHECK OUT THE 2009 SEASONAL OPERATING PROCEDURE
Highlights include...
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IN-PERSON REGISTRATION NIGHT
WHEN: Tuesday, April 21
WHERE: Canad Inns Polo Park (Ambassador Room M)
TIME: 6pm-9pm
Please refer online for fees, performance bond info and ALL details.
All registration fees are due by April 21st in full, no exceptions
MANDATORY ONLINE REGISTRATION: Opens next week. Team roster must be completed BEFORE registration night.
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MAKE MONEY THIS SUMMER
Did you know the WTFL provides all the training so YOU can be a game official.
New recruits are appreciated...and the pay scale shows!
· $21/game - Head Linesman (Sideline Official)
· $27/game - Back Judge
· $32/game - Head Official
2009 Officials Clinic when/where to be posted soon.
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2009 SEASON
Despite the snow, your 2009 WTFL Board has been hard at work to help plan for the best game day experience. Please find all the details in the 2009 Seasonal Operating Procedure online.
Highlights include:
· 1 player 1 team- The WTFL Board has elected to not allow multi-team play
· Women’s Division is 5 years strong and has graduated to a 3-Officials crew!
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TEAM CAPTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
*You* are the WTFL’s link to your team - please check out “TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES”
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WTFL WOMEN’S SKILLS CLINIC
From absolute newbies to armchair quarterbacks ALL WELCOME.
Have a sister? girlfriend? wife? daughter? female co-worker? Please encourage them to jump into the WTFL Women’s Skills Clinic where they can get an overview of our sport in a welcoming environment.
p.s. Do you love football? It would be awesome if you could help for just 1 night at the Women's Skills Clinic! Please contact women@wtfl.ca
Women’s Skills Clinic details will be posted on www.wtfl.ca soon.
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SO - it's time to shake off the hibernation and sprint to www.wtfl.ca for ALL details to kick-off this football year!
Looking forward to seeing you registration night!
Wishing you a stellar (and safe) 2009 season
on behalf of your WTFL 2009 volunteer board
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Posted by Jyuen
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Jul 21, 2009 04:32 AM |
Just curious again how the playoffs will get structured? Are the plans still to split the divisions again come playoffs? How will that work?
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Posted by marc
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Jul 21, 2009 07:18 AM |
The plan was:
Top 5 in div A go into A1
Bottom 5 in div A go into A2
Top 5 in Div B go into B1
Top 5 in Div B go into B2
Then the rounds go as follows:
round 1: 4th place plays 5th place in each of those divisions. Call this the wild-card game.
round 2:
2nd place plays 3rd place
1st place plays the winner of the wild-card game.
Championship with remaining 2 teams.
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Posted by marc
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Jul 21, 2009 07:32 AM |
Here was the reasoning for this approach:
-There were several teams in the league this year that we just didn't know where they "fit". Some teams were brand new, some teams came from another league, and some teams made some wholesale changes so you don't know where they will be.
-2 divisions of 10 makes it easier for scheduling 18 games (play everybody 2 times makes it nice and even)
-Playing 9 different teams twice is more interesting than playing the same guys over and over again.
-The split up into 4 divisions means more championship opportunities and I think for recreation football this makes it more fun for people involved.
Are there disadvantages to this? Absolutely!
-There have been some blow outs this year. Each division has a high variance, but if you compare the standings so far to previous years, you'd see that every year has this problem. There are always a couple of teams that are too good or are struggling in the division they are in.
There are two solutions that I can think of to try to get the teams in the right divisions:
-Realign the divisions during the season. Ideally doing it twice and having a minimum of 3 divisions. This is done in other touch football leagues in Canada. There are pros/cons with this and it's a lot of work too.
-Tournament based playoffs. To my knowledge, this is what is done out east for their provincial championships. This is also what they do in Ultimate (disc not football) Essentially you take all your teams in your league and rank them in order based on standings. Then you play a tournament over a weekend to figure out who the champs are. If you played in the Tournament of Champions when it was here in 2006 the format would be like that. There are some HUGE advantages to this:
-You can do the entire playoffs in 1 weekend of intense football. For those of you who had fun in last weekends tourney, you know what I mean.
-You aren't eliminated after 1 loss so actually get more games this way.
-The tourney format would have to be setup so that in the end you are playing the competition closest to you.
-For the people working weekends you only have to book 1 weekend off of work to make sure you can make the entire playoffs. No excuses for not having your full squads out.
-The tournament style playoffs creates a more interesting atmosphere and makes it more fun. It is popular in other sports for a reason.
You need a lot of refs available though!
Any other ideas?
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