Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:00 am  

Final decision to be made at 10.30 with match officials in attendance.According to Hunslet Twitter feed.

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:10 am  

Please be careful to all going to the game if it's on.

That approach to the ground, up the hill will be treacherous on foot or otherwise.

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:28 am  

Can't see it been on.

EDIT: Game postponed.

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:41 am  

Can they play winner takes all next Sunday

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:57 am  

Postponment is bad news for teams at this time of year, as the busy Easter schedule draws near. I suppose we do have the advantage of having a decent amount of depth in the team compared to other teams in the division. Still puts unwelcome pressure on the fixture list at a peak time.

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Sun Mar 18, 2018 11:52 am  

I'm really surprised they didn't ask for volunteers to clear the snow off the pitch. I suspect the pitch itself is playable - currently around +3 here in Leeds and snow is melting off rooftops and car roofs outside our house.

Tweeting pictures of snowbound pitch all morning seems like they'd already made their mind up that the game was going to be off - which is odd because that's their big payday gone (given that it will likely have to be midweek for the re-arranged game)

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Sun Mar 18, 2018 12:24 pm  

Regarding the Easter schedule; is it correct we don’t actually have a second Easter game? We have one on the Friday but nothing listed for Monday

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Sun Mar 18, 2018 1:00 pm  

I_Pitty_Stevo wrote:

Regarding the Easter schedule; is it correct we don’t actually have a second Easter game? We have one on the Friday but nothing listed for Monday

It is correct.

Common sense has prevailed in that it's not fair asking part time players to play two games in a week, unless postponements make it necessary.

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Sun Mar 18, 2018 1:55 pm  

HamsterChops wrote:

It is correct.

Common sense has prevailed in that it's not fair asking part time players to play two games in a week, unless postponements make it necessary.

This probably means we're effectively pencilled in for a double fixture over Easter then, what with the next round of the CC not taking place until April 21st/22nd

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Sun Mar 18, 2018 2:52 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

I'm really surprised they didn't ask for volunteers to clear the snow off the pitch. I suspect the pitch itself is playable - currently around +3 here in Leeds and snow is melting off rooftops and car roofs outside our house.

Tweeting pictures of snowbound pitch all morning seems like they'd already made their mind up that the game was going to be off - which is odd because that's their big payday gone (given that it will likely have to be midweek for the re-arranged game)

Im surprised too. Been to roundhay park and the ground is very soft. Should be no issue of a frozen pitch. Looking like a mid-week fixture