REGISTRATIONS, CONSTITUTION, UPDATES
Please see updates below
Under Age Players
We have caught a number of players who are falsifying the proof of date of birth which is being submitted to the League. A reminder that Clubs are responsible for seeing original documents. If you aren’t seeing the player due to the summer, best practice is to video call the player so you can see the original and then send the League a photo of that document.
So you are aware, Fred Thickbroom our excellent Registration Secretary used to work with Photoshop so can spot alterations. If he isn’t happy with quality of ID he will ask for a better picture.
Clubs are warned submitting a false document is a breach of the League Rules and Clubs have instructed us to fine Clubs who breach this rule £250 and the player is to be fined £250. The Committee have no discretion in the level of the fine as it is an AGM instruction.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Constitution
Sorry for the delay with issuing the Constitution. This is the fourteenth time I have been involved with working this out and this is comfortably the hardest one ever. It wasn’t helped by a long delay in some Clubs affiliating and also the Essex FA refusing permission for Old Parmiterians Over 45’s Reserves and Rouge Over 45’s Reserves (formally Paringdon) to be promoted to the same Division as their First Teams.
Whilst we would normally split the First Team and Reserve teams between East and West, we felt it unfair on Chelmsford based sides to be placed in the West Division which would have increased their total travelling from 137 miles to 368 miles for the season. After looking at all the permutations we have come up with what we think is the best overall option. I am fully aware some Clubs may well not be happy with the solution we have come up with.
An excel spreadsheet with the Divisions has been emailed to Club Secretaries and asked to be forwarded to managers
So you can see the logic we have used I have mapped out all the Divisions in the links below.
Over 35’s
Over 35's Premier Division - https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=19vUGhmR750Pd9tFCGLqJon75fc0zIiY&usp=sharing
Over 35's Division One 2024/25 - https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1ezylBAfYPJMg3JzxdznTzUU0e5eNKIk&usp=sharing
Over 35's Division Two 2024/25 - https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1MgO8kcL-irnXfI3Al-XHIsVB0y2zAdo&usp=sharing
Over 35's Division Three 2024/25 - https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Q28q3ehmf8B8_oD0zecPhxQmf_mew-A&usp=sharing
Over 45’s
Over 45's Premier Division - https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1q3r-p60XymXGLq0Yd3DB-RiYAa22s8g&usp=sharing
Over 45's Division One 2024/25 - https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1x5zvAfDAqF123SDj0QiuVRjjM6syAVE&usp=sharing
Over 45 Division Two 2024/25 - https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1f8edkppCDJo4uVNr7jHwWPWweWeL1J0&usp=sharing
Over 55’s
Over 55's 2024/25 - https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1hJR5JAC3hew1GnwAC-mTxRElbi-Pijc&usp=sharing
egistrations
The deadline for registering sixteen players per team is 18th August 2024. We still have nearly twenty teams who haven’t registered the required number of players yet. If you are running two teams that means a total of thirty two different players must be registered. We would prefer players to be registered rather than fining Clubs.
Contacting League Officers
All the League Officers are happy to help Clubs, we would however ask you to contact the correct person for the correct issue as it saves us work.
Fixtures – Steve Newlyn on evlfixtures@gmail.com
Registrations – Fred Thickbroom on essexvetsregs@gmail.com
Referees – Chris Crawford, Ryan Anderson and James Holloway on evlreferees@gmail.com On matchdays only for urgent queries and postponements please ring 01268 944066 this will divert to person taking calls.
Charges Raised by League – Russell McGill on evlcharges@gmail.com
All other queries – Martin Berry on essexvets@gmail.com