Division Three South 2018-19
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 10:39 am
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... and Leeds University Old Boys get relegated.Neil Graham wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:50 amQualifiers from Group A were ;- Check Innmates 1 (10); Kings Head (10), Fermented Sharks (8); Iceni 1 (7)
Relegation Pool :- Leeds Old Boys (7); MK Phoenix (6) join CSC2 & Cambridge Univ 2.
The board difference between Iceni and Leeds OBs was 20-19; Leeds manage to carry forward three losses into the relegation pool!
I like this current league system as it adds some dynamism to proceedings, but this case highlights it's negative aspects. It feels very harsh that Leeds get relegated, they certainly were not one of the worst 4 teams.Ian Thompson wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 10:32 am
... and Leeds University Old Boys get relegated.
They seem to have paid a heavy price for two board defaults in the preliminary section. They were docked two half game points for this. If they'd had players for these two games and those players had lost, they'd have been level with Iceni on game points, and, by my reckoning, would have gone into the promotion pool on tie-break. Instead of being in the relegation pool with 0 points carried forward, they'd have been in the promotion pool with 6 points carried forward.
Definitely not, with 50% over the season as a whole (4 wins, 3 draws, 4 losses) despite finishing 15th out of 16.Nick Burrows wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 12:16 pmIt feels very harsh that Leeds get relegated, they certainly were not one of the worst 4 teams.
Hello Ian. Thanks for the sympathetic assessment of our season. Actually, it's even worse than you say. Had we edged into the Promotion Pool we would actually have carried forward 7 points and been leading it, having beaten Kings Head, Check Inn Mates 1 and Fermented Sharks, who finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the final table, and drawn with Iceni 1. Thus we scored 7/8 against the teams who finished above us and 0/6 against the teams who finished below us. Of course we only have ourselves to blame.Ian Thompson wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 10:32 am... and Leeds University Old Boys get relegated.Neil Graham wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:50 amQualifiers from Group A were ;- Check Innmates 1 (10); Kings Head (10), Fermented Sharks (8); Iceni 1 (7)
Relegation Pool :- Leeds Old Boys (7); MK Phoenix (6) join CSC2 & Cambridge Univ 2.
The board difference between Iceni and Leeds OBs was 20-19; Leeds manage to carry forward three losses into the relegation pool!
They seem to have paid a heavy price for two board defaults in the preliminary section. They were docked two half game points for this. If they'd had players for these two games and those players had lost, they'd have been level with Iceni on game points, and, by my reckoning, would have gone into the promotion pool on tie-break. Instead of being in the relegation pool with 0 points carried forward, they'd have been in the promotion pool with 6 points carried forward.
Impressive, seeing as one only carries forward the results of three matches.Mark Taylor wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 1:32 pmHad we edged into the Promotion Pool we would actually have carried forward 7 points and been leading it
Oops. I should have read the rules.IM Jack Rudd wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 7:20 pmImpressive, seeing as one only carries forward the results of three matches.Mark Taylor wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 1:32 pmHad we edged into the Promotion Pool we would actually have carried forward 7 points and been leading it