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Wirral Enter Team into Floodlit Cup
For the first time in several years the Club has entered a team in this years Floodlit Cup. The first game is on Wednesday 9th February (19:30 ko).
The Wirral team will be made up of players who are not yet established in the 1st team. Games in the competition will be played at Birkenhead Park or New Brighton. Wirral's first game is at New Brighton.
Details of the competition are below:
Seedings – teams have been grouped and seeded as follows:
Group 1:
Oldershaw
Birkenhead Park Wanderers
Wirral Development
Caldy 2/3rd
Group 2:
Old Parkonians
Prenton
Wallasey
Anselmians
Group 3:
Port Sunlight
Helsby
Hoylake 2s
2. Preliminary knockout games
• A knockout round of games is required in order to have the correct number of 8 teams for the final competition.
• Preliminary games will take place between teams within box 1 and within box 3 (i.e. 2 go through from box 1 and 3 to main competition).
• In the preliminary draw for group 3, Helsby received a bye.
3. Preliminary fixtures
• Wed 2nd Feb 2011 - Caldy 2/3rd XV vs Oldershaw 1st XV at Birkenhead Park, KO 7.30
• Wed 9th Feb 2011 - Birkenhead Park Wanderers XV vs Wirral Development XV at New Brighton, KO 7.30
• Wed 16th Feb 2011 - Port Sunlight 1st XV vs Hoylake 2nd XV at New Brighton, KO 7.30
4. Main Competition – Points rules
• If teams from same seeding group play each other, no points difference
• If a team from box 1 plays a team from box 3 – 28 point head start for box 3 team
• If a team from box 2 plays a team from box 3 – 18 point head start for box 3 team
• If a team from box 1 plays a team from box 2 – 10 point head start for box 2 team
The points rules above may need altering in the future, but this can only be done once the competition is established and the levels of the teams within in the competitioncan be established.
5. Miscellaneous Items
• Refs – we have confirmed 4 per game.
• Subs – any 3 from 5 (must include one front row)
• Balls – each club must provide 2 match balls
• Players – for teams entering a 2nd 3rd or development team, you must not play a player who has played more than 3 times for your 1st team before Christmas.
• Further fixture dates (tbc):
o Quarter finals two games played on each night one at N/Brighton and one at B/Park KO 7.30:
1. 23rd Feb
2. 2nd March
o Semi finals one at N/Brighton and one at B/Park KO 7.30
1. 23rd March
2. 30th March
o Final will be on a Friday night, date to be arranged KO 7.30