2008 Winter League

Regarding Winter League Sign-ups... Please read this in its entirety, as bids will be denied if instructions not followed precisely.

This year as in nearly all years past, Winter league 2008 will take place on Friday nights starting on the first Friday in January and going for twelve weeks. Games will be 5 on 5, 3/2 Co-ed with an agreement between captains as to gender breakup before each game. The DEFAULT will be 3 men and 2 women, but if captains can agree to 3 women and 2 men or receiving team decides, GREAT!

Each game time scheduled has an hour. You may use the first 5-10 minutes for warm-up, and should try to be early to agree on how this will be done with the other captain. The schedule is made with the best intentions of getting everyone games at all times, so that your team doesn't have to hurry up and rush out of work to make the 6:00 game every week. I also don't intend you to have to play all your games at the latest time possible. Whether your games start on time, they need to end on time so that the next round has equal opportunity to play their games with the entire time allotted to them. Thank you for abiding by this. This is largely a spirit issue. We're all here for the same reason. We want to play. Your game is just as important as everyone elses. Please remember that it is NOT more important.

Like last year, I will not make any breakdown as to the number of spots that are REC or Advanced per se, but rather will schedule around the level of skill of the registered teams!

Like the last few years, we are fortunate again to use TCUL's registration system to expedite the process for registration and scheduling. The registration process is two-fold. You will first sign-up via the link below to start the registration process. If you've played any sort of TCUL league in 2005-2007, your information will already be in the system. If not, you'll need to enter it (you will receive no spam) as well as enter at least 5 other players (3 total men and 3 total women). I'm not super concerned about player phone numbers or addresses, but valid email addresses are required for all players on your roster, in case anything should go out regarding weather cancellations or something like that. Please do make sure to have captain phone numbers for sure, and having a co-captain listed as such is a good idea. Jersey color is not necessary, but you'll need to enter something as the database requires it. In fact, please use this spot in the registration process to enter your team name from last year if you are signing up a team with history who has undergone a name change. Once you've done all this, part one of your registration is complete. I will get a list of registrations and they'll be time-stamped when they're received.

Like last year, the registration process is a little different than it has been in years prior to the '07 season. I have set the registration settings to accept 34 teams. This will be 10 spots more than the league will have room for, but instead of having a pre-registration for previous participants, the registration will be open to everyone right away. 24 teams will be selected from those registered to fill out the league. Priority will first be given to consistent former participants (same/similar team name, very similar roster etc) with registration time taking a close second. This way, spots won't fill in pre-registration with new teams who found out thru nefarious means how to pre-register. Also, teams who have consistently participated year after year but have a different contact, and missed the pre-registration notification, will be able to participate.

Hopefully you've read everything carefully up till this point. To be considered for a spot, your fee is the next step. This year the rate will increase from $400/team to $425 to secure a spot. This is a slight increase from last year as the YWCA has increased our rates a bit yet again. Anyhow, in that 34 teams have the ability to register but as many as 10 won't actually get a spot, initial registration will only require a deposit of $125. Like last year, we are only taking paypal as the only method for payment. When 34 spots are filled or 4 days have passed (whichever comes first), I will award the 24 spots and assign spots on the waiting list. If you are awarded a spot, you'll need to send the remaining $300 via paypal within two days or your spot will be forfeited and moved to the waiting list. If you are placed on the waiting list, I will immediately refund your $125 deposit to your paypal account. The appropriate email address needed for payment will appear at the end of the registration process via the link below. You will not be able to access the link until Friday November 9th. I suggest you click thru as quickly as possible on that date.

I think that's about it. I apologize for the tediousness. I want everyone to have a fair shot. Email immediately with questions. If I've overlooked something, it will be far easier to deal with before registration starts.