I can almost guarantee that some really good and important games will be ruined because of poor referee decisions.

This may sound like I am having a go at refs - this is not my intent. With some 300 teams playing four to five prelim games and then having finals for the top four, we just simply do not have sufficient good refs to cover these games without running them into the ground. As with all people, when you get tired you make poor decisions.

Simply said, the club reps that voted for three grades and also U/10s should be lined up against a wall and shot!

Sorry for bitching but that is my two bobs worth...

"Does your club consider State Champs an important weekend?"

Isn't this qualifying for the classics...

Secondly if it wasn't important then why would clubs enter it, there are many ohter tournaments, but not many clubs enter all these, so i think clearly you would say by that alone it is pretty important to their development.

Pegs im not having a go at you but if you feel that strongly about the refs you should pick up a whistle and become one yourself. Show them how to do it.

And i tell you what thats how some people have become refs. I remember that famous quote from Rod Ridley when i learnt to be one, 'I didnt like the refs so i decided to be one myself'.

I have heard along the grapevine that this years seedings for fixtures revolves around the ladder positions after round nine of the summer season - in contrast to previous years. Is this true and if so, where can you find your position on the ladder from that far ago?

I think that if they are short of referees they should only have the div 1's playing. But even if they do there should not be div 3 playing it's just a money spinner and a waste of the refs time, that could be resting up for one of the top games in the sate champs like the div 1 game. No disrespect to the div 3's but it just makes more cents for this to happen this way.

MGS - is that just for the div 1s? If it is, then it probably makes sense, as they play 10 team competitions, so they'd be taking it from the ladder after everyone has played each other once.

As far as div 2s & 3s go, most of them are 12 team competitions, which fits perfectly into the 11 & 22 week seasons, so hopefully they'd be doing the seedings based on the final summer season ladders.

No idea where you'd be able to find your ladder position though.

keep reserve 2 grade - we were told it would be happening and filled our player's and families heads with it - so they have planned their weekend around it.

same as last year - was good, no u10s

Hoop Addict, I believe sportingPulse has ladder positions.

http://www.sportingpulse.com.au

Yeah ITA, but as anonymous said, not for round 9 of Summer.

my bad.

jus tryin ta help.

i agree that we shouldn't scrap Under 10's but saying we are behind other states is an uneducated comment. What grades are we behind in? because I can give you some grades that we are well in front of at a Club level and a State level.

The weekend will be an interesting one. Boys: 1. Sturt
2. West
3. Southern

Hit the wrong button.

Boys 1. Sturt
2. West
3. Southern
4. Norwood
4. Forestville

Girls 1. North
2. Forestville
3. Sturt
4. Southern
4. Norwood

Overall Champion:

1. North (Just)
2. Sturt
3. Southern
4. Norwood
5. Forestville
6. West
7. Woodville
8. South
9. Eastern
10. Centrals

Top six will be close.

Under 14 Boys 1. West
2. Norwood

Under 14 Girls 1. North
2. Centrals

Reserve Boys: Sturt
Reserve Girls: North
Overall : Sturt

Div 3 Not sure.

I am sure there will be reports and previews on particular grades as we get closer.

i agree with bootleg, basa just trying to screw more money out of parents of div 3 kids. And with refs being harder and harder to get, what level of referreeing would div 3's get? our teams parents all said pffffft....when approached about state champs. no one interested any more so we wont be there. would rather have their long weekends to themselves.