Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:33 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

there was a lot of cold weather around but nothing to stop games being played as most of the local LER games in the area (Pia & UTC etc) went ahead as normal

the damage was done by an incompetant groundsman,simple as that

simple solution would have been to water the ground upto thursday if it the pitch was too hard, leave it friday and saturday

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:40 pm  

Taken from Cas forum

Catalans have now invested in covers and blowers, this weekends game has been brought forward to 3.30pm KO (forecast is +12!!) and there offering 2 beers for the price of between 1.30 - 2.30.

Obviously trying to show the RFL that lessons have been learnt. If we have to go back to France midweek (as Bomber has alluded to) it would be a disgrace. Fans should be considered in the rescheduled date. As has already been mentioned the August KC fixture should now be played in France and the re-arranged midweek game should be played at the KC when Cats are already over here.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:41 pm  

number 6 wrote:

simple solution would have been to water the ground upto thursday if it the pitch was too hard, leave it friday and saturday

the pitch shouldn't have been touched at all - there would have been enough moisture in the ground to make it perfectly playable - another big problem is that the french seem to enjoy playing their games late afternoon/early evening in the winter months which is ridiculous - KO should be at about 1500 until april IMO
It gets really chilly when the sun goes down and is bad for all concerned,players & fans alike.
Fortunately TO13 have rearranged their NRC game with Keighley on saturday for 1630 (still too late IMO) instead of the usual 1900 which is a ridiculous time to start playing in winter

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:44 pm  

Gerrum on side ref wrote:

Taken from Cas forum

Catalans have now invested in covers and blowers, this weekends game has been brought forward to 3.30pm KO (forecast is +12!!) and there offering 2 beers for the price of between 1.30 - 2.30.

Obviously trying to show the RFL that lessons have been learnt. If we have to go back to France midweek (as Bomber has alluded to) it would be a disgrace. Fans should be considered in the rescheduled date. As has already been mentioned the August KC fixture should now be played in France and the re-arranged midweek game should be played at the KC when Cats are already over here.

i doubt the fixture switch will happen, we mentioned it before going out to france about being given february, april and early may in the last 3 years, simple reason is the players don't want to play in the weather as it is too hot! june or september is their preferred summer fixtures

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:52 pm  

number 6 wrote:

i doubt the fixture switch will happen, we mentioned it before going out to france about being given february, april and early may in the last 3 years, simple reason is the players don't want to play in the weather as it is too hot! june or september is their preferred summer fixtures

Doubt the view of the players would determine when we play. None of the SL teams would want to play July / Aug which is not ideal due to the heat. As fans we want a happy medium of the weather being warm but not too tough on the players so I'd be happy with June or September any time. It would not surprise me however if the RFL give FC their choice of fixture next season after this cock up so expect to see a March / April fixture in 2013

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:00 pm  

Gerrum on side ref wrote:

Doubt the view of the players would determine when we play. None of the SL teams would want to play July / Aug which is not ideal due to the heat. As fans we want a happy medium of the weather being warm but not too tough on the players so I'd be happy with June or September any time. It would not surprise me however if the RFL give FC their choice of fixture next season after this cock up so expect to see a March / April fixture in 2013

we went in 2008/9 when we played in beziers, it didnt drop below 35 degrees all the time we were there, mid august, even i found that too much! june would be my preferred fixture, but like you say, we'll end up with a cooler climate fixture

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:15 pm  

number 6 wrote:

we went in 2008/9 when we played in beziers, it didnt drop below 35 degrees all the time we were there, mid august, even i found that too much! june would be my preferred fixture, but like you say, we'll end up with a cooler climate fixture

Don't start me on Bezier!! We arrived at our Hotel at 8pm to find our accomodation had been cancelled, with the festivals going on there was no accomodation anywhere. We got booked in on a motorway junction on the outskirts of Perpignan which only had that night free and next day the only option was to drive to Spain and we ended up in Tossa de Mar for 4 nights and had a 5 hour round trip on match day. Although as they say every cloud....we now never spend more than 1 night in France and stay in Spain instead at a snip of the price for accomodation and beer. A lot went wrong on this trip (their were other minor disasters) but funily enough it's the one we all enjoyed the most (apart from losing to Catalans).

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:28 pm  

Not seen your fixtures but what about 5th June if it has to be midweek. That is the Tuesday Bank Holiday of the Queens Jubilee.

I would be fuming if I had travelled to France and the game was called off.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:44 pm  

We should refuse to travel again and make the RFL decide who to award the points to.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:49 pm  

I hope the day come Rovers cant host an SL game.........