ALWAYS
ASSUME YOUR GAME IS ON UNLESS ADVISED OTHERWISE BY YOUR MANAGER
The Northern Beaches Council sports field webpage will indicate if
fields are open across the Peninsula.....
Northern Beaches
Council Wet Weather Information
For a link to Abbott Rd Fields Click Here
For
a link to Adam St ground Click Here
For a link to Old Reub Hudson ground click here
o Our grounds are
known as John Fisher Park - Abbott Rd 3,4 and 5 and Adam St. Abbott Rd 3
includes all the mini-fields (U7 - U11) at the Community Hall end of the
grounds.
o If council has
closed the grounds we cannot train or play on them
o Friday Afternoon
o Council will advise
as early as possible if fields are closed – usually by 3pm
o MWFA may move some
games depending on closures. Clubs are
notified by email no later than 7pm. Any
changes made after 7pm are sent by text.
o Any ground closures
will be noted on the council website - see link above.
o Saturday Morning
o Council start their
rounds at 6am and will advise MWFA of closures by about 6.30am.
o Team managers
should keep an eye on the council website early in the morning on game day to
see if grounds are open or shut. You cannot tell until the day so always assume
a game is on.
o Any additional
closures will be advised to team managers by text from the club competition
secretary
o If we have only a
few fields out then the competitions manager may move or postpone games and
this will be notified to the team manager by text. If there are many fields out (tipping point
is 80%) may call off all games – notified by text.
o Sunday Morning
o There are fewer
games on Sundays so there are more options to move games to fields that are
open - a text will always be sent first thing in the morning to advise if a
game has been moved.
o Sometimes a ground
is closed on Saturday but reopened on Sunday.
o The club groundsman
can decide to close a pitch even once it has been opened by council if he deems
it necessary. This again will be sent by text to the team managers.
o Weekend games are
our priority, so very occasionally during the week our groundsman will feel
that the grounds should be shut for training even though council has opened
them. In this case our website will say shut even though the council says
they are open. Whenever possible your age coordinator will contact
your manager if this is the case to inform you that training is off.
o The MWFA draw is the best source of information for match details. It is regularly updated up until 5pm Friday but is not usually updated over the weekend. The competition secretary attempts to pass on all information about changes in a timely manner but checking the draw regularly is a good idea, especially when it is wet. www.mwfa.com.au/competitions
o If a game is not
going to be moved and is cancelled/postponed it will disappear from the draw on
the website. Check after close of business Friday.