There is a possibility of Severe Weather tonight(April 9) at Doubles League. We do not yet have an official Severe Weather policy, but should probably discuss it tonight prior to league. If any of y ...
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There is a possibility of Severe Weather tonight(April 9) at Doubles League. We do not yet have an official Severe Weather policy, but should probably discuss it tonight prior to league. If any of you have an opportunity to read this prior to league, hopefully it will get your gears turning prior to our conversation tonight.
Here are my suggestions:
If there is a Severe Weather WATCH we go ahead and play. As a friend once said, Severe Weather WATCH just means you are in Kansas and it is Summer.
If there is a Severe Weather WARNING just before or during a league round, we suspend and/or cancel play depending on the length of the WARNING.
If there is NOT a WARNING, but you are concerned for you safety, you may either mark your lie and temporarily stop play, or drop out of the round for the evening. Please let your partner/group know about your decision
Since there is money involved, cancelling a doubles round is a little more complicated than cancelling a round at bag tag league. So...
Rather than trying to issue refunds during a storm or trying to remember who all was there without collecting score cards, I suggest that we simply roll over the pot to the next week, making the prizes potentially twice as big the following week. I know this means some will not be back to play the next week, and some who come the second week only may "unfairly" benefit. However, this is the most simple and safe solution, and furthermore, to my memory, no round of doubles league has been cancelled for severe weather during the last 3 years. So this won't happen very often, if at all.
Let me know what you think!
