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Thank you to all those that turned up tonight - and that includes Rod Altes....

A good night was had by all, although I think the venue emptied out a little too quickly after the presentation was completed...the whole idea of these nights is that they are "end of season parties"...good to see Donna after her recent bout of ill health....

Thanks to Hannah and the team for their hard work tonight...see you all next time!!!

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Sorry I'm guilty of rushing out - I had to get back for a rather unwilling babysitter! I thought it was a good night.

Thanks to all those involved.

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How about a proposal for finals to be played on presentation night as I think is done in other leagues? Assuming that presentation nights continue at Imperial Way, which I assume they will.

May bring in complications with ranking trophy if its close for number 1 ranked player, and obviously when trophy is presented wont have winners name on there and then but that may encourage more people to make a night of it

Whats the format of the Tolworth presentation night, I think they play finals on the presentation night dont they?

If there is someone to second it I will ask Matt Palmer to propose it

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Personally I'd prefer to have a few beers at the presentation night without having to play a competitive match (assuming I'm lucky enough to reach another final!)

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A couple of our team could not stay to pick their Trophies up, as they too had babysitters and did not know the Pesentation would be so late .................... Personally I think it is wrong to start this so late and Hold players to ransom for the trophies they have played so well for just so Riley's can claw back some of the sponsorship money they have parted with over the bar, i think they have already done that with the amount of teams they now have playing out of there......If people want to stay on they will ............Put the presention back to its normal time and give people a choice!!!!!!!!!!

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I'd be very surprised if Rileys had anything to do with it . . Maybe it's due to people who treat it as a Presentation 15 Minutes rather than a Presentation Evening . .

. . the choice is either you go or you don't . . Leaving as soon as the trophy is presented is just plain rude!

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I would have thought the clue was in the title. Presentation 'NIGHT'.



I don't remember it stating anywhere that the trophies would be awarded at any particular time. And the Presentation Night was started later after the Chairmans decision. Not Rileys.



Teams have CHOSEN to play out if Rileys. Probably because they pay for each teams League fees, don't charge anything for the tables and put on nothing short of a monster hot and cold buffet EVERY week for the all teams in the venue that evening, not mentioning taking good care of their tables. How many other venues can claim this and not be laughed at?




Pubs complain about teams who turn up late and then disappear early without spending any reasonable money, yet you think it's acceptable to turn up to a place, expect to get a pint with 10 straws and be out within 15 minutes?!! Nice.




You have a choice. You either turn up or you don't. If a team can't spare one night from 8pm until 11pm on a Saturday for an evening which is held at no expense to them, are lucky enough to pick up trophies and plaques which cost more than the League fees they've paid and have a great buffet and entertainment given to them for nothing, then it shows what a selfish bunch a lot of you people are.

I expect you'd moan if nothing were done.

I even heard one person (Landlady, I assume) turn to her team after they received their trophies and say "Is that all we have for what we paid out?" I would have thought the extra revenue behind the bar from the away team players would have more than covered what is paid out every year, let alone having a team which were lucky enough to play well and win something, but I guess it's ok to be greedy if you run a pub, but it's unfair for Rileys to expect support from the people they pay sponsorship for . . .

:no:

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Do you ever read your posts before you hit the submit button?

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Sorry - I don't quite understand what you're getting at. Please elaborate.

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I thought it was a straightforward question but I asked it because if someone spoke to me face to face in the tone that your last post is written in - I'd hit them. It's not the first post of yours I've read and thought that.

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:elol:

You da man! And brave at that . . .

When did Golden hand his website over to you to be able to threaten people like that? Very Uk8Ballesque.

I'm so glad I wasn't speaking to you; I'd be REALLY scared by now. But thanks for your constructive input Mrs Prof. With posts like that I expect Hammond is wishing he never kicked you off his site.

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Where did I threaten you or anyone? The only threat I've seen today is in your PM to me.

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And for the record, I know Chris from the Manor. And I believe he isn't stupid enough to think the comments are not personal; something that you perhaps need to be able to identify.

Maybe you need to start networking a little more to be able to appreciate this before becoming so hostile on my husbands website.

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Um, I consider someone stating they'd hit someone quite a hostile and threatening statement. But please feel free to post the 'threatening' PM I sent to you!

But is it a good idea to start talking about PM's?

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Hello??? The original post wasn?t directed at me. I said if someone did speak to me like that I?d hit them. Where is the threat to you or anyone else in a hypothetical situation??

I think the tone of your posts is sometimes over the top ? yes. However as you have pointed out at least once this is ?your husband?s website? so you can do as you please.

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Too late I'm afraid. I think the P.M.S is here for everyone to see already.

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Aaaaaanyway . . . I think the ladies and mens finals should be held on the night of the presentation. If this means the League has to pay an extra few quid to buy two sticky plaques for the respective trophies and should the rankings be so tight that the winner of the singles should determine the winner, then the trophy will be presented unengraved and then either taken by the League after the evening has finished to be engraved or the winner gets it done themselves and is then reimbursed by the League.

Either way, the mens singles finals (and maybe doubles) should get the recognition it deserves and at the moment is playing to no crowd. If the finals night was made as prestigious an evening as it is in Tolworth, it may regain some of the atmosphere it supposedly had back in the day.

Anyone agree?

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:lol:

Ok.

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i'm afraid i too am guilty of rushing off after the trophies were given out on saturday,but i had too get home to pick my daughter up from her nans.maybe the trophies could be given out a little earlier to see wether people would stay on but i think people moan if you don't turn up or if you go early so you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.

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Um I did not mean to start a fight .........all I was trying to do was post my thoughts about the evening no matter how negative they might have been (some feedback better than none), I know Rileys are good enough to sponsor our league and let teams play out of their venue but I have had enough business dealings with Rileys in the past to know they are no mugs and not a charity ........ they are doing it for one reason and that is too make money ..........I do not consider myself rude or selfish for leaving when I did.......... Just Tired after a long day!

But playing Finals on the Presentation night is a good Idea as it would possibly lend a little excitement too the evening which I did find sadly lacking.

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how about a raffle at the next presentation "night"?

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How about a stripper

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I can't believe it took 2 years for someone to string those words together :wrong:

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Fair comment RasFas... Think you will find those words have been strung together many times... Just The Sassanator had the bottle to put her arse on the bacon slicer and speak her mind... Respect to you Sass... Sad when you air your views that you are threatned for doing so on MY HUSBANDS WEB SITE that says it all...
















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how about free beer...

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Quite right, I have been victim of the odd verbal assault myself from time to time (can't imagine why :angel: ) and personally feel that anyone who talks in such a self-righteous tone when voicing what is, at the end of the day, an opinion, should be shot - uh I mean banned - but then its not my place to say - as I'm sure someone will no doubt point out. And where would we be if we couldn't air our opinions?
Um Eritrea?

To be honest the original post was not as scathing as I have seen before, and I absolutely agree with Lils in that the presentation night is something we should be grateful for, not criticise.

Although it would be WAY better if the singles final was there - did somebody say strippers and free beer or was that just my imagination? I must be delusional again. Good idea though.