“The decision to cancel a Game” It’s easy to criticise the decision to cancel a game, but before you do just take a second to think what has gone into making that decision first. 1) Is it safe for everyone and is the forecast safe? 2) Is it currently playable and what is the forecast? 3) Is there a weather warning in place now or whilst the games are on? 4) Will the pitch drain water or thaw frost in time? 5) What’s the temperature forecast now, overnight and during the game? 6) What time is KO and how far are the opposition travelling from? 7) If it’s a central venue, thousands of people will be affected, is an earlier decision better? Sometimes the decision to cancel is made at the last minute if a belief that the game can be playable will be made, other times an early decision will be made. All decisions are made with the available information at the time and the available upto date weather forecasts. Often the decision is right, sometimes the decision can “in hindsight” be wrong due to many factors such as drainage, temperature, wind etc but always the decision is made in good faith. Many times we’ve personally made this decision and know it’s not an exact science at times, so a little shoutout of support from teamgrassroots to those with the decision on their shoulders and who will quite often be up late and up early doing last minute checks and obsessively checking weather forecasts. We appreciate it 🙌🏻🙌🏽🙌🏿

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