Friday, September 12, 2008

How many games got cancelled this summer?

That's a question that we usually never get asked....until this year.

Check out these stats as provided by Carol Riney, Sports Supervisor.

Depending on whether Friday gets rained out (as this will increase Rainbow stats because that's are last summer league games):

For summer leagues only:
- 5.5 tournaments were canceled due to the rain
- 36 different league nights were affected by rain

During these 36 nights there were:
- 28 hours of rental time for practice at Rainbow during the week prior to season
- 430 games at Antimi were rained out - 236 of these games were not made up
- 665 games at Rainbow were rained out - 174 of these games were not made up

This is the first time we have never made up all games for the adult leagues at Rainbow. Those teams that were impacted were given several choices such as playing make-up games on other nights, playing in a tournament, or receive a letter of credit for the missed games. Overwhelmingly, the teams wanted a letter of credit.

Fall leagues are not starting off any better. So far, 32 games have been cancelled at Antimi.

In looking at the Old Farmer's Almanac long range weather forecast for our area, they're calling for alternating weeks of sun and rain.

Let's hope things improve for the remaining of the season.

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