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HAVANT TONY 
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 Posted: 23 Feb 2024 at 16:21 |
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Game is now at Havant 2pm KO Apparantly the school had already pre booked their pitch so Tw"s other choice was a 5pm KO at Chiswick !!!! 🤢🤢 I think we politely said NOPE to that idea
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Thunderman
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Posted: 23 Feb 2024 at 16:46 |
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nice rub of the green there for Havant, a home away game. Sometimes things fall into place when you need it
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Robb
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Posted: 23 Feb 2024 at 16:50 |
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I have no idea how that has happened. I can't imagine that Welsh/Camberley/Bracknell will be too amused that the League has given Havant an extra "home" game.
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Posted: 23 Feb 2024 at 17:19 |
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Surprised if the league insisted on venue switch, given there's a free w/e on 9th March - presumably TW must have agreed the switch (which I realise still might not please W/C/B)
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Robb
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Posted: 23 Feb 2024 at 17:43 |
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I've been looking at the RFU regulations. Technically under Regulation 6.22, both clubs have to agree a new venue and if there's no agreement, the League decides. I cannot imagine TW agreed to playing at Havant so I can only assume that the League insisted the match go ahead tomorrow and refused the more logical suggestion of switching to the next free date.
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The Inside man
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Posted: 25 Feb 2024 at 19:24 |
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I personally think it is awful that a tight league is decided by a club bullying another into playing the game at their ground. From my sources at TW Havant were offered alternate venues and refused and refused to rearrange and then pulled out a made up regulation to bully a club into coming to them. TW had a big dinner lined up and now lose out on the money that would have brought in! We are seeing clubs struggle up and down the country financially and yet we see behaviour like that from fellow clubs. Awful scenes in rugby, totally against the morals of the game.
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Robb
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Posted: 25 Feb 2024 at 23:03 |
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I have to agree. Something really didn't smell right about that. Especially when (as Havant Tony pointed out) there were neutral grounds available on that date. Furthermore, I do not understand why the League would insist it be played on that date when other dates in the season were still available. I hope there's some sort of appeal (from either TW or Welsh/Camberley/Bracknell) so we can find out what on earth went on with the league making such an odd decision to give an extra "home" game to Havant.
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Thunderman
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Posted: 26 Feb 2024 at 14:41 |
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Would be quite interesting to see what the league would do if teams launched complaints including Tunbridge Wells and if the league would actually do anything as they seem to promote Havant a lot on their Instagram
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HAVANT TONY
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Posted: 26 Feb 2024 at 17:06 |
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We are Havant, super Havant, no one likes us...we don't care
 It's funny how no one has mentioned we were willing and all set to travel to the Judd School in nearby Tonbridge for a 2pm kick off  Then when that fell through a two and half hour trip to Eton Manor for a 12pm kick off was mentioned!! which at that late notice would've meant us being on the road at dinny o'clock and have to try and rearrange with the coach company...NOPE Then Chiswick was mentioned for a 5pm kick off...NOPE TW had a lunch ( which I was booked on) but given the three options mentioned above it would've been a dead rubber as the game was never going to be played at Tunbridge Wells ! anyway you didn't hear us moaning when Marlborough was rearranged to be at ours at the last minute with Lunch revenue lost We had a video put on the RFU website for reaching the Papa Johns cup last season and again recently because of the best 25 metre maul you'll see in ages. so to sum up that's two in god knows how many years !!! We are Havant, super Havant, no one likes us...we don't care  Edited by HAVANT TONY - 26 Feb 2024 at 18:13 |
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Mark W-J
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Posted: 27 Feb 2024 at 08:52 |
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You were always scheduled to travel to TW for a 2pm kick-off, so I don't see that as much of a concession to be honest!
Why not? Not a particularly difficult journey, and at least an hour's less travel time.
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HAVANT TONY
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Posted: 27 Feb 2024 at 10:08 |
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Easy to say from someone who's club is about a 10 minute drive to chiswick ! 🙄🙄
you quite obviously don't travel up the A3 much ? our journey to CS the other week took us 2.5 hrs the dreaded junction 10 of the M25 is horrendous which was apparently totally closed last Saturday as well, add that the the equally dismal London traffic...NOPE!
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Thunderman
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Posted: 27 Feb 2024 at 11:57 |
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Always liked Havant and the hard nose way they play but this has a bad smell to it, winning desperation and Tony being a "sore winner" if that is even a term
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Mark W-J
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Posted: 27 Feb 2024 at 13:01 |
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I went to a concert in Portsmouth last weekend, so I'm familiar with the journey! Although it looks like the drive from TW to Chiswick seems to be just as awkward as yours would have been, even if you had to take the M3 instead of the A3 (which, according to Google Maps, adds about 10 minutes to the travel time) To be fair, I hadn't appreciated that the trip to TW on the A27 was as straightforward as it appears to be.
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HAVANT TONY
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Posted: 27 Feb 2024 at 13:27 |
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sore winner that definitely is a new one! remind me of what we've actually won to be sore about ?
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Paul10
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Posted: 27 Feb 2024 at 15:10 |
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The way this topic is going it seems you won "Venue-gate"
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WEvans
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Posted: 27 Feb 2024 at 16:08 |
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It certainly isn't any new friends.
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Golden Jackal
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Posted: 27 Feb 2024 at 16:36 |
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Dont like to comment on another leagues chat, but it does seem odd that the game couldnt have been postponed if both parties couldnt agree....especially when there was a free week available.
As for moaning about travel.... If you have hopes to be in N2 next season (East or West) get used to the journeys! |
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Sir_Q
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Posted: 27 Feb 2024 at 19:57 |
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I could be wrong but if this as I think was a previously postponed game and this was the 2nd occasion the pitch wasn’t playable, don’t the league rules state that the match has to be offered to the away side to play at home.
Not quite sure what Havant have done wrong here to be honest.
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HAVANT TONY
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Posted: 27 Feb 2024 at 21:46 |
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Sir Q I pretty much think you could be right 🙄 I still look out for your results now and again...doing OK by the looks 👍 Edited by HAVANT TONY - 27 Feb 2024 at 21:47 |
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Robb
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Posted: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:14 |
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I think that's for the first round of fixtures only as a swap, not for the second round. I think where the comments are coming from is because neutral grounds (1 closer than the proper away trip) were offered and Havant seemed to refuse on the grounds they didn't want to travel at a different time. Which comes across as rather unsporting, especially if that is a correct regulation and they knew they could take advantage of the letter rather than the spirit of the law.
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