WorldNet 2014 - What's What

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WorldNet 2014 - What's What Jul 8, 2014 14:52:12 GMT 1

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Post by LiviLion21 on Jul 8, 2014 14:52:12 GMT 1

WorldNet 2014 - Friday 18th July to Sunday 20th July.

Squad

Wullie MacDonald
Paul Miller
Graham Yorke
Jordan McAlpine
Tom Cheeseman
Dave Black
Scott Munro
Darren O'Neill
Andy Crawford
Dean Bremner
Scott Johnston
Craig Bowman
Mark McGinty
Richard Harrison
Kevin Greenan
Stephen Lyon
Dougie Shaw
Darren Keith
Richie Kay
Stuart Heggie
Darryll Butler
Callum McKinven

So, as usual, we'll be leaving from the Stadium at 11am on the Friday morning. If you can all aim to be at the Stadium for no later than 10.45am though, that'd be ideal so we can get away for 11am. It's not the usual bus company this year so not sure how 'strict' our driver will be but nothing we can do about that. Given the final on the Friday night anyway, I don't imagine the bus down there will be quite as wild as previous years.

It takes just over 3 hours to get there so add in a stop halfway or roughly 45 minutes, we should be down in Preston for 3pm. We've to pick up the keys for the flats/rooms from the campus security office which is just round the corner from the Halls at 4pm. I'm hoping that if we just head there when we arrive around 3ish, they'll let us collect the keys at that point. If not, we can maybe use that hour to nip to a shop and pick up some water for the game and some bevvy for the rooms for afterwards.

We'll get the keys signed for and chuck our stuff into the rooms before jumping back on the bus with our boots and what not and aim to be back at the pitches for no later than 5pm. We'll get changed into the black kit in the changing rooms at the pitches and the game kicks off at 6.30pm. The game should be finished for around 8.15/8.30pm. I'm in the process of trying to get us 2 x 7 seaters and 2 x 4 seater taxis booked for after the game so they'll be waiting to take us back to the Halls as the bus dirver will have to clock off before we'll be finished the final - the taxis will work out at no more than £2 or £3 a head I think (that's what it was last year anyway).

Here's the room lists for this year. We've been allocated 5 flats - 53, 57, 58, 59 and 60. Flats 53 and 59 have 5 rooms, the other 3 have 4 rooms. Obviously in the flats, the rooms are number 1 to 4 (or 1 to 5). The number you've been allocated is the room you must stay in/put your stuff in. The Uni are being a bit stricter this year in terms of who's staying where so make sure you take note just now of what flat you're in and what room number is yours.

Flat 53 (5 rooms) - 1. Kevin Greenan. 2. Mark McGinty. 3. Jordan McAlpine. 4. Stuart Heggie. 5. Callum McKinven.
Flat 57 (4 rooms) - 1. Darren Keith. 2. Graham Yorke. 3. Darren O'Neill. 4. Scott Munro.
Flat 58 (4 rooms) - 1. Scott Johnston. 2. Dave Black. 3. Richie Kay. 4. Darryll Butler.
Flat 59 (5 rooms) - 1. Wullie McDonald. 2. Dougie Shaw. 3. Craig Bowman. 4. Dean Bremner. 5. Andy Crawford.
Flat 60 (4 rooms) - 1. Paul Miller. 2. Richard Harrison. 3. Tom Cheeseman. 4. Stephen Lyon.

Once we get back to the Halls, we can all get washed and changed then head out on the town.

On the Saturday morning, we have to register no later than one hour before our first kick off so we need to be there for before 10am. With that in mind, the plan will be to leave the Halls at 9.30am on the Sat morning, get there for 9.45am and we can get registered and leaves a bit of time to get some breakfast down us before our first game.

Our schedule for the Saturday is -

11am - AFC Chorley
1.15pm - Man Utd
2.45pm - KaisAyr

We'll be in the yellow kit all day on the Saturday as that means we'll definitely not clash with anyone that we're playing.

After our last game is finished, we'll maybe grab a beer at the pitches if folk fancy then head on the bus back to the Halls where we can get washed, changed and boys can hit the bevvy in their rooms or crash out for a couple hours before we head out again on the Saturday night.

Just have to play it by ear on the Sunday. We won't know who we're playing or when until the Saturday night but we need to be out of the Halls for 10am either way. So it'll be up on the Sunday, everything out the rooms and on to the bus and head to the pitches for our first game and see how it goes from there. Once we're knocked out/win it, we can get washed if folk want and then just head onto the bus and back up the road.

For those who haven't been before, there's a burger van and a cafe type building at the pitches and both are open all day on the Saturday and Sunday for food and drinks.

I think that covers everything really.

Mark has the yellow kits, Chris Love has the black kits, footballs and subs jackets and Sav has the medibag. I'll aim to have this all passed to me and topped up before we go.

If I remember anything else, I'll fire it up. Any questions, get in touch. Cheers.

Last Edit: Jul 8, 2014 15:01:28 GMT 1 by LiviLion21

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WorldNet 2014 - What's What Jul 8, 2014 14:54:59 GMT 1

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Post by LiviLion21 on Jul 8, 2014 14:54:59 GMT 1

Here's an email from the organisers about the Uni this year, just so everyone knows what's what.

The university have (for no apparent reason) been much more difficult to deal with this year, and have insisted on imposing some conditions on all of us staying on site.

Every team is to nominate one individual whose name and contact number will be passed to me and to the campus security office. That one individual is the ONLY person who will be allowed to collect keys on behalf of his team, and they can be collected from 4pm on the Friday from the campus security office on Victoria Street, just round the corner from Whitendale Hall, where the vast majority will be staying (some will be in Eden Hall, which is on Victoria Street itself). The security office is manned 24/7.

It is that person's responsibility to ensure that EVERY person completes the registration card attached to their flat/room keys. This is NON-NEGOTIABLE, and forms the contract between the individual and the
university - essentially, if a key is not returned on the Sunday or any damage is found, they will pursue you and not me. Many people couldn't be arsed to fill them in last year, that will not be happening this time
around. Name, address and contact number must be filled in, and the card signed, and the cards will be destroyed (along with the data on them) when the keys have been returned and the room checked for damage.

It should be noted that we are not alone on site this year (there are international students using part of the building who are there throughout the summer), so please bear this in mind when you decide upon your night-time activities. While nobody wants to be the Fun Police, you all have a responsibility as representatives of the IFA and your individual clubs, so please don't do anything stupid. Security will have the power to ask you to leave if there's any bother. Needless to say, please clean up any mess after you, whether that's in the courtyard area or inside your rooms/flats.

The same individual who collected the keys should also return them on the Sunday, preferably by 10am (or, at the latest, by the time you leave to go to the Sports Arena for the knockout stages). I would recommend you keep hold of the envelopes each of the keys are distributed in so you can easily work out who has/hasn't returned their keys in the
morning! The university will charge you £25 for any lost keys/access cards.

So obviously I'm the contact name, we'll pick the keys up when we arrive at the Halls on the Friday, everyone must fill in the wee registration card again - name, address and phone number then on the Sunday morning before we leave for the games, you pass the keys back to me and we hand them all in. If you lose your key or don't hand it back in, it'll be a £25 charge. Seems straight forward enough...

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WorldNet 2014 - What's What Jul 9, 2014 10:27:10 GMT 1

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Post by LiviLion21 on Jul 9, 2014 10:27:10 GMT 1

One slight change to the original post. The trophy presentations (British League, Scottish League, Scottish POTY, Team of the Year etc) will all be getting done right after the last group games are played on the Saturday and just before the draw for the Sunday knockout stages. We'll obviously be staying back for that - firstly to hand over the British league trophy and more importantly, to be presented with our Scottish league trophy.

The last group games KO at 4.15pm with our last group game finishing at 3.15pm. This means we'll have an hour and a half of a wait between our last game finishing and the presentations starting.

I'm going to aim to organise a friendly for 3.30pm so give more boys some game time and to kill some of that time. Also, Troon and Airdrie are playing games at 3.30pm and Hearts are playing at 4.15pm so we can also watch a bit of those games too.

I'll let you know if I get a friendly sorted as soon as I know.

So, aye, long story short, the presentation and what not will probably start around 5pm and go on until 6pm-ish so we won't be heading back to the Halls until then on the Saturday night but we're down there for a football weekend so I don't see that being an issue at all. Still leaves plenty time for bevvying once we're back!