TONIGHT is quarter-finals night for the Ōtorohanga Football Club’s summer soccer season.
Club secretary Cheyne Waldron congratulated TV Connect for winning the Lion Brown Trophy as round robin winners and OTC Blues, who jumped from 10th to 8th to make the top 8 quarter finals.
At this stage, the club has the same start times planned for tonight’s quarter finals and the semifinals on March 7.
On finals night – March 8 – the first round will start at 5.45pm and the grand final will kick off at 7.15pm.
Prizegiving will follow at the Ōtorohanga Club from approximately 9pm.
Cheyne said the times were flexible.
“If it does get too dark, we may look at bringing forward the start times for the semi-final round as well,” he said.
Cheyne advises players to check their eligibility for the upcoming deciders.
A player must have played three round-robin matches to be eligible to play in the quarter final matches onwards, he said.
If a player had any doubts, they should discuss it with a committee member.
“Dispensation may be given to teams outside the top 8, but you would need to talk to a committee member well in advance and gain the approval of the opposition captain before the match,” he said.
There will be prizes for the winners of the four divisions and a wooden spoon winner. The wooden spoon will be decided over two legs, on February 29 and March 7.
There are other prizes for best social team, personality of the year, player of the year, young player of the year, most improved player, manager of the year, referee of the year and most improved team.
