I take your point Geoff - it is difficult and wrong when you are flexible to the point of costing yourself points. I'm not sure what the answer is to this. If somebody calls to rearrange because they can't get a team out, it would be difficult to just refuse. People will normally have really good reasons for requesting a postponement, eg holidays, illness, injuries etc. I don't think they should be penalised for this either, otherwise teams will be having to ensure they have about 6 players each, to ensure they can always, without fail, get a team together. And this will reduce the numbers of teams that play in the leagues.

I would reiterate just how well I think IDTTL manage this issue by being flexible. There was so much moaning in the Colchester league about not being able to rearrange, it would be really bad if we followed suit. But perhaps this should be restricted in some way, within reason, eg max 5 per season with max 3 in any 1 half. Could the league agree to allow an extra couple of weeks grace at the end of the season, to help teams like Geoff's being forced into playing when they then can't get a team together? Or, rather than agreeing this for all on a blanket basis, the league could consider giving a couple of extra weeks on an individual application from a team with a specific difficulty like this?