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2018 East Region Cup & Shield Scheduling Procedure

1. The draws for the ER Cup and ER Shield will be made on Tuesday May 22nd and will be published on the ERSL web site no later than May 26th.

2. There will be no league games scheduled during the week of Sunday June 17th to Saturday June 23rd. Instead this week will be reserved for the round of 16 of the ER Cup and ER Shield.

3. With two exceptions, the round of 16 games will be scheduled on the day that the home team plays its league games, however should both teams agree then the game can be rescheduled by up to 7 days in either direction of this date.

4. The first exception to point 3 is where the one way travel time for the Away team exceeds 90 minutes one way. In this case the game will be scheduled on Sunday June 17th. However if both teams agree then the game can be rescheduled by up to 7 days in either direction of this date.

5. In some age groups it is possible that more than 16 teams enter the competition. In these situations a round of 32 will be required, and the teams participating are encouraged to work with their opponent to agree on a suitable date for the game as long as it is played prior to June 12th. If the teams are unable to agree on a date, or no date has been selected by June 5th, then the ERSL League Management Board will decide the date of the game.

6. The teams participating in the round of 8 are encouraged to work with their opponent to agree on a suitable date between July 4th and July 25th. If the teams are unable to agree on a date, or no date has been selected by July 2nd, then a member of the ERSL League Management Board will decide the date of the game.

8. On weekends boys' games will be set for 9:30 a.m, and Girls' games will be set for 11:30 a.m., on the schedule. Subject to agreement by both teams, the start time can be changed.

9. The home team is responsible for providing a field, except for finals.

10. Following agreement with the away team, the home team must notify the ERSL office of the location and kick off time of the game.

11. Semi-finals for age groups U13 to U16 will be played on Sunday August 19th. The semi-finals for the U17/18 age group will be Sunday August 6th.

12. Finals for age groups U13 to U16 will be played on Sunday September 16th. The final for the U17/18 age group will be Sunday August 12th.

13. Requests to reschedule the semi-final or final will not be approved unless one of the participating teams is playing in the Ontario Cup on that weekend. The new date will be selected by a member of the ERSL League Management Board.

14. All finals will be scheduled at a venue selected by the ERSL, at a kick off time set by the ERSL.