About this Fixture Exchange
In 2002 I made the fatal mistake of pointing out the the
lack of a fixtures secretary was having an adverse effect
on the playing success of Harlow Rugby Club. No sooner was
my back turned than I found myself elected; I suspect most
of you became fixtures secretaries in the same way. The
next thing I discovered was that once your name got around
you got bombarded with emails from other clubs sending to
perhaps 50 or more clubs to set up one game. In any less
polite community than rugby it would have been called SPAM.
I was convinced that there must be a better way. A few
weeks later I was watching an Eastern Counties Cup game
with Ivor Smith, these days the secretary of Essex. We both
agreed that a web based exchange may be a solution and I
offered to write a program to provide one. Ivor offered to
promote it through his Essex site and provided a lot of
useful advice and encouragement. This was how the exchange
was born.
Dave Sharp
Design principles
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To provide a facility for those needing fixtures to
communicate without troubling those who already had
games for all their teams
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To be easy to use by those with only a modest level of
IT experience
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To be free and open access which meant it had to be
designed to require only the minimum of maintainence
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Suggested improvements are always welcome and where
possible will be included, provided they do not
compromise the overall principle of simplicity
We have moved
We have moved to a new server which we hope will give a
more reliable service. If you can see this you are in the
right place
To be sure of finding us in future
The link from the home page on the Harlow Rugby Club site
www.harlow-rugby.co.uk
will always point to the latest version of the exchange.
If you have difficulty please follow that route. There is
also a link from the Essex RFU site which is always
updated to point to the latest version of the exchange.
Guidelines for use
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Please be certain that you will be able to field
a team before setting up a fixture. Clubs who are on
the excahnge as a result of a cancellation do not want
to be let down again
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Please try to accept a fixture on offer before
posting your own request.
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Please use the email or phone numbers provided to
contact the club offering the fixture.
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If you can't find a suitable fixture click the fixture
entry button to add your requirements to the list
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You do not need to delete entries from the list.
Fixtures are displayed in date order, newest first for
each date. Old ones will drop off the list when the
fixture date has passed.
NEW!!! Not enough players to put out a side this week
Try our new player loan / share facility. Click on the
button and follow the instructions
The Harlow Fixture Exchange
This is a free fixture exchange provided by Harlow
Rugby Club and EssexRugby for clubs in Essex
and neighbouring counties.
Select Your Exchange
The fixture exchange is divided into three sections. Please
select the one you require. We have exchanges for:
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Senior mens teams, including veterans
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Youth rugby, covering boys rugby from under 13 to colts
(under 19)and also mini rugby
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Ladies, providing for seniors and for girls from u13
upwards
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If advertising for a mini fixture please use the notes
section to indicate age groups offered and type of
fixture.
As a trial we have added a mini team option to the youth
excahnge. Please tell the person who organises mini rugby
in your club.
Fixtures on your phone
Away from your computer? Need to fix up a game NOW? No problems if your phone supports
web access, 80% do, you can view the fixtures on offer from
our new phone freindly web page. Go to the web option on
your phone and enter
www.fixt.sharpsites.org.uk
and you will be able to view all the mens and youth games on
offer. Pages are specially designed to work on the small phone screen and
to provide small downloads to keep costs down.