Dear members,
we have received a number of questions about the video we published, and we would like to go into these in more detail.
Stay healthy, all of you, and sporting regards
Your board of VDH e. V.
we have received a number of questions about the video we published, and we would like to go into these in more detail.
- Abandonment of the 2019/2020 season
The season is abandoned. The outstanding matches will not be made up. No evaluation of the last season can be made. In some groups nearly all matches had been played; in others there were teams that had not played a single match in the second half of the season.
The current state of the table therefore does not reflect a clear result that we could use as an assessment.
Nor is it possible to take the table position after the first half of the season or to score all matches now as draws. - Sports grants / entry fee season 2019/2020
As already described in the first point, we cannot evaluate the past season. No sports grants can be paid out for placings. Every team, however, will have its entry fee refunded by us.
Over the coming days Lena Welc will contact everyone who made a transfer (team, landlord or machine operator) and ask for their bank details. The entry fees can only be refunded by bank transfer. Cash payment is not possible.
- New registration for the coming season
All teams can already register for the new season. We cannot set a deadline, as unfortunately we do not yet know when league play will be possible again. We have, however, already given thought to how the coming season will run.
The following options would be conceivable:
- A short 2021 season (if it becomes possible again towards the summer) with more groups but fewer teams per group. E.g. 6 teams instead of 10, and thus shorter halves of the season
- Season start in 2022 (if restrictions are only eased towards the end of the year) and then in the normal cycle as already planned for this year: first half – summer break – second half.
An example here too:
Kreisliga – if a team currently stands in one of the top places in the table and feels up to the sporting challenge of playing one division higher, it ticks Bezirksklasse on the team registration for the new season. The same the other way round: if a team stands in the lower places and does not see itself in the current division, that team registers one division lower.
The registration preferences are noted and the sports officers will try to take them into account when allocating the groups.
If we have already received a new registration from a team, we have noted it on the website.
After every team name it says – DC Max Mustermann Note: no registration yet for the current/new season. If this note is absent, a registration has already been received. We are still working on better transparency here.
- Entry fees for the coming season
As already announced by the board, there will be changes here too. Until now the payment for the season was made up as follows: landlord fee, league fee, entry fee
For the coming season:
- Landlord fee
The landlord fee of 57.50 euros is dropped to send a clear signal to our venues – "It is not much, but we need you!!! You have had to absorb enormous losses over the past year." - League fee
The league fee is reduced from 57.50 euros to 50.00 euros - Entry fee
The entry fee is also reduced for the coming season. It starts with Kreisklasse at 40.00 euros, Kreisliga 60.00 euros, Bezirksklasse 80.00 euros, Bezirksliga 100.00 euros, Bezirksoberliga 120.00 euros and Masterliga 140.00 euros.
- Landlord fee
- Annual fee 2021
Most members have paid the annual fee for 2021. A heartfelt thank you for that. Only thanks to you can we continue to exist as a club.
For members who have not yet paid we will not charge the EUR 5.00 processing fee. If a member registers for the new season, the fee must be paid immediately so that they can take part in league play; otherwise the player is suspended from league play.
Members who have already paid can check their status on the website. We have set up the traffic-light system there again: if the circle in front of a player is green, they are active for 2021.
- Contact
All members can contact us with questions by telephone or e-mail. Please bear with us if we cannot always respond to your enquiries straight away. In addition, every Monday from 17:30 to 19:00 you now have the chance – observing the hygiene rules – to meet one of us at our new office, to ask your questions in person or hand in documents.
We hope that with the video and this letter we have been able to answer all your questions and clear up any uncertainties. We try to respond to every member and to take our decisions with the members, teams and venues in mind. We are aware that we cannot please everyone and that not everyone understands our decisions. Nevertheless we hope that we have acted in the interest of the majority and that we can soon return to "normal" league play.
Stay healthy, all of you, and sporting regards
Your board of VDH e. V.