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Captain’s Checklist

Before the match;

• Ensure that the match is published on the website a week in advance. Note that this may have already been done for you. check by  looking at scheduled posts and editing it as necessary.
• Select your players in consultation with the Club Captain and the other captains
• Publish the selection (if more than one team is playing on a day then try to keep it to one post to keep the email traffic down.
• Ensure the Bus is organised (usually allow 90-120 minutes to get to the ground and warm up before the match)
• Ensure the Camel Bar management is aware of our rendezvous time so they can organise to open the doors for us and fill eskies. Camel Steve: 18701988090
• Remind Woodstock of our need for pies
• Get a list of your squad together (on your phone or a bar coaster) check you have everyone’s phone number: Membership
• Note anyone going direct to ground
• Phone opposing captain to ensure they are working off the same schedule as you

At the Camel;

• Wake up anyone who might be struggling
• Pack tents, eskies, kit into bus
• Check you have scorebooks and stationary
• Ensure plenty of water is available – especially during summer months.
• Appoint a kit bitch
• Appoint a lumberjack
• Bridge/Tunnel Beers

At the ground;

• If you are the home team you need to be early enough to lay out the ground – make sure we have match balls from the SCC
• if the bus needs to pick another team up make sure the driver knows
• remind team of any rules for the facility you’re playing at
• toss
• win (optional)

After the match;

• remind lumberjack to make notes from scorebook
• ensure kit bitch does his job
• find warm flat beer and sweatiest box for any new Bashers
• christen new Bashers as per rules of induction found elsewhere
• name new Bashers
• Appoint a fines master (usually player of the day)

Back home;

• enter match stats in Resultsvault
• enter result in Bashers site (coming soon)
• add any new Bashers to Bashers Alumni
• repeat