IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE LIGHTS AT UTD

PLEASE READ AND COMPLY.

YOUR COOPERATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO CONTINUE
TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE LIGHTS AT UTD WHEN WE NEED THEM!

PLEASE DO NOT turn on the lights at UTD until they are absolutely needed. The lights are being turned on 45 minutes to an hour before they need to be.  UTD pays for this electricity and, in the past, to keep costs low they restricted when we can turn them on.  Unless we want to go back to the days when games had to be delayed 15-20 minutes waiting on 8:00 pm for the master timer to come on, we're going to have to be less wasteful with the lights.  8:00 pm doesn’t seem like a problem now, but just wait a few weeks and you’ll see what we used to be up against.  For several years we worked under the restriction that lights couldn’t be turned on at UTD before 8:00 pm until October.  UTD had the master timer set to not come on before 8:00 pm.  By the last few weeks of September we had a serious problem finishing 6:30 pm games before it got too dark to play.  In the older age groups games had to be delayed in the second half until after the lights came on at 8:00 pm.

If this request is not followed, it will be the teams who suffer, sorry to say. In mid-to-late September, the teams will have to stand around waiting in the dark until 8:00 pm to turn on the lights.

PLEASE WAIT UNTIL AS CLOSE TO (OR AFTER) 8:00 PM AS POSSIBLE BEFORE TURNING ON THE LIGHTS!

We'll all be better served with everyone's cooperation. 

THANK YOU!