Fixture dates for this seasons competition-
September 14th
September 28th
October 26th
November 23rd
January 25th
February 22nd
March 28th / April 4th
With the semi's being completed by April 5th at the latest there is no reason at all why a couple of venues cant be provisionally booked to allow the competition to be completed on the first weekend in May rather than waiting until the beginning of June when the players are all dead on their feet.
Maybe its time to attempt to reinvigorate the competition by playing the final on a Saturday or midweek instead of a Sunday evening?