Apparently this week past week was allocated for the semi finals & Redcar kept Fri 23rd free for this reason. When they offered it to Glasgow they refused. If it was the allocated week they should not have been able to refuse. A home international meeting the day after is no excuse.
As Oxford and Poole were in the same qualifying group I'm sure I heard somewhere that they should have been kept apart in the semi draw. This would have also made it easier, meaning the 2 Wednesday clubs and the 2 Friday clubs would have been kept apart. Making it easier to arrange dates.