Some thoughts about organising Tour tourneys (arising from the field-marking fiasco).
One of the original aims of the tour was to get us into a position where these tournaments were run to minimum standards. In practice this doesn't work because there is no sanction that can be imposed if something goes wrong. Indeed - even though I was pretty fed up with the situation on Saturday (and Sunday) - I still feel that in all probability Bisto stepped up to organise something when we had few (or maybe none?) other options... And then he didn't make any money because he was giving away the profits... So how can I really complain? So it leads me to conclude (actually I concluded this years ago) so it just leads me to repeat... I want tournament organisers (and/or their teams) to make money out of running tournaments - I mean profit of at least �2000 - maybe more. From some conversations I had over the weekend with experienced TDs I know this is possible. It occurs to me that maybe people don't realise there is a reasonable amount of money to be made. In particular, there MUST be some extremely able, skint, student types out there who could a) run a tournament like this standing on their head b) really do with the extra beer money. Seriously - if you ran 3 tourneys (1 tour, 1 mixed, Nationals) - which would reduce your overheads, and the effort you had to put in each time, you could make 5k - probably more. Go on - think about it. Please. Si __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
