As i wasn't there i can't comment on Tour 1B and I've never been a TD so don't
know all the ins and outs although i do appreciate how much hard work it is,
however as I'm always ready to put my foot in my mouth here's my tuppence worth;
There appear to be two problems being discussed (wrt to organising the tour),
the problems that occur when teams drop out + seeding Tour 1.
here are a couple of suggestions from me to add to the discussion...
1) Drop outs
Introduce a 'C tour'.
So that:
1) A Tour = Top 16
2) Decide how many teams will enter the B tour and keep this fixed! i.e. 16,
18, 20 or 22? (but whatever number is decided upon it would be essential to
ensure that the B tour event will always be oversubscribed.)
3) C Tour consists of the remaining teams that want to play.
Have the B and C tours at the same venue so if a team drops out of the B tour
at the last minute the top seeds of the C tour get promoted to B tour and will
be there on the day anyway. This way the B tour schedule remains unchanged only
team seedings change.
The C tour set up can be a traditional tournament arrangement or if low on
teams then a league arrangement. i.e. less than 6/8 teams = league, 8+ =
tournament.
As there will probably be fewer teams attending a Tour C event (at present)
any last minute schedule changes should theoretically be easier.
Also important is that B tour pitches and C tour pitches are kept separate at
the venue i.e. no pitches at venue that have B + C tour games on them as any
last minute changes to C tour would then affect the B tour.
This form of progression could then potentially be re-introduced if/when tour
C starts getting too large, and a D tour formed.
2) Seeding Tour 1
Base seeding mainly on final Tour positions the previous year (not nationals
as not all teams go to nationals). But include some weighting from events prior
to the start of the tour such as winter leagues.
The seeding issue is clearly more complicated and honestly i doubt it will
ever be 100% but i just wanted to put these suggestions out there for
discussion/dismissal if not liked.
Tony
(Sheffield steal #3)
my opinions not those of etc.....
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