Agreed. Face it, curry and a beer on Saturday night will often cost
more than the tournament fee. Add petrol/train tickets,
accommodation... In the big scheme of things, the £2.50 difference
per head between a £150 tournament and a £180 tournament isn't that
significant.
If we really want tournaments to be cheaper, what we should do is
regionalise the Tour. But I'm guessing that wouldn't be too popular.
Anyway, people are bringing this up as if making a profit from a
tournament is something new (and something that only one TD is
currently doing). There were rumours that one player's round-the-
world holiday about five years ago was funded by running just one
Tour event. If it was... good for him/her.
Two reliable ways of making yourself unpopular with some players: 1)
Captain a team 2) TD a tournament
Paul
PS FWIW, pitch charges at Clapham Common doubled somewhere between
2003 and 2005 (unless, curiously, you play softball). A simple change
of management or policy can mean that a TD's fixed costs change
radically for no obvious reason.
On 19 Feb 2007, at 19:00, Wayne Davey wrote:
A long britdisc discussion has been going on but I feel many of you
have missed the real costs and impact.
Tournament fees are a small part of the cost of attending a
tournament. Typically the larger costs are travel, accommodation
and (sometimes) time off work.
If cheap tournaments with no accommodation provided were held the
'far ends' of the country they may prove to be less welll attended
than an 'expensive' tournament with free camping in a 'central'
location.
Also, I believe, the total cost of events does deter participation.
The travel and accommodation costs involved can mean that the team
may still go but some players will not. This means that squad sizes
may be smaller and some clubs can only field one squad rather than
two.
Wayne
PS. Good luck to Adam and the other Tour organisers - I hope you
all make enough money to encourage you to bid again next year.
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