This change was announced on Britdisc a while back. It may not have
been as clearly communicated as would normally have been the case and
our sincere apologies are sent to anyone who was still under the
impression that there was a tournament happening in York this summer. I
dont know when the change was made on the website but as far as I know
the York event was never listed as other than (TBC).
Sadly until we start getting proper contracts with places, venues will
continue to treat us (ultimate) as second class bookings.
Dave.
ex York TD.
Jason Pryce-Jones wrote:
I'm surprised there hasnt been more debate about this to be honest. I understand there were serious problems with the venue for tour2 and based on Hanna's email I dont think anyone would claim that every possible route had not been tried.
But why the change of venue for this tour? Presumably York was booked for tour 3 so why now the need to change it to Nottingham? And why do we hear this from Steve G? Steve will undoubtably run a great tourney (as always) but I would have thought the Mixed Tour co-ordinator or UKUA head Si Hill would have sent out the email along with an explanation for why.
Someone has already mentioned the fact that this change of decision so late in the day has ended up costing one team in particular a lot of money in train fares and that because of this they are now faced with non-returnable tickets for York and some players who can no longer afford to travel to the tournament in Nottingham.
Membership to the UKUA must have (at least) doubled in size over the past two or three years yet we dont seem to be utilising this increase in revenue to properly organise the flagship events of the season i.e. the tours. As it stands, we have potentially lost 25% of the mixed season (assuming we can't find another venue and take the route Chef describes below) and the change of venue has seriously impacted the costs involved to attend. I appreciate the time people give up to run this sport in the UK but I dont think even they would consider this to have been an especially succesful summer so far.
J
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I was under the impression that as MT2 was cancelled, MT3 is now MT2;
MNats is now MT3 and MNats will be run at a later date (yet to be
announced).
I aggree this is frustrating; but as Hannah said she did everything
possible to secure an alternative venue.
-Chef
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