We have a choice between putting a schedule out early and then changing
it, or leaving it until late. It is by no means unusual to find teams
dropping out at the last minute, and we're aware (as usual) of at least
a couple of teams struggling for women at Mixed Nats. It would be far
worse to give you a start time and then change it than to leave it late,
surely.
You can always assume that if you're ready to play at 9am saturday you
can't go far wrong. And nothing will go beyond 6pm on the sunday (except
perhaps the final, but even that is VERY unlikely).
The info will be out as soon as we're confident that it won't change.
And what's more, even if we weren't /forced/ to wait until the last
minute, there are no grounds for complaint about the work that our
VOLUNTEERS, particularly Felix but also a number of others, put into
this. If we struggle to find the many hours that are needed to put a
schedule together, due to work commitments or other stuff, then it gets
delayed. That, I'm afraid, is not going to change. The schedules we have
now are vastly better thought through and checked than they were 2 or 3
years ago, and I genuinely think that the people who turn up and play in
these tournaments should be extremely grateful for the unpaid and
unthanked work that goes into them. A good result for the scheduling
committee is when we receive no complaints . . .
What do people think the schedule is worth to them? How much do you
think your enjoyment of the weekend is enhanced by the fact that some
poor sod has slaved over this stuff? 20p per player? 50p per player?
More, I'd say. Seriously - buy Felix a beer.
Benji
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Hi,
Is there any news on the schedule for Mixed Nationals coming up next
weekend? The schedules for the last 2 tours have only been published a
couple of days before the weekend. This makes it really quite tricky
to plan anything like when to travel down, booking
trains/accommodation etc. I'm sure there are good reasons for the
schedule coming out so late, but I can't think of any which would make
a difference to it being published 2 or 3 weeks before rather than 2
days before. Having spoken to people at Mixed Tour 2 I believe my
thoughts are echoed throughout other teams.
I appreciate there's a lot of work that goes into preparing for these
tournaments, but if you cannot give out the exact schedule then just
some details would be helpful - especially earliest start times for
Saturday morning and latest end times for Sunday evening. These will
at least give us a basis to work from.
Thanks,
Simon
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