Hello, On 27 June 2016 at 13:24, Wouter Verhelst <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 04:32:27PM +0200, Bernelle Verster wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Carter <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Started a wiki page for this so that others can easily find this >> > information >> > too as it becomes available: >> > >> > https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/Tennis >> >> Tennis wiki updated >> :) > > So, the verdict is: > - We don't pay for use of the courts (but they need to be booked, and > will be less available during weekends than during weekdays) > - We do pay for rental of rackets and/or buying balls, and they do > somewhat expect you to drink something in their bar (which does not > feature free beer). > > Given that, I think doing a little tournament would be nice. I'll even > volunteer to officiate the final[1][2]. However, TTBOMK so far only four > people have expressed interest in playing some tennis, which wouldn't be > enough, really. > > If somewhere between 6 and 8 people sign up for a tournament, we could > do a pool-type tournament with two groups, with the winner of each pool > playing the final. That would mean every participant would need to play > 2 (6 or 7 players) or 3 (7 or 8 players), with the winners of each group > playing one more match (the final). > > If more than that sign up, doing a pool-type tournament would probably > not be realistic anymore, and we'll fall back to a knock-out tournament > instead. > > Thoughts? Interested participants?
I bought 4 balls from Decathlon, dusted my racket and packed it to bring with me to debconf. I will be there in Cape Town 2-9th only though. -- Regards, Dimitri. _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
