From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Tue May 23 20:12:06 2000 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) id e4NJBBx28887 for britdisc-outgoing; Tue, 23 May 2000 20:11:11 +0100 (BST) Received: from daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@daffodil [137.205.192.30]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e4NJB9p28880 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 23 May 2000 20:11:09 +0100 (BST) Received: from relay3-gui.server.ntli.net (relay3-gui.server.ntli.net [194.168.4.200]) by daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e4NJB9V02318 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 23 May 2000 20:11:09 +0100 (BST) Received: from p177-harc2-renfrew4.tch.dtn.ntl.com ([194.168.250.147] helo=default) by relay3-gui.server.ntli.net with smtp (Exim 3.03 #2) id 12uJwh-0001KA-00 for britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk; Tue, 23 May 2000 20:02:27 +0100 Message-ID: <003201bfc451$a780e2a0$93faa8c2@default> From: "matthew.lowe" <matthew.lowe@dtn.ntl.com> To: <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Venues Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 01:49:51 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Convoy wrote > Admittedly, the sport is growing in size, and the need > for leagues is not too distant. But let's stop > getting our knickers in a twist. People are saying > that there is a lack of large suitable venues, but > have people really made a great effort to look? I > think not. There's a whole country out there. I know > for sure that Point Blank have great hopes to organise > a tour event for next year, and we have several > options in mind. I know of several venues as well, though I am yet to find out costs for these venues. > This has been a useful time to kick > people up the backside and make them realise you can't > always rely on other people to do everything. Perhaps > someone should post something on britdisc/BUF that > COMPREHENSIVELY details what organising a tournament > entails, and the incentives for teams/players to do > it. Incentives. Chris/Wayne (Lyout Dreams), why don't you tell us the sort of money you make from hosting a tour event, might that be an incentive? > It's about time we start acting pre-emptively to > ensure the smooth running of a great sport as players, > and stop relying on an overworked and underpaid > BUF/core few. Amen Hope you can all make it to Loughborough next summer:-) Matt Swamp Donkeys