04-02-2017, 04:33 PM
Ian, I know you are trying your best but in the time it took you to write that long post on 26th Jan, you could probably have changed the rule! You mention lots of problems that don't really exist... Anyway, I struggle to see how much extra admin would be needed from publishing team lists 90 minutes before (I would suggest longer to allow for those teams that have further to travel).
The problem I had against Poly was not that I was raring to get some preparation in against a specific opponent, but that it's obvious who is Dragons board 1 and that Poly could be John or Colin, or indeed what happened in that they had a new(?) recruit in Andrew. I'm fairly sure Andrew didn't prepare but I wasted time and energy for nothing.
Does it really have to go through the AGM? If it does then that's ridiculous - give the tournament director more leeway and get rid of pointless red tape.
Ok, here it is. Unless team lists or something similar are introduced for next season then I won't play the Richardson. Perhaps this will make no difference to anyone, but seeing as the general competition and the number of teams is declining it might be worth listening to players a bit more.
The problem I had against Poly was not that I was raring to get some preparation in against a specific opponent, but that it's obvious who is Dragons board 1 and that Poly could be John or Colin, or indeed what happened in that they had a new(?) recruit in Andrew. I'm fairly sure Andrew didn't prepare but I wasted time and energy for nothing.
Does it really have to go through the AGM? If it does then that's ridiculous - give the tournament director more leeway and get rid of pointless red tape.
Ok, here it is. Unless team lists or something similar are introduced for next season then I won't play the Richardson. Perhaps this will make no difference to anyone, but seeing as the general competition and the number of teams is declining it might be worth listening to players a bit more.