14-05-2017, 03:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 14-05-2017, 03:24 PM by Jonathan Livingstone.)
(14-05-2017, 02:55 PM)Ianbrownlee Wrote: The event was such a success we plan to run it again next year.
Congrats to Paul also.
However can it really be considered a success? I have to question that and think the turn out was abysmal. Just 17 players in a national championship. The 7 player Major was almost an all play all. I attended a club organised 5 Rnd allegro recently that had 43 players participating. The Blitz events also draw significantly greater numbers and will be getting my money again next month. Looking at the MacIsacc prize money, the tournament surely made a loss? Surely better to have sensible pricing next time, and attract more players for a better and more successful event?
High entry fees of the likes of Largs, Stirling and MacIsacc have proven to not be the way forward. Both the recent Stirling and MacIsacc were local to me and I had a free schedule to play in both but opted not to on the principal of their structuring and poor value for money.