10-04-2012, 11:38 PM
I've had a very busy night dealing with entries coming in thick and fast, enquiries, updating entry lists and websites, communicating with the organising team (no, not talking to myself - there is a team) and with the Parkstone hotel. It is brilliant and long may it continue! Well for the next 24 days anyway.
Thank you very much to everybody who has entered so far, we will try and make you all very welcome and do what we can to make the weekend enjoyable. Apologies to anyone I haven't replied to or confirmed their entry with directly, so far. It has been mad.
There's still plenty room for plenty more at the weekend congress. Don't miss out if you can possibly make it.
There's also plenty room at the inn (Parkstone Hotel) for the Saturday night event, where the bar will be open to 12:30am, although places are filling up fast, as are the rooms at the hotel.
I'll try and find some time over the next couple of days to post some updates on the Individual sections and the Junior Saturday event, which is suitable for kids of all ages and abilities under the 1000 grade mark. The plan is to split the entrants into sections of similar abilities, so novices will play novices and those with grades will play similar strengthed players.
For now, the good news is that all four trophy winners from last year have confimed they will be returning to defend their titles. IM Stephen Burns-Mannion in the Open, Phil Thomas in the Major, Brian Bonnyman in the Minor and Anna Milton defending the Iain Fraser Junior Trophy. All four trophies were hard won last year and it looks like it will be no easier this year. Can any of the four retain their titles?
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Thank you very much to everybody who has entered so far, we will try and make you all very welcome and do what we can to make the weekend enjoyable. Apologies to anyone I haven't replied to or confirmed their entry with directly, so far. It has been mad.
There's still plenty room for plenty more at the weekend congress. Don't miss out if you can possibly make it.
There's also plenty room at the inn (Parkstone Hotel) for the Saturday night event, where the bar will be open to 12:30am, although places are filling up fast, as are the rooms at the hotel.
I'll try and find some time over the next couple of days to post some updates on the Individual sections and the Junior Saturday event, which is suitable for kids of all ages and abilities under the 1000 grade mark. The plan is to split the entrants into sections of similar abilities, so novices will play novices and those with grades will play similar strengthed players.
For now, the good news is that all four trophy winners from last year have confimed they will be returning to defend their titles. IM Stephen Burns-Mannion in the Open, Phil Thomas in the Major, Brian Bonnyman in the Minor and Anna Milton defending the Iain Fraser Junior Trophy. All four trophies were hard won last year and it looks like it will be no easier this year. Can any of the four retain their titles?
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