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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