Seen a few comments about travelling recently and been on the disappointing end of travel difficulties myself. I recognise that a large number of APAT members are within easy access of a number of Southern/Midland venues. Could I suggest that venues near to major airport be considered for national championships. I am disappointed that Luton is hosting the team competition this year as it is a easily accessible from Scottish airports. I am not criticising, as I respect the great job that is done for us, just passing an observation for consideration for next years programme.
Hi Shug
We chose Luton for the forum Championships, in part, because it is easily accessible. I am not sure how it isn"t. You can get to Luton airport for under £100 return from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen in under two hours via Easyjet, for example
In general all venues are chosen on various criteria and ease of travel is certainly one of those. We also look for a spread of the UK events across the country
With respect to Cork, to answer other queries on the thread, as you may remember we began to have major problems with the Fitz last year. Looking elsewhere the cost of non casino tournaments for example through Irish event operators in hotels, was prohibitive on our budgets
Scanning around the Macau in Cork is well established in a major city with air links. Direct flights to Cork/Kerry from several airports. I accept that in practice this has been more difficult for those not within easy reach of the Southern airports though, which is my fault for not checking thoroughly enough
