Travelling to APAT events

[KarmaDope]

from his post and others above (including yours, John) people are insinuating that we should use the most accessible venues regardless of country for the Nationals.

Didn"t know I had insinuated that - I must read my posts more carefully in future.

That"s just how it came across to me, and it looks like Tighty thought the same as well based on his reply.

And yeah, I have it lucky from where I am.

As for the Scots - I didn"t see any mention of flying to Dublin and taking the train/driving to Cork from there. Ryanair fly from both Glasgow and Edinburgh to Dublin and the train from Dublin to Cork is an Intercity that leaves every hour. It is possible to get to these events without too much hassle IMO.

[MintTrav]

from his post and others above (including yours, John) people are insinuating that we should use the most accessible venues regardless of country for the Nationals.

Didn"t know I had insinuated that - I must read my posts more carefully in future.

That"s just how it came across to me, and it looks like Tighty thought the same as well based on his reply.

Yeah, you"re right - I hadn"t noticed that. I wonder how he translated "a National Championship" into "the Irish National Championship".

[Des]

My head hurts from reading this thread.  

My threepenneth.

1)  Paulie is easily misunderstood, but imo, he always means well.

2)  To be extremely clear on this.  Their will always be a Scottish National and it will always be held in Scotland.  I don"t believe we have ever failed to get a venue we really wanted, however the reality is that some cardrooms are managed more professionally than others - and we get frustrated with cardrooms who don"t manage our events as we want them managed. 

But, we can always get to one of Glasgow or Edinburgh without issue. 

Now here is the thing.  If we could find an excellent cardroom in Scotland, that would open up the possibility of taking the UK Team or Pub events, or the Europeans, and putting them on in Scotland in addition to the Scottish Amateur Championship.  That would be great and enable our Scottish members to enjoy two events on their doorstep which is only fair.  But the lack of a great venue (or cardroom manager more specifically) is holding that back right now.  We"ll remain on the lookout thought, because people change jobs all the time.


3)  Paulie is easily misunderstood, but imo, he always means well.  

[Foggy]

1)  Paulie is easily misunderstood, but imo, he always means well.


Perhaps we should get a moderator to moderate the moderator! ( that"s not easy to say, or do)

[duke3016]

1)  Paulie is easily misunderstood, but imo, he always means well.

[Logie66]

Jeez we have tournaments laid on in various cities around UK, Ireland, and Europe. Some will be easier to get to than others dependant on your home location. Some will be downright impossible or impractical for some people to get to.

If we want to avoid anyone having travelling difficulty we may as well just play online!!  Alternatively, just accept that some places will be harder to get to than others, but that those places that are hard for some people to get to, will actually be easier for the locals to get to.

Aberdeen a couple of years ago - impossible for me to get to at a practical cost, so I didn"t go. Great for the locals though.

I think this is the most sensible post in the whole thread. Steve sums it up pretty well here.

[Shogun112]

I think..!!!  Everyone who wants to play all the APAT's in all locations and are based in Scotland or Ireland, should pack up their job and pack up the family and belongings and move the whole kit and kaboodle to central England.

[jbworldwide]

1)  Paulie is easily misunderstood, but imo, he always means well.


Perhaps we should get a moderator to moderate the moderator! ( that"s not easy to say, or do)

I wouldn"t be able to cope  

[KarmaDope]

1)  Paulie is easily misunderstood, but imo, he always means well.


Perhaps we should get a moderator to moderate the moderator! ( that"s not easy to say, or do)

I wouldn"t be able to cope  

We know, it broke Leigh ffs!

[gerry5421]

I think..!!!  Everyone who wants to play all the APAT's in all locations and are based in Scotland or Ireland, should pack up their job and pack up the family and belongings and move the whole kit and kaboodle to central England.

Tounge in cheek lol

[Des]

I think..!!!  Everyone who wants to play all the APAT's in all locations and are based in Scotland or Ireland, should pack up their job and pack up the family and belongings and move the whole kit and kaboodle to central England.

This!  

[gerry5421]

My head hurts from reading this thread.  

My threepenneth.

1)  Paulie is easily misunderstood, but imo, he always means well.

Thanks des , and yea reflecting on last night I would call it a misunderstanding , and i look forward to the Next APAT event I can make .

On somebodys point on Dublin and trains , yea i had chacked that out for an option but first train did on way back did not make first flight and later flight was too expensive , for me anyway.

I fully appreciate the work that goes into organising these events and issues with cardrooms in Scotland,

and would now draw a line under the misunderstanding

[HaworthBantam]

1)  Paulie is easily misunderstood, but imo, he always means well.


Perhaps we should get a moderator to moderate the moderator! ( that"s not easy to say, or do)

I wouldn"t be able to cope  

Banstick FTW  

[Paulie_D]

1)  Paulie is easily misunderstood, but imo, he always means well.


Perhaps we should get a moderator to moderate the moderator! ( that"s not easy to say, or do)

I wouldn"t be able to cope  

Banstick FTW  

OW!

Stop.

Hitting.

Me.  

[SirPercival]

I think..!!!  Everyone who wants to play all the APAT's in all locations and are based in Scotland or Ireland, should pack up their job and pack up the family and belongings and move the whole kit and kaboodle to central England.

This!  

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