As most of you know from this thread -
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=15046.0 - we were planning to hold an event in Scotland (The Scottish Amateur Poker Championship) in November. A venue had been sourced where we could engineer a capacity well over 400.
Sadly, we have been unable to overcome, in time for the event, one detail, (Disabled Access) & this single detail prevents us from having the event in the desired venue in November. We are extremely hopeful that the problem can be addressed by February, & the Management of the venue, who have worked closely with us from the very start, are pulling out all the stops to solve this problem. PLEASE don't be speculating on where the Venue was, nothing is to be gained by so doing, & we fully intend to be there in early 2007, so we don't want to ruffle any feathers. It remains the plan to have the Scottish Amateur Poker Championship at this Venue, assuming they can resolve the access problems.
We will still hold an Event in November, on the scheduled date. A venue has been sourced, in England, and details will be announced very shortly.
One last word on the delayed Scottish Event. I visited the Venue some months back, on my own, with a "check-list" of what was needed to satisfy APAT criteria. Local Managament were extremely obliging, & we worked through the entire list, successfully, within an hour or two. But i missed just one item - Disabled Access - & took a chance, assuming it would be OK. It was not, & I'm mortified that my mistake has messed up the schedule. These things happen, but I apologise for the inconvenience this rearrangement of our schedule will cause.
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