blondeBash, two day-eventing?

[Ginger]

a mixture of both, plus the extra costs of accomodation and spending money is a bigger strain on some than others.
I'm uncomfortable effectively forcing people to make Blonde bashes weekends away.

Ok, there will be some that feel this way, and I agree that potential cost should always be kept to a minimum. But, unless the bash is local, aren't most people going to pay for at least one nights accommodation?

That wouldn't change with running officially over 2 days, it near enough does that already...

[tantrum]

Ginger is right

[KingPoker]

Would definately be better to have the HU comp on the sunday.

ME went well on saturday but really screwed up our heads up tourney (again play the violins)!

I went home after checkout on sunday as was so stiff from football i couldn wait to get home to my bed but that was just because everything was crammed into the one day when in truth it makes so much more sense to have the events held over the two days.  

Dont get rid of the footy, i think by the sounds of it it might get some momentum by next BB and we may have more than 1 sub!

[Ginger]

Ginger is right

I always am.

[tantrum]

Ginger is right

I always am.

I have noticed;)

[Karabiner]

I'm just wondering if you would get the same level of interest(16 teams)

If the heads-up were it to be held on the Sunday.

[Ironside]

there would be room for more if the HU was on the sunday

i am sure more people wanted to play

[charmaine]

And this would work out well in a lovely hot country , you lot play poker i lay about the pool 

[Ironside]

And this would work out well in a lovely hot country , you lot play poker i lay about the pool 

and i stare

[vinni]

if you want some sort of new game instead of footy quize ect ,
how about doing the main event on sunday and having saturday as a drinking comp .
could be good ,gives tk a better chance as he doesnt drink.

[Delboy]

Here's a possible timetable

Saturday

footy
Main event to the Final, SnGs, Cash, drinking

Sunday

Lunch time Heads Up comp (with all players available should take about 4/5 hours)
Quiz (2 hours?)
Final table

This would make the FT an excellent way to end the weekend. I, for one, would stay over Sunday night and use up a days annual leave to get home, or maybe the next one could be on a bank holiday weekend? Should be able to get cheap room rates for the Sunday as business hotels are empty on Bank Holiday Sundays.

Hope this makes sense

[Nakor]

If you moved the HU to Sunday is the the consideration to drop it as a team event ?

100 + potential runners for a HU knockout would be possible in a second day - just a thought.

Or completely from left field a Omaha event as an alternative.

I voted 2 days - increases the potential.

[Dewi_cool]

so effectivley were having a three day bash?

[AndrewT]

I think bank holidays are out - too many people have other commitments on those weekends. The only halfway viable one left this year is the August one and I'll bet a lot of people have already got something planned for it.

Maybe we could have the first round of the heads-up before the main comp starts. All five games in a tie could start at once (as everyone would be free). This way everyone gets to play at least one game even if their teammates are rubbish. Then the main comp could start later with the finals of both that and the HU comp on the Sunday.

[Rookie (Rodney)]

so effectivley were having a three day bash?

More time for drinking...