Melbourne Autumn Tournament
Discussing the format and details of Autumn tournament. Slated for 16th of May. Most proposals have been around having some sort of Bench tournament.
Poll Created Mon 20 Apr 2015 12:52AM
Autumn Tourney Format Closed Fri 24 Apr 2015 6:05AM
Have five-person bench teams with open registration - cap at 10 teams.
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 87.5% | 7 |
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| Abstain | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 12.5% | 1 |
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| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 16 |
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8 of 24 people have participated (33%)
Sam S MEL
Mon 20 Apr 2015 1:27AM
Would like to keep it below 8 - but understand that may not be possible
James
Mon 20 Apr 2015 2:00AM
also agree with Sam, would be ideal to keep below 8.
Andrew Hayward
Mon 20 Apr 2015 5:22AM
Agree. Scheduling would certainly benefit from having 8 teams though. Let's see how rego goes
luke poland
Mon 20 Apr 2015 6:50AM
This format does not mean melbourne players will miss out. I therefore agree :)
Damon Rao
Tue 21 Apr 2015 1:21AM
This decision cannot be made until we know how many teams we have, currently there are two.
David Corrin MEL Mon 20 Apr 2015 4:40AM
What Damon said.
Andrew Hayward Mon 20 Apr 2015 5:24AM
Also, we need to discuss costs/fees. Court hire is $900, transport for the boards and building materials might be around $400. if we have between 30 and 40 players then we need between $30 and $40 bucks a player to cover costs.
Damon Rao Mon 20 Apr 2015 5:42AM
I see no reason to reduce fees from December. last time we were internally concerned about fees (when they were $20) the consensus from a much broader consultation was that the fees should be higher. When they were $35 (and we were on discounted court fees) I didn't hear any complaints. For this tournament I think $50 is reasonable.
Damon Rao · Mon 20 Apr 2015 2:44AM
We need to develop a format and schedule, I don't think we can fit ten, maybe eight, definitely six teams depending on format. Here is the scheduling calculator: http://goo.gl/v4tXBw ( http://goo.gl/v4tXBw )Hour blocks for scheduling and pre publishing the schedule will be a MAJOR step forward for MBP, playing later into the evening (till 10pm) is definitely possible at Flag and allows for more polo.Fewer hour long games and knowing when they are on is preferable to a complex gradual schedule of half a dozen frantic ten minute games per team that require people to spend all day waiting around and not playing.We can close registration much sooner than Friday as a/ we have a cap and and b/ this has been discussed for so long teams should be ready.
Team based registration and payment would simplify things for organisers AND teams. (The longer this takes the harder and more expensive it is for people to book flights).