jamesd20 said:Problems occur in that we dont have enough elite players, and the elite players we have dont wish to travel to events around the country then the type of people the satelite tournaments hope to attract (middle to higher local league players) are generall disinterested in travelling many miles to a tournament,pay for accomadation, entry fee, travel expenses, and other expenses(possibly over 100GBP) just for a weekend. Then the challenger players and the lower elite players are left to fill the gaps in each of the respective tournaments, creating unbalanced draws.
Every competition has unbalanced draws, and it costs a lot more than £100. Now I know how the unfunded players feel.
Oh well at least the weather is going to be good!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=3735