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Des:
--- Quote from: HERBIEHACKIT on May 17, 2014, 17:56:50 PM ---
what to visit to Europe this year. welsh championships in england and the irish is plo. have to check shifts and will attend when off work but deffo not playing plo in ireland. thing this is a huge mistake. lucky if it gets 40 runners. would have gone subject to work had it been holdem. wcoap in london again. well guess they earned it ginven how hard their staff worked whist we were there. deffo dont agree with a national championship been played in outside the nation whos championship it is meant to be.
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We are pretty confident we will be announcing a European leg (and a European website) in the next few weeks. We"ve kept it separate to this announcement.
Dublin I"ve talked about in the last couple of posts.
Holding the Welsh in Bristol was far from being an easy decision. This has been proposed to me several times in the past and I"ve always rejected it for the same reason you say, James. However, when Tom put it on the table again, even for me it was a no brainer this year. There isn"t a venue in Wales that can give APAT what it needs. That feedback has come universally from our members, including our Welsh members, and it"s what we"ve found in seven years of going there.
I had an email first thing this morning from the Gaming Manager at the G Casino in Cardiff and they are disappointed that we"re going to Bristol. They put on a great event for us last year and were very supportive. But there wasn"t sufficient space to meet our needs. In that circumstance, practicality has to take over.
Des:
--- Quote from: ian.ski309 on May 17, 2014, 18:17:37 PM ---
I have to say that I"m very happy with most of the chosen venues, especially Manchester :) but what happened to DTD ? Did they not want us this time or was it an APAT decision not to go there ?
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DTD have been great partners and supporters of APAT over many years and they are a venue that we would always want on our annual schedule. We discussed a potential event with them for S8 but they weren"t able to accomodate you guys on this occasion.
Des:
--- Quote from: HERBIEHACKIT on May 17, 2014, 18:40:26 PM ---
is it safe to assume the home nations and euro team games will be played on thurs and fri prior to main events or have they been dropped.
gone through my shift pattern up to end of jan.
welsh off and playing
eng working not playing
uk off thurs working fri sat and sund. not playing main event. will swap a shift if team game on and picked for scot.
uk team game off but unlikely to play
ire off but not playing.
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On the international team front, we"re going to focus on the World Amateur Team Championship this year. We"ve removed the Home Internationals and the European Amateur Team Championship from the schedule.
DodgyEnd (Tom APAT.be):
Very nice to have the WCOAP back in London! Was a great venue and for us (the Belgians) it"s easy to get to.
So we"ll definitely be back. And only having the team event there, makes it more prestigious I think.
Hoping to go to at least 1 other venue as well...
Curlarge:
With regards to Dublin the costs available now are:-
Flight from Heathrow to Dublin with British Airways out Friday Jan 9th back Monday Jan 12th = £90 (less £30 if you have 4500 avios pts)
Bewleys Hotel Dublin Airport (tournament venue) £52.00 per night for a double or twin room (incl wifi but ex brekkie).
So for me £216.00, which is almost what I paid for the hotel alone last year.
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