Posted by Sass on 12-12-2008 02:33
#10
bigdogdave wrote:
Just out of interest why is an "OPEN" actually restricted to the point where potentially no one outside of the league can enter if the spaces all fill up.
Shouldn't an "OPEN" be exactly that from day one? - You may as well rename it to the Croydon Singles
Thanks in advance
Fair point. The first two Croydon Open's were truly open and were played at JFK's. It did work but it was a very long day for everyone involved. When we moved the event to Croydon for the 3rd event we went down to 8 tables and we knew we would have to restrict the comp to 64 to keep it as a one day event. Because of that we gave Croydon players first option and that has kind of stuck. Is it the right thing to do with an Open? Maybe not, but it's done now and whoever is involved in running it next year can reconsider. Now we have more tables at Croydon there is an argument for making it unlimited again but you have to bear in mind that the staff at Rileys are employees rather than owners like a JFK's and have no wish to work unpaid into the early hours of Sunday morning and we should not expect them to.
I would be extremely surprised if this was full of paid up CDPL players by 10 Jan. If it is I guess we can rename it the CroydonPool.com Singles. Those from outside the league can register their interest in taking part and we'll start a reserves list although entry will be on the same first to pay basis.
Hope that goes some way to answering your questions and I hope that you get to take part if you want to.