14-08-2016, 12:47 PM
Robin,
If I can throw a spanner into the calculation. If we look at who organised the new tournaments it is (with the exception of Largs) one person. Take that out of the equation and it is not looking good at all!
If I look back to when I used to play seriously (pre arbiting) when I was going for the Grand Prix along with my friend Jim we were playing 100+ games a year. The tournaments included Grangemouth, East of Scotland, West of Scotland, Hawick, Crowwood, Cathcart, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Hamilton, Glenrothes, Glasgow Montrose Open, Eastwood Allegro, Fair City Allegro, Bankton Allegro...
We used to have several one game a week tournaments in EK, Cathcart, Crowwood and Glagow Montrose but they have died out bar EK
None of them exist now
If I can throw a spanner into the calculation. If we look at who organised the new tournaments it is (with the exception of Largs) one person. Take that out of the equation and it is not looking good at all!
If I look back to when I used to play seriously (pre arbiting) when I was going for the Grand Prix along with my friend Jim we were playing 100+ games a year. The tournaments included Grangemouth, East of Scotland, West of Scotland, Hawick, Crowwood, Cathcart, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Hamilton, Glenrothes, Glasgow Montrose Open, Eastwood Allegro, Fair City Allegro, Bankton Allegro...
We used to have several one game a week tournaments in EK, Cathcart, Crowwood and Glagow Montrose but they have died out bar EK
None of them exist now
"How sad to see, what used to be, a model of decorum and tranquility become like any other sport, a battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee"