19-09-2016, 06:51 PM
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I had a look at the most recent Benidorm International where many Scottish players have competed in the last seven or eight years. The organisers run various local junior championships (u8-u18) in the same venue though not necessarily at exactly the same time as the adult events. The kids are very well behaved and possibly playing in the same floor as the adults not only heightens their event importance but maybe teaches them what it's like to play at a major amateur event.
Finding the right size of venue is obviously crucial if going down this route for organisers. You also would need to build in costs of extra arbiting staff/equipment hire etc but I would be strongly in favour of it being tried in Scotland.
I had a look at the most recent Benidorm International where many Scottish players have competed in the last seven or eight years. The organisers run various local junior championships (u8-u18) in the same venue though not necessarily at exactly the same time as the adult events. The kids are very well behaved and possibly playing in the same floor as the adults not only heightens their event importance but maybe teaches them what it's like to play at a major amateur event.
Finding the right size of venue is obviously crucial if going down this route for organisers. You also would need to build in costs of extra arbiting staff/equipment hire etc but I would be strongly in favour of it being tried in Scotland.