02-05-2013, 06:17 PM
J.
I would tend to concede the point as the proof is in the fact that i do not think grading the East Final has resulted in more players then attending the WH Junior congress. However my feeling is that that failure is one of marketing - given the vast numbers of ungraded players that attend there is clearly a market. The question must be how to engaged with these players so that they do return?
One of the problems I think is that on the day organisers are so busy running the damn thing they have little time or energy for anything else.
One immediate thought is that we need to strike while the iron is hot and while this is hard, given the time of year, perhaps there could be other finals that players could qualify for who do not qualify for the next stage of the UKCC??
Perhaps additional prizes could be awarded that encourage players to return to another event - either free entry (or discounted) or a coupon for a prize that can only be collected at the next event??
Any thoughts?
I would tend to concede the point as the proof is in the fact that i do not think grading the East Final has resulted in more players then attending the WH Junior congress. However my feeling is that that failure is one of marketing - given the vast numbers of ungraded players that attend there is clearly a market. The question must be how to engaged with these players so that they do return?
One of the problems I think is that on the day organisers are so busy running the damn thing they have little time or energy for anything else.
One immediate thought is that we need to strike while the iron is hot and while this is hard, given the time of year, perhaps there could be other finals that players could qualify for who do not qualify for the next stage of the UKCC??
Perhaps additional prizes could be awarded that encourage players to return to another event - either free entry (or discounted) or a coupon for a prize that can only be collected at the next event??
Any thoughts?