ok before i start, i would just like to say this is my opinion and not that of my teams before you prejudge my statement...
I am not a very smart person, so if i write something that offends some people without me realising i am sorry.
First of all, the fields were better this event, yes, but not of what you would expect of a £40 game fee. Which i might add, is a fiver more then last year, and from what i could gather from the event, didnt go towards anything more then worse marshelling.
Number two, our team was approached by one of the angels in the morning who began to question us on where we aquirred our paint from. We replied from our sponser. (we were shooting draxxus). She then went on to say that from events after this one, all paint would have to be bought from the event. Now i am sorry but i snapped streight away as this is the stupidest thing i have ever heard. Not pollitely i must admit i asked why, and she replied that they had to please their sponsers. As you would imagine this just didnt make sense to me because we also have to please ours.It wouldnt be too good if we told our sponser that we couldnt shoot their paint because the events we play wont let us. PLus as a paying customer, at £40 a head £280 a team, that is a **** load of money for us to have to go there and buy the events sponsers paint, it is just ludacrus. We did enquire to see if any of the stalls there did supply draxxus, but we shouldnt have to, we should be aloud to bring our paint, from our sponsers and shoot it. Not to be told were not aloud to shoot it because it wasnt bought at the event. Its just a massive money making scheme which, frankly, i aint buying into it angels.
Number 3 would be how the event is supposed to be an equivelent of millenium with the rules, but, no ramping. Now i just dont understand this, on which, why would you want to advertise your event as "training" for milleniums, but then you dont have the main part of millenium. Ramping makes the game completely different and in my oppinion is needed in masters if they want to advertise themselves in this way.
Last rant would be of where the event is being held next. Right, Lincoln, is by far the best place it has been held to date. The catering is good, the netting is superb, i do understand that there were some stray balls at the weekend, but still it is all pre netted. The grass is good and the ground is flat. Now one of my team mates did enquire about where the next event would be held, and he got the answer of either a new venue in kettering or Uttoxeter. Now i am sorry. Uttoxeter is just a big hill, so no chance there, just a stupid thought. And kettering is fair enough but why put all the events there just to please all your southern teams that have to travel to come to lincoln. When you had the events in Kettering last year, we had to travel a hell of a long way to play. Just because some southern teams dont want to travel because they dont have the heart as much as we do for the sport, shouldnt mean you put them first.
How to resolve this, maybe i dont know have some leway and have half the events in lincoln and half at kettering, taking each venue in turn. Maybe that would please every 1, if you have to have it somewhere not as good as lincoln.
Just a little note, the extra fiver you have added onto our bill, could you put it towards some line painting to the fields, as 1 this would help you allot with your field setting up as they would be pretty much bang on, and 2 it would put the money to good use.
Again i will add this is the view of me and feel free to critisise as i am a pretty care free guy on what people think of me
thanks allot
Bush
