Tournament Prices to go up next year?

[steven09 (Exodus Capt)]

Im a little concerned to say the least from some information a heard yesterday.

Apparatly so the price for 7 man tournament at MM m25 and series 2004 will be 350 pounds per team? is this true?

If so this would work out at 50 pounds per player plus paint the average paint price for a team is around 35 pounds this would mean each tournament would cost each player nearly 100 pounds just to play 1 days ball not inc petrol money hotels for some teams etc.

As far as i am aware there is no reason or justification for the rapid increase in entry prices.
the only reason why i could see any justification in increase would be H-pac increasing the price of there service(which to my knowledge and understanding will remain the same) or the marchells are going to get a increase in pay.
Is there any information i am missing her as this really concerns me for our future plans.


Im not having a go her or trying to cause havoic amongst event organisers but i just cant see many teams being able to afford this, and it would definatly not encourage smaller teams to start up again and i think many teams would not participate in these events which is ashame as the tournament scene is currently at its best.

please can Somebody inform me how events next season are going to change and is the entry fee is really going to increase by this much and why it is so

many thanks Steven

 

[Liz]

This seems very unlikely to me!
Certainly it's overdue for tournament fees to increase by a bit, as they don't seem to have increased in general over the last 2 years and there has been a big increase in the quality of venues especially with the demise of most woodland events (which are MUCH cheaper to put on than sup'air). But the suggestions I've been hearing bandied about are more in the region of an extra £5-10 per player, giving a 7-man game fee of around £250-280.

Possibly the chinese whispers were referring to one of the big 2-dayers like the indoor or Heavens Gate?

 

[mark5evo]

Steven09 see the following thread www.p8ntballer-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22796

 

[steven09 (Exodus Capt)]

thanks guys found the info now

Liz you orignal post stated that 350 entry for 7 man is infact 50 pounds per head not 35

but not looking at it its going to be entry 300 on the day which is still 42.85 a player plus paint unless you pay upfront? which is still a little expensive

then its 250 which is 35 a player which aint that bad looking at it now

 

[L J]

current M"5 prices are about £37 a head for 7 people, for the less unfortunate unsponsored teams, paint is alot more than £35 a head!!!! we usually end up paying £90-£100 , or £60-£70 on paint each!!

 

[L J]

another thing, i believe m25 league went up because sparklie was losing money, and i have to say, i will happily pay the extra because her events are so dam good

 

[captain col]

Originally posted by cockersrule
current M"5 prices are about £37 a head for 7 people, for the less unfortunate unsponsored teams, paint is alot more than £35 a head!!!! we usually end up paying £90-£100 , or £60-£70 on paint each!!

is this telling you something matey try carrying less paint and move more

 

[Liz]

Originally posted by steven09 (Exodus Capt)
thanks guys found the info now

Liz you orignal post stated that 350 entry for 7 man is infact 50 pounds per head not 35

but not looking at it its going to be entry 300 on the day which is still 42.85 a player plus paint unless you pay upfront? which is still a little expensive

then its 250 which is 35 a player which aint that bad looking at it now

Yes, I misread your post which is why I went back & changed mine within moments of posting it! I knew many series organisers are putting their prices up (with good reason) & knew roughly the amounts they were thinking of, so automatically wrote on that basis.

I think the main reason why it's more expensive if you don't get your deposit in on time (note that it's only the deposit you have to pay upfront, NOT the entire tourney fee), is that teams seem to think they can enter and/or pull out up to the day before an event. If it costs more to enter late, teams are more likely to get in on time. Once they've had to pay a deposit, it's less likely they'll pull out at the last moment (or at least find a replacement). It can take up to a week to set up a non-balling site for a tournament - ask anyone who helped set up for the PA Cup. If you don't know how many teams you're going to get until the last moment then it's hard to set up the right number of fields & get in the right number of marshalls. Yes, you can limit the maximum number of teams who can enter so you know you can cope with the maximum, but if you've catered for 40 and only 30 turn up then you will end up running at a loss due to excessive infrastructure costs.

How many other sporting or entertainment events are there where you don't have to pay a big chunk of the fee up front, usualy the whole amount?

 

[L J]

Originally posted by captain col
is this telling you something matey try carrying less paint and move more

hmmmm 13 pots

or, someone could sponsor us

 

[captain col]

Originally posted by Liz
Yes, I misread your post which is why I went back & changed mine within moments of posting it! I knew many series organisers are putting their prices up (with good reason) & knew roughly the amounts they were thinking of, so automatically wrote on that basis.

I think the main reason why it's more expensive if you don't get your deposit in on time (note that it's only the deposit you have to pay upfront, NOT the entire tourney fee), is that teams seem to think they can enter and/or pull out up to the day before an event. If it costs more to enter late, teams are more likely to get in on time. Once they've had to pay a deposit, it's less likely they'll pull out at the last moment (or at least find a replacement). It can take up to a week to set up a non-balling site for a tournament - ask anyone who helped set up for the PA Cup. If you don't know how many teams you're going to get until the last moment then it's hard to set up the right number of fields & get in the right number of marshalls. Yes, you can limit the maximum number of teams who can enter so you know you can cope with the maximum, but if you've catered for 40 and only 30 turn up then you will end up running at a loss due to excessive infrastructure costs.

How many other sporting or entertainment events are there where you don't have to pay a big chunk of the fee up front, usualy the whole amount?

when we first started we used to get a slight discount if you paid your deposit before a stated date (£25 per five man team) so could this system be brought back so as to aid torny organiser's with costs and what about the odd woodland event in a serise to help with costs, also i think teams that drop out on a regular basis should be named and shamed as this is the most distructive thing that can happen to a torny organiser