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The month of May has been cleared for me finally, so I hope this tournament announcement is not too late for players to make plans.
Guelph Spring Pro-Am
May 2-3, 2009
Room 442, Guelph University Centre
5 Round Swiss; A SWOCL Grand Prix Event
4 Sections: Pro, U2000, U1700, U1400
Players may play up if current rating is within 100 points of rating floor
Round Times: Saturday 10:am, 1:30pm, 6:00pm, Sunday 10:00am, 2:00pm
Time Control: Round 1 G/60 +30 sec, Rounds 2-5 G/90 + 30 sec
Entry Fees: Pro Section $50, others $30 Late Fee: $10.00 on site
Half Point Byes: in rounds 1-4 may be requested in advance
Prizes: 100% of Pro Section Entries returned as prizes.
Trophies awarded in other sections
Register: Mail to TD Hal Bond, 205 – 105 Conroy Crescent, Guelph, ON N1G 2V5,
email halbond@sympatico.ca, or cash on site from 8:30-9:30 am Saturday. Players registering after 9:30 Saturday may not receive a swiss pairing in first round.
Equipment, snacks and refreshments provided by organizer
I was wondering if Keith Wight has emailed you yet. He is planning on a tournament in St. Catharines on the same weekend. If you need an email address or phone number for Keith, just email at jeswifty@hotmail.com.
Seems to me this is a place where the OCA should be involved.
Shouldn't there be an OCA contact person whom organizers first contact when planning a tournament and who collects projected dates for tournaments, and tries to make sure that there are not conflicts? Just an idea.
The OCA is likely a good idea or SWOCL, failing that I think it should go by whoever announced first. I used to arrange dates for actives in Hamilton. I got a calendar & went over all the announced tournaments for the next 3 months from all the websites & then picked a clear date with the Germania club that worked for the hall rental & for Oscar & Marco who were TDing. I avoided tournaments anywhere within driving distance including London, Guelph, Toronto, Kitchener, Niagara etc. It was a bit of a chore but worked out in the end each time. I'm not sure what would have happened if someone else announced a tournament at the same time or later for the same weekend. Unfortunately sometimes that meant we ended up running a tournament the day after a freak snow storm in April or on superbowl weekend - fortunately that didn't seem to bother anyone as our turnout was just fine.
If I could I avoided the weekend just before or after another tournament, on the idea that players might not want to play two weekends in a row or have other obligations that prevented this. Also the Niagara region maybe could spread its tournaments out a bit, they have the one this weekend & then another a month later.
Also just my two cents but Guelph has the potential for holding a bigger tournament, the St Catharines day care site is somewhat limited in space from what I remember.
Last edited by Zeljko Kitich; Thursday, 2nd April, 2009, 09:03 AM.
Seems to me this is a place where the OCA should be involved.
Shouldn't there be an OCA contact person whom organizers first contact when planning a tournament and who collects projected dates for tournaments, and tries to make sure that there are not conflicts? Just an idea.
Bob
This has hapened in the recent past and a solution was a line-by-line table of all the tournaments by Mark Dutton on the GTCL website. The GTCL website has changed to a harder-to-read box system and is perhaps no longer the main source of tournament info. Both this board and the CFC board/webzine have tournament calendars. Certainly, directors of annual events should try to list their events on all these sites more than 6 months in advance, not 2.
Thanks for your comments gentlemen. Sorry Liam - no FIDE sections this time. Maybe August!
Yes I spoke to Keith and he is looking at a date in June. Potential conflicts are worth avoiding when we can. When I looked at the calendar the only conflict posted was Arnprior.
Thanks for your comments gentlemen. Sorry Liam - no FIDE sections this time. Maybe August!
Yes I spoke to Keith and he is looking at a date in June. Potential conflicts are worth avoiding when we can. When I looked at the calendar the only conflict posted was Arnprior.
Hi Hal, FYI, the Eastern Ontario Open (which is the EOCA championship) is planned for the weekend of June 26th-28th. I was going to post more after the Ontario Open here.
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