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It's quarter after eleven, still time to register, I thought I would put up who took advantage of the early pay offer so far:
Nicholas Vettese
Gordon Gooding
Eugene Hua
Mike Dougherty
Rob Gashgarian
Marco Greco
Adam Cheng
Brett Yang
Danylo Glinnyi
Ishaan Kelkar
Michelle Hua
Danny Huong
Dominic Millan Mulraine
Mikaela Karlene Mulraine
Jai Dey
Luka Granic
Alex Xu (Oakville)
David Gauthier
George Mavroidis
Jeeven Dhanoa
Bruce Cao
Angela Cao
Justin Greco
There is still time!
Last edited by Gordon Gooding; Tuesday, 5th September, 2017, 11:25 PM.
Hi all, just remember, if you played in our family day active tourney you get $5 off your entry fee. That means only $45 if you haven't paid up as yet. That is a 10% discount.
I wonder if anyone is considering the team bonus option. I am thinking of giving a repeat client discount on future tournaments that I run. So if you play in this tournament on Sat, you will automatically get $5 off entry on the next tournament that I run (which may be early December), a thank you for playing in my tournaments. Would you like this idea? Still time to register for this Saturday 's tourney. Entry fee is $50 now.
If you are going to play in the tournament tomorrow, please give me a heads up tonight. If we can get some of the players details in the system before tomorrow morning we can start closer to on time. We had done really well in the past on starting on time or just shortly after the advertised start time and would like it to stay that way, thnx.
Morning all, get your game on ! Again if you haven't told me that you are coming in advance, please come at least half an hour early for registration. Thnx. Play well everybody.
Thnx all for those who came. A good time was had by most if not all, despite even my huge blunders??!! Lots of people, lots of prizes. That's all for now folks. We be looking to run another one either late November/early December seeing what heaven allows. I want revenge! Take care all, play well.
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