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Tourney idea only for those with stamina....

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Just throwing this out there to see what numbers would be like.

The Don and I jokingly discussed the idea of Block Around The Speedbowl (or BATS). A 24 hour BB tourney, with strict 2 minute turns, enabling us to cram in up to 20 games! (Though I would possibly recommend only 18 or 16 for the sake of sanity, and the number of games would be capped by the number of coaches.)

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This would either kill me or those sat closest to me when I snapped. :o :wink:

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Er... wibble?

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I like the sound but I would caveate that with, I would like to see how my first intro to Speedbowl goes.

Being realistic I would also have to see where the hypothetical comp venue would be; oop north at BATC's home or down sowf at Speedbowls home or at some conveiniantly located mental health institution somewhere inbetween.

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Entirely dependent on date and venue, yes otherwise!

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Well this is purely hypothetical (at the moment), but date could be any time (maybe a bank hols so everyone [nearly everyone, those in office type jobs] has the Monday off work) and the location would be halfway between BATC and Exiles. So..... Nottingham...?

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Sounds spot on!

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On 2002 we had a tournament like that on Spain. At first it sounds like fun but it ended being exhausting

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It does sound like fun though!

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I'd suggest changing the name to Block Around The Speedbowl High Intensity Tournament. 'If you weren't before, you will be after!' :wink:

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Vanguard wrote:I'd suggest changing the name to Block Around The Speedbowl High Intensity Tournament. 'If you weren't before, you will be after!' :wink:
:lol:

If it was a reasonably close/convenient location, and a date I could potentially wangle... I could certainly be tempted to start filing approval papers with the Mrs for a weekend out.

If you want to make it more insane: everyone gets a different team each round :o Complete the 24 in one tournament \o/

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Vanguard wrote:I'd suggest changing the name to Block Around The Speedbowl High Intensity Tournament. 'If you weren't before, you will be after!' :wink:
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