David More is an enigmatic simple pleasant person, if you don’t rub him the wrong way. He shares a two bedroom
apartment with a cat. There is no love lost between me and the cat, but that doesn’t
prevent David from insisting on having me as his guest, rather than let me stay
in a nearby motel.
David organised a pleasant and quite successful tournament at Labrador on 26/04/2015, which I attended. It attracted 56
players, which was a record attendance for a non-major event, unmatched in QLD
for a very long time. Check the list of 2014 tournament attendance below.
Encouraged by the surprising success of his tournament, David thought of
organising another Labrador tournament later
in 2015, in order to help the committee of ASPA (QLD) boost their overall attendance for 2015. When he applied for approval by the grudging committee, he was told
that there was no room for another tournament in 2015, because QLD can only run a maximum of one tournament a
fortnight, even though past track record of several of those tournaments shows attendance of only half a dozen players.
My question to the sages
who took the strange decision is: Why not change one of the dubious fund raisers on the
Calendar to another Labrador tournament, and
collect the larger proceeds as funds raised? Look at the Calendar below and see for
yourself how those fund raisers, concocted in a hurry, are still lacking
organisation and suitable venues:
QLD 2014 TOURNAMENT ATTENDANCE
TOURNAMENT ATTENDANCE
QLD 12.01.2014 Logan Clovers 46
QLD 01.02.2014
Townsville Feb 6
QLD 08.02.2014
Alzheimer's FR Saturday 28
QLD 09.02.2014
Alzheimer's FR Sunday 36
QLD 23.02.2014 Feb
Frolic 17
QLD 08.03.2014 Redland Bay Southport Winter 52
QLD 28.06.2014 TSV
EOFY SAT 6
QLD 29.06.2014 TSV
EOFY SUN 6
QLD 06.07.2014
Coominya 52
QLD 08.07.2014 JULY
RR RUNCORN 10
QLD 03.08.2014 WYSC
Fundraiser 34
QLD 09.08.2014
Townsville Saturday 13
QLD 10.08.2014
Townsville Sunday 12
QLD 31.08.2014 Queensland Championships 46
QLD 21.09.2014
Toowoomba 26
QLD 05.10.2014 Trans
Tasman Fundraiser 22
QLD 25.10.2014
Redcliffe Saturday 48
QLD 26.10.2014
Redcliffe Sunday 46
QLD 30.11.2014 Southport 48
QLD 30.11.2014 TVL
November 6
QLD 27.12.2014 Last
Chance 30
____________________________________________
TOTAL ATTENDANCE 670
2015 TOURNAMENT CALENDAR
State
|
Date
|
Tournament & conditions
|
Venue
|
Contact
|
Phone & e-mail
|
Qld
|
Sun
Jun 14 |
Palmwoods
|
Palmwoods Hotel
|
Wayne Willis
|
041 557 2017
kippa1955@bigpond.com |
Qld
|
Sun
Jun 28 |
Cnr Scarborough/Lawson Sts |
Sandra Woolard
|
swoolard@bigpond.net.au
0418 610 414 |
|
Qld
|
Sat Jul 4
10:50 for 11 am start |
Townsville
at least 5 games |
'The Dalgety'
106 Denham St |
Julie Brice
Helen Hynes |
juliebrice@bigpond.com
scrabbledhel@yahoo.com.au On the day: 0409 748 323 |
Qld
|
Tue
July 7 |
Wintering
|
Queen Alexandra Home
Coorparoo |
Martin Waterworth
|
(07) 3357 3308
martinw_512@hotmail.com On the day: 0438 457 566 |
Qld
|
Sun
Jul 12 |
Tangara
|
West |
Roberta Tait
|
0431 640 874
taitroberta@hotmail.com |
Qld
|
Saturday
Jul 18 |
July Jaunt
MAX 18 players |
Runcorn
|
Karen Richards
|
(07) 3151 0495
karendrichards@gmail.com |
Qld
|
Sunday
July 26 |
Coominya
|
Lowood Showground Hall
|
Matthew Forno
|
0417 446 556
matthewforno@hotmail.com |
Qld
|
Sun Aug 16
|
August Fundraiser
|
TBA
|
Olga Visser
|
(07) 3801 1362
visser@optushome.com.au On the day: 0401 884 511 |
Qld
|
Sat/Sun
Aug 29/30 |
Queensland Championships & One-day
Sunday
|
Kedron Wavell Services Club
Chermside |
Wayne Willis
|
041 557 2017
kippa1955@bigpond.com |
Qld
|
Sun Sep 13
|
Toowoomba
|
Elworthy St |
Jane Brown
|
jb.edits@bigpond.net.au
(07) 4635 5013 On the day: 0448 789 129 |
Qld
|
Wed
Sep 16 |
FoSsiLs F2F
|
Runcorn
|
Karen Richards
|
(07) 3151 0495
karendrichards@gmail.com |
Qld
|
Sun
Sep 27 |
September Fundraiser
|
TBA
|
Olga Visser
|
(07) 3801 1362
visser@optushome.com.au On the day: 0401 884 511 |
Qld
|
Sun
Oct 11 |
October Fundraiser
|
TBA
|
Olga Visser
|
(07) 3801 1362
visser@optushome.com.au On the day: 0401 884 511 |
Qld
|
Sun
Oct 25 |
Redcliffe
Max 52 players |
Redcliffe Bridge Club Rooms
2A |
Wayne Willis
|
041 557 2017
kippa1955@bigpond.com |
Qld
|
Sun
Nov 15 |
November Fundraiser
|
TBA
|
Olga Visser
|
(07) 3801 1362
visser@optushome.com.au On the day: 0401 884 511 |
Qld
|
Sun
Nov 29 |
Cnr Scarborough/Lawson Sts |
Sandra Woolard
|
swoolard@bigpond.net.au
0418 610 414 |
|
Qld
|
Sun
Dec 13 |
December Fundraiser
|
TBA
|
Olga Visser
|
(07) 3801 1362
visser@optushome.com.au On the day: 0401 884 511 |
Qld
|
Sun Dec 27
|
Last Chance
|
Queen Alexandra Home
Coorparoo |
Olga Visser
|
(07) 3801 1362
visser@optushome.com.au On the day: 0401 884 511 |
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