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Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:38 pm
by Mick Norris
Date now confirmed at the City of Manchester Stadium
Details likely to be similar to previous years, and will be confirmed in due course
Re: Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:22 am
by Mick Norris
Open, U160, U120 (trophies plus prize money) plus grading prizes and Junior trophies
Entry is cheaper before 28 February, and there is a £6 entry discount to ECF members
Time control 20 mins plus 10 sec per move
Free parking at Premiership Football Stadium
Refreshments available
Bulk discounts for MCF clubs
Re: Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:00 pm
by Mick Norris
Entry form
Re: Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:45 pm
by Mick Norris
Re: Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:23 pm
by Mick Norris
Address for postal entries has changed - revised entry form now here
Re: Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:13 pm
by Mick Norris
Entries to date are 81, close to last year's record of 87 players
Re: Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:59 pm
by Jon Mahony
Entered Mick, looking forward
Re: Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:43 pm
by Mick Norris
Excellent, see you Sunday
Re: Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 11:50 am
by Mick Norris
Entries are now 115, must be getting close to capacity
Re: Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:02 pm
by Ian Stephens
Mick Norris wrote:Entries are now 115, must be getting close to capacity
That's what we need Mick! By the way what is capacity?
Re: Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:21 pm
by Mick Norris
Ian
I'm not sure, which I know isn't helpful, but ultimately would depend on how many digital clocks we have (which should be 65, I'm hoping to pick up 8 tomorrow)
I can't remember if the Citizen's Suite is the one we had last year, and of course there always seems lots of room, but 87 players is the most we have had
We did have to close the bottom section 1 year when we had loads of entries on the day
Re: Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 11:14 pm
by Ian Stephens
If it helps Mick I can bring my own clock.
Re: Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:57 am
by Sean Hewitt
If it helps - I can lend you some. How many do you need?
Re: Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:57 pm
by Jon Mahony
Great event, even though young Bobby Fischer had me over in the last round
had my eye on the prize money there. Certainly the best RP congress I've been to.
Maybe next year, people should be politely asked not to alter the clock settings for private blitz games in the breaks - I noticed quite a few people have to call the controllers over (myself included) because their clocks weren’t working properly at the start of a round, because of this.
Re: Manchester Rapidplay Sunday 25 March 2012
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:14 pm
by Roger de Coverly
Jon Mahony wrote:
Maybe next year, people should be politely asked not to alter the clock settings for private blitz games in the breaks
Wouldn't normal Congress conventions apply? Namely the clocks used for the event aren't available for private skittles games.