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re brendan,s comment re Idle trt.i have just received an email from the organiser advising that it has been cancelled.

Hi John sorry to hear numbers are down.i will be there as usual.one idea i did mentio to tony maynard a couple of years ago was to consider having 3 rounds on saturday instead of the friday evening game.I would assume this will reduce the cost of the venue and may attract some players who would be a...

so now its official hastings hasnt got its results in on time so all grand prix pts earned in all hastings trts completely wasted.pretty poor show.

not looking good for the status of the grand prix if even hastings cant get their results in within the required month.not sure that one month rule is working for the players.

hi Sean i understand you select colours for the first round on events.Anything fortcoming yet for Brighton?

Hi Sean I think you have made a good choice offering a discount for staying at hotel.As i would have to stay for three nights the £60 parking was the disincentive for me. Andrew Farthing spoke to you i gather and hope you are happy a reasonable compromise has been reached.Regards Colin Gardiner Hi...

Decision made. £9 discount for those staying at the hotel. Hi Sean I think you have made a good choice offering a discount for staying at hotel.As i would have to stay for three nights the £60 parking was the disincentive for me. Andrew Farthing spoke to you i gather and hope you are happy a reas...

Hi David Gilbert I see we will be battling in the under 140.Hope they are getting in extra supply of tomatoes.