Doubles 2017?

[madaxeman]

The BHGS are planning on running another Doubles event for this year - Battlefield Hobbies again, 23/24 September.

As we seem to be coasting on a wave of renewed enthusiasm at the moment, with Derby already viable before launch, and the singles also getting a boost what are peoples thoughts on Doubles?

Poll attached for your votes...

[RonanTheLibrarian]

1) As well as being a week before Derby, this is also

2) a month earlier than the BHGS Doubles in previous years; and,

3) the Sunday clashes with our Italian Wars Southern League round - to which several tournament "notables" from this forum have already committed (as well as preventing anyone from Wessex Wargames Society attending, too, obviously).

{So that would be a (reluctant) "No" from me - and at this particular moment in time, I appear to be unanimous!]

[RonanTheLibrarian]

Double post, sorry.

[madlemmey]

Depends on whether it's MeG at the same time, and how many brownie points I have, but I would not if it's the weekend before Derby/Lutterworth

[kevinj]

This would actually be 2 weeks before Derby (7/8 October) if that helps.

[madaxeman]

Aaaah - the clash with the Southern League is something we'd missed. Sorry!

That I suspect means its almost certainly a step too far then.

[RonanTheLibrarian]

Not to worry - why is it a month earlier this year? It has been late October for at least the past three years.

[madaxeman]

Not to worry - why is it a month earlier this year? It has been late October for at least the past three years.

Its a combination of availability of the venue, and the desire to avoid a FoGAM event that runs in the October dateline and which usually attracts 20+ players - its clashed with that event for the last few years.

Take out Xmas, bank holidays, much of August, Easter, weekends either side of the 'big' events .. and there are surprisingly few 'spare' weekends left in the year, so some date clashes are unavoidable I guess

[viking123]

I am also booked to do the Southern League that weekend.

[madaxeman]

I think it's a wrap....

[RonanTheLibrarian]

It's a shame - had it been its usual weekend at the end of October, I suspect we could have put up a good showing (although it was cancelled last year after only two teams entered).