Could this be done?

DCB said:
The nearest anything like this got to happening was the GM Centenary Year events where the regional winners played off for the overall title at the grand final event. Even the regional events were mostly undersubscribed.
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Very true . its kinda like they guys that organise the meets , they will tell you when its mentioned everyone is interested until it comes to booking it then on loads of occasions most pull out .. its all ok until it comes to the travel & time off . which by the way is understandable ..

Good luck with the idea tho Virtuosity , fair play for trying...


PS the Islanders will only come and win it again tho ...........You know its true :) .................. that should start the ball rolling :D
 
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virtuocity said:
I'm going to fire off MikeH an email to see if we can get the ball rolling.
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I'll support this. Like I wrote above, us NE golfers are trying to get something sorted for next year with other regions, so I don't see why this can't be done across the entire forum. With a little bit of luck, skill and organisation this could become very good.
 
How about a regional matchplay knockout comp where we all arrange our own ties and venues. Makes organizing it MUCH less hassle, keeps the cost down, increases participation by making timing flexible.

Then Regional winners travel somewhere nice to the finale.

I'd be up for that.

Ian
 
My 2p.

I really like the idea and think it would be good to split it into regional sections. However, think it would be a mahooosive pain to sort. For starters, there's much more people in some areas so how would you cap it? You can't have it unlimited as they could end up playing 10 rounds before a final, but would be harsh to not allow others in?

I reckon someone just organises a 5 day golf break and we do it then with those being knocked out playing a stableford dink each day.

Bagsy not me.
 
I wouldn't like to say what the format would be, or what numbers would be allowed, but from the above the feeling is that the idea is favourable, whether that is just people paying lip service to the idea or whether people would actually play is another conversation altogether.

I would say for this idea to actually start looking like a runner a good idea of numbers would be the way forward, I mean all we have at the moment is a very shakey skeleton, there is no meat on the bones yet.
 
jimbob.someroo said:
For starters, there's much more people in some areas so how would you cap it?
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You wouldn't.

You'd simply make micro-regions. So, say 25 people from the West of Scotland came forward for a game, you'd simply create sub-regions such as "Glasgow", "Lanarkshire", "The Rest" dependant on the first part of your post code and run all three mini regional qualifiers on the same day / same place.

I'm still dubious that matchplay will work though. I reckon that it would be a hell of a lot easier to organise a Stableford national comp. The format is simple.

-You'd have a regional golf meet (Scotland West / Scotland East / North East / North West / Central / London etc etc) and the top 3 points scorers go forward to the National Final.

-The comp is open to forum members only. Boo hoo if your pal wants to play- get him/her to join the forum :p:p:p:p

-You can enter into as many regional events as you want. Bear in mind the whole premise of this idea is to play golf in new places with new people

-If you don't qualify for the National Final, you can still attend and play for the runners up plate / trophy on the day.

-Subject to the absence of mass outrage, on the Final day, the top 3 points scorers in the Main Final would be joined by the top points scorer in the Runners Up Plate to go on to a 3 hole playoff to decide the overall winner.... :whistle:

As I said on another thread, Matchplay is awesome but it would be a pain in the bum to organise and maybe something which could be done in future once everyone was used to the idea of committing to an annual GM tourney.

Thoughts on a postcard please folks.
 
Stroke play events, with top 2 from each region going to matchplay comp then somewhere .. saves all the individulal matches that would take fair organising ... just a thought
 
virtuocity said:
You wouldn't.

You'd simply make micro-regions. So, say 25 people from the West of Scotland came forward for a game, you'd simply create sub-regions such as "Glasgow", "Lanarkshire", "The Rest" dependant on the first part of your post code and run all three mini regional qualifiers on the same day / same place.

I'm still dubious that matchplay will work though. I reckon that it would be a hell of a lot easier to organise a Stableford national comp. The format is simple.

-You'd have a regional golf meet (Scotland West / Scotland East / North East / North West / Central / London etc etc) and the top 3 points scorers go forward to the National Final.

-The comp is open to forum members only. Boo hoo if your pal wants to play- get him/her to join the forum :p:p:p:p

-You can enter into as many regional events as you want. Bear in mind the whole premise of this idea is to play golf in new places with new people

-If you don't qualify for the National Final, you can still attend and play for the runners up plate / trophy on the day.

-Subject to the absence of mass outrage, on the Final day, the top 3 points scorers in the Main Final would be joined by the top points scorer in the Runners Up Plate to go on to a 3 hole playoff to decide the overall winner.... :whistle:

As I said on another thread, Matchplay is awesome but it would be a pain in the bum to organise and maybe something which could be done in future once everyone was used to the idea of committing to an annual GM tourney.

Thoughts on a postcard please folks.
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Some good ideas there mate except the exclusion of the Islanders (only kidding i know its just an example ) i dont think it should be possible for a person who didnt qualify to win it overall tho ..

can tell your really up for this so good luck
 
there is nothing to hold back a match play format. for starters, once the draw is made, the two people could decide where to play, meet in the middle or go to one or the others club.

for a stableford meet, everyone needs to get to the same club and making this happen can be difficult within a time frame.

match play knockout. the numbers drop quite quickly anyway. its a matter of 3/4 rounds to whittle the numbers down.
 
For the bigger regions it would be hard to get it going. The travel would be an issue. For areas where there are lots of forummers near by, it would work ok.

As an example, Mrs mogs joined a tennis match play. It was regional for the first two rounds, and then national for the finals, at a specific location. First round quaranteed to be local.
Her first match was away, in birkenhead. A 7 hour round trip. She dropped out, and asked for a refund on the entry.
 
garyinderry said:
there is nothing to hold back a match play format. for starters, once the draw is made, the two people could decide where to play, meet in the middle or go to one or the others club.
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The thing is though Gary, I could PM anyone local on here any time for a knockabout and they'd more than likely be up for a bit of matchplay.

The fun part of this competition should be the big forum meet where loads of people can meet each other and play together- many for the first time. Having bigger regional meets provides good stories for the forum as well as providing Mike and the team with some magazine content if they wanted it.
 
murphthemog said:
For the bigger regions it would be hard to get it going. The travel would be an issue. For areas where there are lots of forummers near by, it would work ok.
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I think it's reasonable to say from the outset that this competition will not suit everyone and some people are going to have to do a couple of hours in the car to get to play in the event. It's no different to any other Nationally-run comp in that respect.

However, if people are really interested in playing in the regional events they could drive 1 hour to another forumers' house then get a lift from there to the golf club another hour or two away to save on petrol or whatever. When there's a will.....
 
Also, Pokerjoke- I've totally hijacked your thread. 1000 apologies mate!!!

I'll calm the jets for a bit as others pile in with their own ideas, but should others wish me to run with this idea then let me know. I think sometimes it just takes someone to say "right, I've booked x, y and z courses on xxxxx date, who wants to pay their deposit for this right now".

Otherwise you have what DCB alluded to earlier which is a thread full of good ideas which all contradict each other and collectively achieve hee-haw.
 
virtuocity said:
You wouldn't.

You'd simply make micro-regions. So, say 25 people from the West of Scotland came forward for a game, you'd simply create sub-regions such as "Glasgow", "Lanarkshire", "The Rest" dependant on the first part of your post code and run all three mini regional qualifiers on the same day / same place.

I'm still dubious that matchplay will work though. I reckon that it would be a hell of a lot easier to organise a Stableford national comp. The format is simple.

-You'd have a regional golf meet (Scotland West / Scotland East / North East / North West / Central / London etc etc) and the top 3 points scorers go forward to the National Final.

-The comp is open to forum members only. Boo hoo if your pal wants to play- get him/her to join the forum :p:p:p:p

-You can enter into as many regional events as you want. Bear in mind the whole premise of this idea is to play golf in new places with new people

-If you don't qualify for the National Final, you can still attend and play for the runners up plate / trophy on the day.

-Subject to the absence of mass outrage, on the Final day, the top 3 points scorers in the Main Final would be joined by the top points scorer in the Runners Up Plate to go on to a 3 hole playoff to decide the overall winner.... :whistle:

As I said on another thread, Matchplay is awesome but it would be a pain in the bum to organise and maybe something which could be done in future once everyone was used to the idea of committing to an annual GM tourney.

Thoughts on a postcard please folks.
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I think there is potential in this.
I like the idea of regional qualifiers.
I also like the idea of medal qualifiers,then a matchplay finals day.[how would this work].
So lets say we had 6 regions,it really doesn't matter how many in each region.
All qualifiers would be on the same weekend so we have not got delays.
Four qualifiers from each so 24 matchplay players.
We need 6 organisers in each region[I would do the southwest].
The organisers would get the course and collect entries,once date is arranged.
Yes it would take some arranging but he who dares.

Lets say 6 regions,top 4 go through
 
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