pbrown7582
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After such a fab meet at Hillside last September where is the weather turned out spot on, was just wondering if any plans/rumours afoot of a similar meet this year?
Mega Meet 2013??
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Qwerty
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A couple of days in St Andrews would be hard to beat. New course and somewhere else, maybe Ladybank.:thup:
MadAdey
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It would be good. But like you I have not seen anything on the site.
I think these GM organised mega meets only seem to happen every couple of years.
They must take some organising and negotiating with the clubs to get a deal on the green fees.
A mega meet at Trump's new place would be nice though. ( hint hint Mike!)
They must take some organising and negotiating with the clubs to get a deal on the green fees.
A mega meet at Trump's new place would be nice though. ( hint hint Mike!)
Oddsocks
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Yeah let's go trumps, half the forum refusing to play, half loving it,
Picketers v's supporters.
Picketers v's supporters.
MadAdey
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As fantastic as it would be to have it there I think the financial side would put a lot of people off. £200 for a round plus 2 nights accommodation food and 1000 miles of fuel. We could probably have a few days in Turkey for that playing golf........
But I do like your way of thinking, somewhere like that would be great.
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Captainron
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Leeds is slap bang in the middle. alwoodley or moortown? :lol:
Oddsocks
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I like this train of thought, somewhere in the midlands would be ideal, it makes it accessible for every one.
In the middle of what :mmm:
Midlands area, there are quite a few gems in and around the Midlands.
full_throttle
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I have tried but to no avail. I have a provisional booking for 50+ people, but only have 20 interested. An open qualifuying course on a date just a week/fortnight after the qualifying event, which should ensure the course plays at its hardest. Easily accesible from M1, M6, M5, M40 and M42.
virtuocity
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Agreed. I'd be up for that.
DCB
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It was Feb last year when MikeH announced the Hillside details for the 2012 event. Maybe he is looking at something for this year 
One thing to remember though, GM set the numbers at 60 for last years Hillside meet and not all the places were taken. is the idea of a mega Meet feasible at all ?
One thing to remember though, GM set the numbers at 60 for last years Hillside meet and not all the places were taken. is the idea of a mega Meet feasible at all ?
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thecraw
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It was Feb last year when MikeH announced the Hillside details for the 2012 event. Maybe he is looking at something for this year
One thing to remember though, GM set the numbers at 60 for last years Hillside meet and not all the places were taken. is the idea of a mega Meet feasible at all ?
I agree David. I'm struggling now to fill the last three spots for Machrihanish after a series of call offs. People alway commit then cry off nearer the time for a variety of reasons. Very difficult to manage.
pbrown7582
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It was Feb last year when MikeH announced the Hillside details for the 2012 event. Maybe he is looking at something for this year
One thing to remember though, GM set the numbers at 60 for last years Hillside meet and not all the places were taken. is the idea of a mega Meet feasible at all ?
Fair point, and almost confirmed by FT struggling with the Inter County Meet in June too. Although a double day Woburn fixture is full but i think there are a lot of changes to the original list.
It was Feb last year when MikeH announced the Hillside details for the 2012 event. Maybe he is looking at something for this year
One thing to remember though, GM set the numbers at 60 for last years Hillside meet and not all the places were taken. is the idea of a mega Meet feasible at all ?
And yet the Blackmoor meet for H4H had around 80 playing in it so it can be done and achieved!
In regards to FT's inter county, for us that are local its very expensive as we can play their all day for £25.00 on our county cards so nearly £50 for food is hard to justify.
The right balance of cost/course/value/location is critical.
I would rather only play 18 holes on a decent track, nothing too fancy to eat afterwards and pay no more than £50-ish dependent on the venue/course.
I personally think that can be more attractive than having all the bells & whistles and paying more than we all need to, especially when travelling good distances also with the possibility of overnight accommodation as well in some circumstances.
Its all about the golf after-all, not the trimmings IMO.
bladeplayer
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Just a thought , if a few were interested in this & have experience of organising meets maybe knock a few ideas off each other via pm, sus out intrest from the forum , then contact Mike about GM rowing in behind it ,
Just a thought ..
Just a thought ..
It would be nice to have something sim to the castle Stuart meet of a few years ago.
A top notch course that didnt take me 7 hours to drive to, for instance.
Birchy
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That will always be an issue though. Wherever a mega meet would get held/has been held there will be people having to drive long distances. Venue choice is certainly a decision i wouldnt want to make!
Qwerty
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Just a couple of thoughts.. Is it all about the quality of the course or the quality of the event/meet?
I havnt played in one but the idea of a Ryder cup England v Scotland match sounds appealing. If even numbers were achieved and obviously this would depend on location of venue, would it be possible,and label it as a Mega Meet.
It seems there are a lot more regular users on the Forum nowadays, but I'm sure it would depend on how much interest there was from North of the border so we could obtain equal numbers.
Its just an idea and I know It probably won't suit everyone, but I'm sure it would get the banter going on the Forum in the build up.
I havnt played in one but the idea of a Ryder cup England v Scotland match sounds appealing. If even numbers were achieved and obviously this would depend on location of venue, would it be possible,and label it as a Mega Meet.
It seems there are a lot more regular users on the Forum nowadays, but I'm sure it would depend on how much interest there was from North of the border so we could obtain equal numbers.
Its just an idea and I know It probably won't suit everyone, but I'm sure it would get the banter going on the Forum in the build up.
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MadAdey
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If you are looking at a venue for a mega meet it would have to be somewhere like Forest Pines as that is probably the most central golf course around. 300 from Dundee, 330 from Plymouth and 240 from Eastbourne. So on those distances nobody is really any more than about 5 hours on a good run, which by sharing the driving with others will not be too much of a problem. That way it gives the most chance of getting a large attendance from all over the UK.
If you had it on a Friday with the first tee offs early afternoon that would give people plenty of time to get there, then have dinner and drinkies with an over night stay heading back down Saturday morning, or like we did at Woodhall have another round Saturday morning.
If you had it on a Friday with the first tee offs early afternoon that would give people plenty of time to get there, then have dinner and drinkies with an over night stay heading back down Saturday morning, or like we did at Woodhall have another round Saturday morning.
