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Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)

Posted By: Henrik Bukkjaer
Date: Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 1:08 a.m.

In Response To: Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long) (Jason Lee)

When DBgF was at the top of the hill, this was the reason. Even though the geographical scale is different from the US one.

We had a country-wide tournament for beginners and experts alike. VERY low buy-in ($4), played at 200-something local cafe's and venues for 5 weeks in a row, one flight, all matches to 5 points, great sponsored prices (at each venue and for the grand finale).

All the local winners (filled up to 256 people by adding the best runner ups), went to a full day finale in Copenhagen, 3 meals and drinks complementary, first 3 places won trips and entries for World Championships in Monte Carlo (Champ, Interm, Beginners).

Now - for our small country, participation was a few thousands for this tournament if I recall correctly. Half of which would never ever go on to play tournament backgammon on a consistent basis. But it simply was a showcase for backgammon, and a lot of the newcomers got hooked. All the local winners for sure, would play on in other tournaments after this success. It was what really pulled in the members. We never had 3000 players in a "real" tournament with a $100 entry, but we had it in this event, and thus, we got 1000+ individual entries in the team leagues, and approx. 400 (Danish) entries at events like Nordic Open and Danish Championships.

DBgF has shrunk year to year ever since this tournament was cancelled. We've kept a relatively high number of members, but the intake of new is very small.

Messages In This Thread

• Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
  Bill Riles -- Sunday, 3 June 2012, at 5:13 p.m.
  • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
    jdg -- Sunday, 3 June 2012, at 6:20 p.m.
    • Good !
      Chiva Tafazzoli -- Sunday, 3 June 2012, at 7:32 p.m.
  • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
    Strato -- Sunday, 3 June 2012, at 6:28 p.m.
    • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
      Bob koca -- Monday, 4 June 2012, at 2:02 a.m.
      • equity-chase alert
        Chiva Tafazzoli -- Monday, 4 June 2012, at 8:38 a.m.
        • equity-chase alert
          Bob koca -- Monday, 4 June 2012, at 1:48 p.m.
          • would it be growing otherwise? *NM*
            Chiva Tafazzoli -- Monday, 4 June 2012, at 7:18 p.m.
      • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
        Strato -- Monday, 4 June 2012, at 4:00 p.m.
        • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
          Mr Majestyk -- Monday, 4 June 2012, at 4:46 p.m.
        • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
          Bob Koca -- Monday, 4 June 2012, at 5:28 p.m.
        • +10000 *NM*
          Chiva Tafazzoli -- Monday, 4 June 2012, at 7:15 p.m.
  • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
    Jason Lee -- Monday, 4 June 2012, at 2:46 a.m.
    • check list
      Chiva Tafazzoli -- Monday, 4 June 2012, at 8:31 a.m.
      • check list
        rew -- Monday, 4 June 2012, at 9:28 a.m.
        • maybe
          Chiva Tafazzoli -- Monday, 4 June 2012, at 7:11 p.m.
          • maybe
            rew -- Monday, 4 June 2012, at 9:03 p.m.
  • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
    Kenny Nissen -- Monday, 4 June 2012, at 9:19 p.m.
    • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
      Henrik Bukkjaer -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 12:20 a.m.
      • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
        Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 12:21 a.m.
        • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
          Henrik Bukkjaer -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 1:08 a.m.
          • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
            jdg -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 1:56 p.m.
            • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
              Henrik Bukkjaer -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 2:58 p.m.
              • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
                Henrik Bukkjaer -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 3:01 p.m.
              • Amen !
                Chiva Tafazzoli -- Monday, 11 June 2012, at 2:15 p.m.
                • Amen !
                  Stick -- Wednesday, 13 June 2012, at 3:29 a.m.
                  • Amen !
                    Henrik Bukkjaer -- Wednesday, 13 June 2012, at 8:52 a.m.
                    • Amen !
                      christian munk-christensen -- Wednesday, 13 June 2012, at 7:06 p.m.
                      • Amen !
                        Henrik Bukkjaer -- Wednesday, 13 June 2012, at 8:27 p.m.
                        • Amen !
                          Henrik Bukkjaer -- Wednesday, 13 June 2012, at 8:30 p.m.
      • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
        Strato -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 2:21 a.m.
        • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
          Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 2:52 a.m.
          • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
            Strato -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 12:58 p.m.
            • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
              Bob koca -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 3:32 p.m.
        • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
          Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 4:33 a.m.
          • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
            Strato -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 12:48 p.m.
            • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
              Henrik Bukkjaer -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 1:49 p.m.
              • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
                Strato -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 3:01 p.m.
            • Tournaments -- Attendance and More (Probably Much too Long)
              Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 5 June 2012, at 4:52 p.m.