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info to add on:<br>
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EBC had 7.5 tables on Saturday and SBC had 4.5. Some of these are people
that would normally play in a sectional if it was in a more central or
north location.<br>
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While we don't want to completely ignore the southern people, the poor
attendance from that crowd is going to make southern sectionals harder
to make profitable. While Stan Roberts was pretty upset about so many
Bothell sectionals last year, I wonder if there is something we can do
(revisit profit sharing idea?) to host them in places that are going to
draw more people without drawing the ire of club owners.<br>
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Eric<br>
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<span>Tim White wrote:</span><br>
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cite="mid:9092A1B3-55CD-4533-836A-B0C6AF48DA25@gmail.com" type="cite">Sharon
Erwin has acquired and provided the attendance numbers below for this
past weekend’s sectional in Kent. In a quick look, it appears striking
that there were so few players and few sessions played by players from
the southern portion of U446 and from adjacent units to the south.
Unlike players from the central and northern portions of U446 and on
northward, these players should not have been deterred by the I-5
closure. There were more players from Everett Unit (9), and almost as
many players from Mount Vernon/Anacortes Unit (4), as there were from
the Olympia Unit (5). There were as many players combined from
Maryland, Mexico, Wenatchee, Silicon Valley and Palm Springs Units (5 in
total) as there were from Olympia Unit (5). 30 of 150 Seattle Unit
attendees (20%) and of 198 attendees overall (15%) were from the
southern area of U446. 30 attendees is the equivalent of a 7-1/2 table
club game. Yvonne’s Des Moines club game drew 14-1/2 tables (58
players) on July 6 and 11-1/2 tables (46 players) on July 13 — of course
only a fraction of club players play tournaments but these are
interesting numbers for reference.
<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">Tim<br class=""><div class=""><div
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style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br class=""></div><div
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sans-serif;"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">There were
198 players that attended the tournament.</div><div
class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",
sans-serif;"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><b class="">#Players
#Sessions Unit</b></div><div class="gmail_default"><font class=""
face="monospace, monospace"> 1 2 135 Maryland</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1
2 254 San Miguel de Allende</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 9
15 437 Everett</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font
class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 4 6 439 Mt
Vernon/Anacortes</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font class=""
face="monospace, monospace"> 5 10 441 Olympia</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1
2 443 Olympic Peninsula</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font
class="" face="monospace, monospace">150 260 446 Seattle</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 23
42 451 Tacoma</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font
class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1 1 452 Vancouver (WA)</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1
2 454 Wenatchee</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font
class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1 2 507 Silicon Valley</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1
2 533 Palm Springs</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font
class="" face="monospace, monospace"><br class=""></font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace">Unit
446 players</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font class=""
face="monospace, monospace"><b style="font-family: "trebuchet
ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);" class="">#Players #Sessions City</b><br class=""></font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 3
5 Auburn</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font class=""
face="monospace, monospace"> 1 2 Beaux Arts</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 22
40 Bellevue</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font
class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1 2 Bothell</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1
2 Burien</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font class=""
face="monospace, monospace"> 1 2 Burton</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1
1 Covington</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font
class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 2 3 Des Moines</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 7
11 Federal Way</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font
class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 7 12 Issaquah</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1
2 Kenmore</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font
class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 10 18 Kent</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 7
13 Kirkland</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font
class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1 2 Maple Valley</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1
2 Medina</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font class=""
face="monospace, monospace"> 8 13 Mercer Island</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1
2 Newcastle</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font
class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1 2 Normandy Park</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 1
2 North Bend</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font
class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 6 11 Redmond</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 13
22 Renton</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font class=""
face="monospace, monospace"> 3 5 Sammamish</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 5
8 Seatac</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font class=""
face="monospace, monospace"> 36 60 Seattle</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 3
5 Shoreline</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font
class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 5 10 Vashon</font></div><div
class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="monospace, monospace"> 2
3 Woodinville</font></div></div></div></div>
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