mick
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Nationals in Perth - 2009/04/28 21:09
Firstly well done to all who worked on and participated in the recent AUC09.
Whilst there and in discussion with various people the topic of how the good the venue is usually came up. This lead to the thought that why aren't Nationals always held in Perth. Realistically UWA Sports park is the best venue in the country (if not the world) and that alone almost justifies having the tourney here on a regular basis. However, such a radical idea would generate howls of protest from eastern staters (especially during world's years).
If the WA ultimate community really wanted to I reckon we could put a solid proposal to the AFDA to consider Perth as venue for a number of consecutive AUCs. Rather than forever, we could say host nationals for a four-year consecutive block. The advantages are numerous in terms of organisational efficiencies, venue location and field quality, weather conditions, ease of transport compared to some other capital cities etc, etc. There are also many disadvantages such as travel costs from ES but we could look at ways to minimise these.
Sure, there'd be bucket loads of work to do but the advantages to the local ultimate community are huge.
What do you think? Anyone game?
Mick
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