1) Euro qualifier asap, april ideally. Two courts, 1 day, outdoor pref.
2) Reffing - get new scenes/players to shadow (experienced) refs at tournaments?
3) Push the idea for a EHBPA - maybe have and international rep - Jono (if he's interested).
Yep. I think it would be awesome if we could do the qualifiers in Birmingham, but realistically it would have to be at Highgate, and I don't think the locals would appreciate us locking down the court for two days. One day could work, but we could only realistically host 10 or so teams which would require cities to agree on numbers and then whittle themselves down.
I think there has to be a better way for the UKHBPA to communicate than the forum (it took ages to even get a list of city reps!) or that people have to be on the forum regularly to be a rep/in the UKHBPA.
Yep. I think it would be awesome if we could do the qualifiers in Birmingham, but realistically it would have to be at Highgate, and I don't think the locals would appreciate us locking down the court for two days. One day could work, but we could only realistically host 10 or so teams which would require cities to agree on numbers and then whittle themselves down.
I think there has to be a better way for the UKHBPA to communicate than the forum (it took ages to even get a list of city reps!) or that people have to be on the forum regularly to be a rep/in the UKHBPA.