Tourney: UK & Ireland Regional Euro Qualifiers - Newington - 2012/06/03

No, they shouldn't. I think anyone who wants to go to the EHBPC should enter.

With all due respect Bill, that's one of the conditions agreed by the UKHBPA , if you have an issue with that, take it up with Ben.

And nobody is telling anyone not to enter, it's for teams to decide themselves, it's just to discourage teams who just want to turn up to play and have no interest in qualifying. The more teams we have the less accurate the results will be. It's no different to last year, where it was suggested to teams like Pesky Skids that we shouldn't enter. So we didn't (we knew we wouldn't qualify).

at this rate, i may put the goal slotters in, just because if the list were to remain the same, we would make top 10 by default. on top of which, how do you know if you can or cannot make the top 10, without ermmmmm.... maybe playing a tournament to see where you rank?

The list will bulk out before the deadline, they can decide whenever they want. If you haven't played a tournament, and have no idea where you roughly rank, then the answer is probably no. HGS for example, I'd say have a chance, and should enter if you want. But that's up to you to decide.