Max has a good point, if nobody is willing to host another event, and right now there isnt a huge body of people that need a separate event... then the UK champs is probably enough.
It's only March 7th ffs!
Vicenza Euros June 25th-29th
May 17th-18th is 6 weeks before, this is a good amount of time to get affordable travel, assuming those intending to qualify will already have researched their options.
UK Champs April 5th-6th is 6 weeks before that.
I suggest good weekends for NS-style tourneys April 26th-2th and June 7th-8th, so you have national-spec tournaments every 3 weeks leading up to the Euros.
UK champs and Euro qualifiers as the first significant UK tourney of 2014 means it's very likely the result won't be representative of the best teams in the UK in June.
It's only March 7th ffs!
Vicenza Euros June 25th-29th
May 17th-18th is 6 weeks before, this is a good amount of time to get affordable travel, assuming those intending to qualify will already have researched their options.
UK Champs April 5th-6th is 6 weeks before that.
I suggest good weekends for NS-style tourneys April 26th-2th and June 7th-8th, so you have national-spec tournaments every 3 weeks leading up to the Euros.
UK champs and Euro qualifiers as the first significant UK tourney of 2014 means it's very likely the result won't be representative of the best teams in the UK in June.