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So, I see the cash spiel in Selkirk only had 5 men's teams signed up. I also heard Andy Stewart on the radio yesterday talking about how much more cash is available on the circuit this year compared to the first year about 20 years ago. It's about 10 times the cash now.

And here you are, with an incredibly committed sponsor (which as you know are VERY hard to come by) and you guys don't even have the courtesy of curling in (or telling them that your curling in) their event.

No wonder they are considering cancelling it. And when (NOT IF) but WHEN it happens, you'll have no one to blame but your selves. All you guys/teams that think your "The Next One".....have a little consideration for the people that make this happen for you. The sponsors and the organizers.

Most of you are too selfish to even realize this is directed AT YOU!!

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Just spoke with the event organizer. 12 teams are entered. No plans for cancelation.

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That's just fine and dandy then, isn't it. The point being made is the lack of support from the very grass roots group that this tour and these events is supposed to benefit most.....is just not there.

Only 12 teams committed to an event that almost everyone can drive to, eliminated the costs of rooms, every meal on the road, etc. (you know....those expenses that everyone claims keeps them home from so many events) and still only 12 teams committed. That is just plain embarassing.

Sponsor may not cancel this year, but sponsor HAS to be asking "what the hell are we doing this for? Why should we help them, when they won't even help themselves?"

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How were the entries last year?

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Only 9 teams last year. Grassie beat Dave Elias in the final to win $2900.00.

Ladies side had a full compliment of 16 teams, which was won by Kim Link over Jill Thurston.

How long do you think this sponsor is going to keep throwing money at an event that cannot draw any better than this? Mark this down......it won't be for much longer.

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By the way....this is the exact wording of the tower add on the right hand side of the Manitoba Curling Tour website as of 2 minutes ago.

"The One Insurance Curling Classic is looking for entries for this year’s event.
We currently have 14 women’s entries & 5 men’s entries. We do NOT want to cancel the bonspiel so please send in your entry!"

Maybe it's time for an update, IF there really are 12 Men's teams entered and entries paid.

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So, I see the cash spiel in Selkirk only had 5 men's teams signed up. I also heard Andy Stewart on the radio yesterday talking about how much more cash is available on the circuit this year compared to the first year about 20 years ago. It's about 10 times the cash now.

And here you are, with an incredibly committed sponsor (which as you know are VERY hard to come by) and you guys don't even have the courtesy of curling in (or telling them that your curling in) their event.

No wonder they are considering cancelling it. And when (NOT IF) but WHEN it happens, you'll have no one to blame but your selves. All you guys/teams that think your "The Next One".....have a little consideration for the people that make this happen for you. The sponsors and the organizers.

Most of you are too selfish to even realize this is directed AT YOU!!

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Thought some of you might find this quote very interesting. It was made in a post about what teams do you allow in to your spiels? If a bigger name comes along and enters late, do you accept them in place of a lesser known team?

While that is not the case here, it's still a pretty applicable position to take.....whether you have lots of teams or too few teams. TEAMS MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY......or there will be fewer and fewer events to curl in.

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"Teams have to take responsibility for entering events on time. There is a lot more to running bonspiels than just taking entries. If you miss a deadline, then it is your own fault. You won’t do it a second time."
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Anybody care to guess the author or the date of the above quote?

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Only 9 teams last year. Grassie beat Dave Elias in the final to win $2900.00.

Ladies side had a full compliment of 16 teams, which was won by Kim Link over Jill Thurston.

How long do you think this sponsor is going to keep throwing money at an event that cannot draw any better than this? Mark this down......it won't be for much longer.

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A 33% increase in entries is pretty good.

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No it's not!!! It's crap.

This event, being so close to the city should be full. And, it should have been full for at least a month already.

12 teams for a "drive to" event is crap!!!

Same thing happened to the summer spiel in Warren. It was an MTC event, best ice you could ask for (IN AUGUST), and it got something like 11 or 12 teams for the competitive division. Where is that event being held now? Oh yeah, it's not being held.

Not like there were a bunch of other spiels going on to compete with it either.

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If someone can post on here when the Men's division of this bonspiel actually fills up, then I'll give it a rest.

Otherwise, I haven't completed what I set out to do with this post.

Honey....vinegar....whatever works.

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Try using beer

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Try using beer

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Now that might even get me out of retirement mode too.

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Thought some of you might find this quote very interesting. It was made in a post about what teams do you allow in to your spiels? If a bigger name comes along and enters late, do you accept them in place of a lesser known team?

While that is not the case here, it's still a pretty applicable position to take.....whether you have lots of teams or too few teams. TEAMS MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY......or there will be fewer and fewer events to curl in.

QUOTE:
"Teams have to take responsibility for entering events on time. There is a lot more to running bonspiels than just taking entries. If you miss a deadline, then it is your own fault. You won’t do it a second time."
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Anybody care to guess the author or the date of the above quote?

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Only 9 Men's teams again this year?

And, a drop of 2 Ladies teams.

I am beginning to hear the bell toll.

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Only 9 Men's teams again this year?

And, a drop of 2 Ladies teams.

I am beginning to hear the bell toll.

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Well, they did something about the Ice and Rocks.

I wouldn't say too little too late. Just a little late.

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So who won the, Get Off Your Lazy Butts!!!! Bonspiel anyways?

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So who won the, Get Off Your Lazy Butts!!!! Bonspiel anyways?

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Well, I don't see the draw up for the Galaxy over at Rossmere. Are the organizers a little bit behind, or is this just another MCT event that cannot or will not fill up, and the organizers are "juggling" the teams they've got in the last few moments before posting the draw?

I'm guessing (because of the frequency that it happens) that this is exactly what the organizers are going through again.

Too bad.

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Now Gimli event got cancelled too??? This is just laughable.

Larry: Whine....whine.....whine.....how come there's no spiel in (insert almost any town/event here) this year Joe?

Joe: Because we didn't support it last year Larry. I told Moe to enter us, but I guess he had better things to do.

Moe: No, that's not true. I had nothing else going on. I was just to lazy to get off my arse and enter our team.

And so the story repeats itself over and over......until all the MCT spiels were cancelled due to a lack of sponsors willing to put out a bunch of cash for a bunch of guys too lazy to enter these events.

Oh well.......it's not like we didn't see it coming.......

Hey, maybe go to the MCA for help. Nope, they're too busy deciding which teams to eliminate so that they can make up "the perfect draw" for the MCA.

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Of all the events this year, the ones with entries $400 or less did very well.

Maybe the organizers should take notes?

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