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Post by fazza on Feb 20, 2008 13:01:15 GMT
I concur with Mark, except that (for an organiser) the best time for the raffle I find is usually before the semi-finals as the table plan is usually calculated down to and including the quarterfinals so a few minutes gap before the semi-finals help to ease the rush to sort out tables, especially if the one sorting it is still involved in playing. Mark's suggestion is probably best (as he says) for the rest of the players for the reasons he gives. My point is the length of time taken on a raffle, not particularly when it is drawn.
You really want as many as possible watching the final and a long time taken over a raffle simply encourages people to leave, as I did last week.
Surely this is the sort of thing that this forum should be discussing properly. Is it so controversial?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2008 13:17:37 GMT
Not controversial, just common sense.
No raffle should take up more than quarter of an hour. And to single out Oxford is unfair, raffle times seem to have been on the increase in recent years, as you say, dragging the day out too much.
If there is a plethora of prizes due to an apparent increase in peoples' generosity, then you could hold a Tombola instead and increase the revenue by 50% again. All you need is an unpaid volunteer willing to man the stall for the day.
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Post by Pete S on Feb 25, 2008 16:21:58 GMT
Just to let you know we will have a rafffle at the Kent Classic. Top prize is likely to be the Ferrari, just like last year. Won by Nigel Senior, we may even have 2 of them this year !! We like to keep the raffle prize numbers down a bit so we can get through quickly, but it is an important source of revenue.
See you all soon !!!
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Post by fazza on Feb 26, 2008 6:48:20 GMT
Well said PS, but how will I get that Ferrari home? Anybody got a trailer I can borrow? Do you help with the insurance?
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Post by peetee on Feb 28, 2008 18:16:10 GMT
Fantastic win for Mark Turner, still proving what a great player he is despite not playing as many opens as he used to. Thanks to Ray, Mark and Dave Barnes for their great efforts throughout the day. Echo the first bit but you obviously forgot ME in the second line up. My format would have kept to schedule perfectly if we had not had one of those 45 minute raffles. Everybody won a prize though, even me!!!!
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Post by peetee on Feb 28, 2008 18:17:04 GMT
Well i didn't win on the raffle was i the only one then?
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Post by fazza on Feb 29, 2008 7:34:41 GMT
They knew it was yours and they knew that you always say "put it back" so they did.
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Post by Pete S on Mar 7, 2008 12:42:30 GMT
Pete
Can't help with the insurance (can't believe you wont be able to sort that) getting it home - don't worry it comes with it's own transporter and pit crew !!
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Post by fazza on Mar 7, 2008 14:07:14 GMT
Insurance would be very expensive. I don't earn your money!
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