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| Aug. 21, 2016 local 169 posts | Vegas Worlds The dates for the 65's at Worlds show this is a 4 day tournament. Dave is this a typo ? |
| Aug. 22, 2016 SSUSA Staff 3485 posts | No |
| Aug. 22, 2016 mad dog Men's 65 4191 posts | yeah we old guys can't play more than 2 games a day......still don't know what fields we are gonna be at......but hey the tourney site has the field distances from the fields.....lot of good that does.... |
| Aug. 22, 2016 Omar Khayyam 1357 posts | Sure, it would be nice to know exactly where our fields would be so we could find a hotel (LOTS of options in Vegas) within close distance for the tourney. But c'mon, mad dog, in our California tournaments, some guys get up early and drive 2-4 hours for a late start Saturday game, just to save one night's Friday night cost of a hotel. You've done it too, I'm sure. Driving an extra 20 minutes to a distant Vegas site is not a backbreaker. As to playing more than two games, our older team played only two games each day last year, and most guys felt it was one of the sweetest tournaments they had been in—avoided draining oneself in the heat, fresher each day and playing our best, results probably the same as seeding rounds and then a long bracket, lots of free time to make the wives happy, come home Wednesday night if willing to. |
| Aug. 22, 2016 mad dog Men's 65 4191 posts | oamr no its not...but i hate that damn vegas traffic.....10 minute trip takes 45 minutes in their traffic.....yeah i used to do that also for the cali tourneys....but also back then i had an rv that i would drive to them and would drive up the nite before and park at the fields....have also done that in vegas when i had it....yeah 2 games does make for easy days...but at an extra expense to us....some of us don't have money to burn when on retirement pay.... |
| Aug. 22, 2016 stever Men's 70 99 posts | Plus, there are four tournament sessions and the entry deadline has not passed for any of them. Obviously, SSUSA will work on the sessions in the order they occur. 65's is the third session...and the only one that plays during the week, which means it has to compete for fields with leagues. Sure, it would be nice to know the fields and game times well in advance but the logistics for this tournament are staggering and the 65's are still 5 weeks out. Besides, as Omar says, none of them are really that far. |
| Aug. 22, 2016 Omar Khayyam 1357 posts | mad dog, my entire team is on retirement pay. I don't know about the others, but I stay in very modest casinos (under $50 usually), eat just for fuel, set my gambling limit at $20, and never go to see a show. Of course, if my wife were going...all bets off. My time is free so I stay at places away from the strip and just get up earlier to make the first game. |
| Aug. 23, 2016 mad dog Men's 65 4191 posts | omar.....i get joked about for my going thru the travel websites....i do look for the cheapest ones....don't gamble...and pack a lot of food when i go for more than a couple of days....my favorite hotel and a lot of times the cheapest is extended stay america's....to me $50 a nite is way to expensive....last yr in vegas it was $25 a nite at super 8...on the strip....but i prefer to be off the strip....oh and don't liken casino's... |
| Aug. 23, 2016 Don5 Men's 75 69 posts | Bob, quit riding a donkey to vegas, then you wouldn't have traffic problems, but of course you then need a stable. |
| Aug. 23, 2016 Don5 Men's 75 69 posts | The 4 day tourney is great, we had to play 6 games last year in 105 degrees. too much for old guys... Thank you SSUSA for the 4 days.... |
| Aug. 24, 2016 Enviro-Vac Men's 65 489 posts | We love the extra day of ball as it gets our team some time to dial in. We don't get as many tournament choices to play in up North so appreciate the extra ball, hot or not will take 6 plus games anytime. Dog you getting grumpy already? :-)Good luck in Vegas and see you in St. George. |
