Monday, September 21, 2009

Poll Results: "Do you plan to attend one of the Continental Championships?"

Here are the results of the latest poll, if the readers plan to attend one of the Continental Championships (NAC/SAC/EC/AC) this year. 140 readers of this blog voted in the poll:
  • Yes, even more than one. -- 6 (4%)
  • Yes, one of them. -- 29 (20%)
  • No, not enough time. -- 18 (12%)
  • No, not enough money. -- 53 (37%)
  • No, I am not qualified. -- 16 (11%)
  • No, I have other plans. -- 5 (3%)
  • I am not interested in those. -- 13 (9%)
So only a minority of the readers (35%) actually plan to attend of the championship tournaments, while the majority of the players will not attend. The reason most often named is lack of money, which I can totally understand, since most players not only have to fund the expenses for accomodation and food, but also for travel, often a flight.

2 comments:

Johannes said...

I am really surprised and sorry to hear that money is the #1 reason for not attending a championship. Unfortunately not much to do about it.

Tiago Brum said...

The results came as no surprise to me.
It's really expensive to go on your own and travel somewhere.
Many players just can't afford it.

Hope to see you all in Palma,
Tiago