ppba-jc
Years ago
Port Pirie Blitz - CANCELLED... Til' Next Time
Unfortunately we have had to cancel the Blitz due to lack of nominations from Country Associations.
Port Augusta (winners of the recently held SA Country Championships), were the only Country Association to send in applications of attendance.
We did receive apologies from Whyalla, Roxby Downs & Yorke Valley.
Thank you very much to all non Country teams that enquired to nominate; however at this time Adelaide based players/teams unfortunately are not invited to attend...
This is a hot discussion topic though, what is worrying is the legitimacy, with the possibility of individuals or teams having Division 1 or 2 players representing; Country Associations are competing at a low Div2 to Div3 level.
There is food for thought in the future that we could open it to nominations from Division 3 Metro Teams.
This would need to be viewed that NO players above Division 3 attend, but how can that be policed, unless done through trust? (Assistance here would be fantastic).
Our fear is that a carnival designed to be a competitive event for Country Associations turn to a farce through individuals or individual teams coming just for a winning weekend for a easy $1,000 prize money.
Division 3 Teams are more than welcome to come down during the summer to play our representative teams as did UNI SA, United District & Central Lions were going to - We also had a Social Team interested BUT lost contact through just being too busy... BUT hopefully we'll pick that back up next year.
We offer a subsidy on accommodation & put on a great spread of food & bar facilities available to drink away your losing sorrows... LOL.
Any ideas you can offer, please direct your emails to [email protected]
