[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by rwodonnell

I agree that that mix would be ideal. Unfortunately, of the 10 NE district events, only 3 were Thu-Sat, and two of those were the same weekend (Easter weekend). It makes me wonder if those would also have been Fri-Sun in a year when Easter is after competition season, as it (almost) is in 2017 (April 16th, 2017 - only the 2champs are after Easter). In NE, only the Pine Tree event was Thu-Sat on a "normal" weekend, and because of the double on Easter weekend, had to be the 2nd event choice for teams needing a Thu-Sat event. I hope next year there are a couple more Thur-Sat events to choose from in NE.

Venue selection has a lot of facets to it. Many of the venues used in New England are extremely busy, with many sports, concerts and event schedules to work around. Many events fell to Fri-Sun due to scheduling constraints at venues. In an ideal world we could satisfy every requirement, but unfortunately last years cards landed heavy on Fri-Sun events.

Its quite a balancing act to schedule all of the events that satisfy 1. Budgets 2. Competition season schedules 3. Geographic requirements 4. Volunteer breakdowns, etc.

-Brando