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Re: Decline of GTR Attendance
Duncan,
The biggest cause of the decline this year was Easter weekend. Many teams who typically attend pulled out for that reason, and will be back next year. The reason for the relatively small field last year (59) was because GTR was capped early, to divert more teams to Waterloo. The loss of American teams due to the passport issues has been problematic as well. I expect next year's GTR to be much bigger than it was this year.
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