2017 - New England District Event Schedule

[swootton]

Our team is disappointed by the distribution of events this year as well. First year of districts we had 3 events in CT, the past two we have had 2 with at least a couple close choices to go to that were close. I was shocked to see 3 Boston area events in the span of 2 weeks as well as the really bad Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at WPI this year. We normally do 3 events and now we are limited on choices unless we choose to travel to 2 and then travel again for the DCHP. It looks like we either spend more money for travel or curtail the number of events we attend.

We are looking to host an event at our school but we were passed over by the planning committee at least for this year. One challenge I found is that it take far too long for the planning committee to decide when and where the events will be held. At least in our school the athletic department has their schedule in place with the state by the 2nd week in August. We just found out last Wednesday that we didn't make the cut. I think the whole process needs to occur sooner to allow more schools the opportunity to host an event. If the planning committee had more choices we could probably have a schedule that works better for all the teams.

All in all I think the planning committee did a great job with what they had to work with even if it isn't totally to our liking.