I've had my nice post in another thread now time for a slightly b****y post.
With Dunn Shield only a matter of weeks away myself and many bowlers from our team as well as other teams are concerned with something AMF have put into the Handbook this year in regards to the FOOD & DRINK.
FOOD & DRINK
Each team will be supplied with food & drink over the weekend. Each centre will be supplied with 2 x hot food platters and 2 x sandwich platters per day. Each centre will also be supplied with 2 drinks per bowler per day. The cost of the food & drink is factored in the total centres costs. Any other food or drink will be at the bowlers expense.
Now firstly with the drinks. What drinks are we going to be supplied with and why only 2 drinks. All centres in the past have always had their esky around nearby for bowlers to have drinks whenever need be and a variety of drinks. Is this a money making ploy from AMF to drive sales in their cafe.
Secondly the food. Who honestly wants to eat greasy hot food during a major teams event in Victoria like this??? I know personally i wouldnt and my fellow teammates are not interested in hot food. If we have volunteers willing to make lunches for their teams why cant we bring it in for us all to eat. OR again is this a money making scheme from AMF due to costs for the platters being factored into the Centre Costs.
The other is issue is how is the cafe staff going to be able to handle making 24 hot food platters and 24 sandwich platters for all teams and those team wanting their food at the same time and if they were to pre make platters (therefore food wont be overly fresh then) where would it be stored. And what would be in these sandwiches. Are some bowlers dietery needs taken into account and are we just gonna get sandwiches filled with lettuce and processed chicken, and some egg ones too.
Now all too often we hear AMF talking about league bowlers being their backbone in the company and guaranteed income all year round, why cant we be looked after for one weekend and be allowed to bring our own food and drink into the tournament for our teams to enjoy.
I may get shot down for this post but this is my 20c worth and i feel it needs to be brought to the attention of those who may not have known about this.
Kelvin