I have sent an email to Justin to see if I am missing something from the weekend and again express my disappointment in the way the payout was done.
To me, the way it looks, original payout $20970, based on incoming monies $21000. This means that say based on $5/game like most tournaments charge, they would have been losing $6780 to the prize fund, a sizeable chunk, whether you look at it as free lineage or centre sponsorship for the tournament. Both Justin and Karen stated that the original prize fund was a mistake by Rob, but both also stated that it would have been paid should the 70 entries have been received.
This means they would have been willing to accept the loss had an extra 13 players turn up.
In real terms, they were short $3900 on incoming entry money, but cut the prize fund down to $12925, a reduction of $8045. This is just under 27 in lost entries, double what was missing.
I also calculated based upon both Justin and Karen stating they were only charging $3 a game (still doesnt compute) that with 1148 games played x $3 = $3444 in lineage. Incoming entries $17100 - ($12925 prizefund + $3444 lineage) equals $731 leftover that was not paid back into the prize fund either.
I have never seen this happen before at a tournament, by such a great disparity to the original prizefund and ratio of lost entries.
Whilst the womens turnout was beyond terrible, their total incoming money was $2420 with $2500 returned, ie more than the incoming. Not to bad in comparison to the guys who copped the brunt of a loss that should probably have been worn by the centre in keeping with the original payout and no lineage charged to the women either. In real terms, the bowl has prob lost not much more than about $2500 in lost lineage men and women (@ $5 per game) opposed to probably the $8-9000 they were originally looking at.
To me, this represents a kick in the guts to those bowlers who travelled a big distance ie WA, TAS, QLD to get to this tournament, have supported it and on the surface, would appear to have been shafted because it appears the centre has seen an get out to reducing its original loss. I also point out that 36 out of 57 men were from interstate/NZ and 18 out of 24 in the first final or the original money spots. So you can really see who copped the loss here, those that got off their backside and travelled. Where the hell were the rest of the Victorian bowlers for this event, what a joke of local support for this event too.
I have attached the original payout, adjusted payout and what should have been a probable payout in keeping in line with the way the original was made. General consensus, bowlers don't forget and the majority that travelled may not be back, which is a shame as tournament numbers are bad enough as they are without this to make things worse.
If I am missing something, please feel free to correct me.
Michael
