Hoops

Official announcement Of All Star Weekend

Player,
the reason know one knew about the event last week (or until I finally announced it) was because there were negotiations going on in trying to gain a naming sponsor for the weekend, therefore we couldn't announce because part of the sponsorship deal was to announce it with the sponsors name. No matter how hard you try to get negotiations done in a certain time span, it just don't work that way.

When the idea was first mooted on having this on that particular weekend, I specifically asked management if the social games (and not just yours) could be cancelled for that weekend. I was told they could. But management couldn't say anything to anyone as the weekend had to be passed by the Senior Committee and that didn't happen until the middle of June.

Yes, you are right, there is a long time span between ratification and you just finding out, but to make certain that the weekend would be viable and successful, many things had to be drawn together and people approached and gotten consent from. Please also remember that all this is being done by volunteers, all the organisers have day jobs, and it takes a lot of juggling to get things moving. Even Boti didn't know what was going on until he was told last Wednesday. We weren't try to keep it secret (look at previous posts) but to make it official, takes time.
All your suggestions were considered. Just a note, we are hoping to have four times the number of people there on Sunday than we have at a normal ABL game, therefor you would have had problems finding a parking place even if we would have started at the time you suggested....believe me I know, I was at the Sturt Arizona game.
Again my apologise
Dusan

Yes it was considered, but since there will be stands on court 2 and even if we did start an hour earlier the stadium most probably wouldn't be in a fit state for social games to take place or the stands moved.
My apologise that you have been put out and I'm sure you look forward to your weekly game of basketball, but could you see your way clear to sacrifice it for this week, as I have stated before it is for a well deserving charity.
When it happens next year you will have much longer warning.
Dusan

Management are fully aware and in due time you will be,as well as others, notified that your game will be either cancelled or moved.
Stay tuned
Dusan

If there are people out there that want to volunteer, please email me, dusan.vavic@hotkey.net.au and the committee will look at giving you a job.

As far as the sixer girls are concerned, we are working on the half time entertainment and when we have come up with something we'll notify everybody.

Dusan

Tickets will be $10 per game, the door takings are going to a good cause.

Yes there will be a limited number of tickets. We are looking at a 1,000 people.

It will be general admission. First come, best dressed, first served.

Please keep your questions coming, I'm sure we might have missed out on something and any advice is happily taken

Dusan

All about the sharing of courts between the Sixers and the now #1 tenant the lightning. Maybe a new coach is a bit more flexible than the previous one. Maybe TSA have been willing to negotiate in order to have someone use the venue which now must be losing huge money.
No matter how good the new courts at Port are they don't match the TSA court or added facilities.