GAYP QT 2011 in Italy.

[George Hay]

Danny, thank you for sharing this with us! --George Hay

[kiwinurse]

Pretty cool Danny,regards jan

[Danny_Alvarez]

Thanks George & Jan .... Venice is thoroughly recommendable.... i would love to come back some day pictures do not do it justice.

Danny Alvarez

[champion374]

it looks like i will be going to italy to play in the wQ.

can any one tell me how do i enter online?i see the date as gone the 19 of september will they be taking late entries?

[Danny_Alvarez]

Kent , talk to Dr Richard Beckwith, Ingo Zachos or Hugh Devlin in regards to this.

cheers
Danny

[champion374]

i hope they take late entries. please to god

[Danny_Alvarez]

I think that where there is a will there is a way .... so contact them ASAP and best of luck, we need all the young talent we can muster for our game.

cheers
Danny

[rich beckwith]

"Champion374" Sorry, I'm not sure who you are or what country you are from. As noted previously, entries to the Qualifier tournament are due to to John Reade by next month, so there is still time. (Many other countries still need to submit names of participants). With that said, it is not an open tournament. Your country's federation must be in good standing with WCDF dues for 2011, and your federation can only send two people (except the host country gets three spots), not counting entries specific for women or youth divisions. Each federation usually has their own system to decide who they send (National Tournament finish, rating, or whatever).

[champion374]

my name is kent layne from barbados i got mix up.i now see its september.i got mix up .so i have alot of time.

i came 2nd to nash in the junior wq in barbados in 2004.

[tommyc]

Yes Kent you need to be NOMINATED to play in the Qualifer..............by your Federation in Barbados>

[rich beckwith]

Kent,

The BDA is paid up, because Ron King gave me the WCDF dues at the Medina, Ohio US National.
You might express your interest to Suki, but I can't speak for how Barbados will select their representatives. Jack Francis told me he wants to attend. At one time, I understood there were two Barbados federations. If needed, the other federation could also affiliate to create two additional spots (although this strategy likely can't be used next year for a WMSG event).

[Danny_Alvarez]

Kent,

The BDA is paid up, because Ron King gave me the WCDF dues at the Medina, Ohio US National.
You might express your interest to Suki, but I can't speak for how Barbados will select their representatives. Jack Francis told me he wants to attend. At one time, I understood there were two Barbados federations. If needed, the other federation could also affiliate to create two additional spots (although this strategy likely can't be used next year for a WMSG event).

so it's only 2 representatives per federation, including or excluding the youth? what are the requirements for somebody to be considered a youth? (im not talking about myself, im older than Noah lol, just interested)

and what will be the requirements for attending the WMSG event next year???.... is england definitely the venue? do we have dates?
thanks for the info Richard
cheers
Danny

[champion374]

suki will work it out for me.

but rich it is not two players per federation>?

[rich beckwith]

Kent and Danny (and anyone else): It's two people per checker association/federation that can enter the main tournament to determine Ron King's next challenger. Additional women and additional youth (up to two each, per federation) are permitted for the separate youth and woman's event (and assuming there is enough participation for such a separate division to be held). These women or youth can also elect to enter the main tournament instead to challenge Ron King, but would need to be one of the federation's two nominations. [An exception here was Amangul in 2010 -- special honor to current ladies world champion.] The host country (Italy this year) gets three nominations per each category. The youth cutoff is age 18. This information has all been posted: http://wcdf.wz.cz/bylaws.htm

I understand the World Mind Sports Game is a go for Manchester, probably August 2012. In the 2008 Beijing WMSG, we were more limited on entry spots and held each country (not association) to 2-4 nominations apiece (IOC-type rules), as we were allowed only ~40-50 players max in this prestigious event, and only one medal event.

[champion374]

thanks Rich