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    Posted: 10 Mar 16 at 8:57am
Its interesting how we view the show but when you listen to Frank Brethwaite he thinks its one of the best two shows in the world Mets being the other.
Isnt there some venue near Warwick which holds big equestrian/ farming events we could use?
With the Phantom not going this year to have money for a new promo video it sounds like it was the right choice especially on Sunday.
Doesnt taking your Mum and her wallet to the dinghy show count as a treat for her day?
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Show grounds tend to have minimal facilities, be unheated and parking on grass. Mix that with a March show and it doesn't work.

Sports centres... Some of us remember those days. Happy amateur days if you like. Demands a bit more from C As to get a stand together, and used to end up with the show fragmented round different halls, it was pretty rubbish if you got pushed off to the outer darkness.
I fear that the extra work might be a struggle for some classes these days in which money seems easier to find than volunteer effort.

On the other hand there was much to like about those days but whether they'd match with today's spectator mentality. Not sure.
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Excellent point, County Show grounds can have excellent facilities. Mind you I guess the RYA thinks that Northamptonshire is actually in the north.
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I doubt something as grand or large as the NEC is needed.  By exhib hall standards Alli Palli is tiny anyway.  I would guess a college sports hall or a county show ground would have capacity enough, the main issue might be parking.
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Originally posted by iGRF

NEC - expensive zero atmosphere and full of brummies, can brummies even swim yet (in something other than a vat of beer)?

perhaps you should come up to Blithfield, Draycote, Shustoke, Olton Mere etc.... to find out.  

Bring a boat and a hearty appetite.... the humble pie will be very tasty.
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the show has never been at top of the range venues like NEC. I've always assumed cost...
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NEC - expensive zero atmosphere and full of brummies, can brummies even swim yet (in something other than a vat of beer)?
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Originally posted by getafix

Move where ? .... anywhere outside of the M25 please (and not in Kent/Essex as both require using that bl**dy car park to get there or back for most)

As water is not required how about the NEC? Easy enough to get to by car and train, relatively central and ample car parking that you can book in advance and scalable depending on the size of the show (1 hall, 2 halls, 3 halls)....
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Move where ? .... anywhere outside of the M25 please (and not in Kent/Essex as both require using that bl**dy car park to get there or back for most)
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The new map on the PY online website shows where the clubs that send returns are. Theoretically it ought to be possible to produce a map with say different sizewd dots to show how many finishers at each club, but I doubt it would transfer from the long list of development nice to haves to the short list of development budget available.
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