HELLO....HELLO....Am I alone in here.......Anybody....HELLO!!
MustOhio, you may not be happy when I give you this info, but here is what I have found so far. Now keep in mind I'm not trying to "call out" any organizations that are not doing anything to promote their org's tourney or any of that such. I'm just very frustrated with the NAFA June tourney situation, and feel it is fair to outline for you what I know thus far.
In a message dated 4/16/2009 10:20:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
cinciPRguy@aol.com writes:
Marty,
Something is kinda fishy here...
http://www.nafaregion7.com/afa/nafaschedule.htm
On NAFA's web site, it does NOT list the June 26-28 tourney at Pastime. Please clear this up for us. If there is this much confusion as to whether there is an event there or not, it's going top scare off MANY people like me.
Larry
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In a message dated 4/16/2009 9:21:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
cinciPRguy@aol.com writes:
Hi Marty,
I asked John Hiatt about the NAFA Tourney at Pastime this summer, and his email response (below in red) concerns me. It sounds like he is expecting you to coordinate it, and you are assuming he is working on it.
confused
Can you advise me a bit further on if this tourney is gonna happen, what teams are registering so far, etc.?
Sorry to bounce this issue back to you, but we need to fill the weekend of the NAFA event and will register for the NAFA event if we can get a better feeling that someone is taking the reigns on it.
Thanks!
Larry Wical
(This is the email I received from John Hiatt of NAFA):
Hi Larry,
I am really just handling the NAFA Registrations and for the most part I can do that at anytime. confused Marty at the park would have any and all registration forms for the tourneys.
Have a Great Day,
John B. Hiatt
johnbhiatt@yahoo.com
513-368-4663-----------------------------------------------------
In a message dated 4/16/2009 9:47:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
manager@pastimepark.com writes:
Larry,
I am attaching the registration form for Pastime. The NAFA tourney is not on the flyer but please use the registration form on the flyer and mark NAFA on the tournament line. Please return to the PO Box on the form to confirm your entry. The tournament is going to happen and entries are a little slow coming in as they are with some other tournaments as a lot of teams are waiting on funding but I have calls and E-Mails like yours. Until I get registration forms I can't give an accurate read on teams. Check back in a month and I can give you a better idea.
Regards
Marty Bruck
Pastime Park
o. 513-367-0266
c. 513-349-6495
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John Hiatt,
Marty is the one who told me
you were handling the NAFA tourney registrations since you are the Tournament Director. You may wanna get in touch with him so you are both on the same page. I guess in the meantime, I and the other teams I am coordinating summer tourneys with, will start looking at other options for that weekend.
Thanks,
Larry Wical
www.CincyFury.com
I have received no follow-up email from John Hiatt since I sent this last email. This last email was from maybe 3-4 days ago.