Hey folks
Here are the names I’ve got for the May Day tournament in Leeds
Sensi
Harry
Mark
Jo
Wanchree
Izzy
Soooooz
The date has shifted from the 30th of April to the 1st of May so let me know if anyone else wants to come or now can’t come. We’ll probably drive up on the Friday night or saturday morning and head back on the Monday which is a bank holiday. We’ll be staying at peoples houses so need to firm up numbers this weekend
It’s always good fun and a chance to meet some of teams that will be coming to our tournament in July.
Cowlove
Harry
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Hi all,
a few of us have been working on a safer spaces policy to send out to all
teams attending this years tournament. There have been instances at
previous tournaments where some people have felt harassed or worse, and we
want to stamp that out. Our network tournaments are a unique mix of all
sorts of people - old school antifascist punks, refugees, feminists, trans
and non-binary people and people who don't really know what's going on but
have come along to play footy and party with their mates. We want to send a
clear message that we want everyone to feel free to be their true selves
and coexist without the threat of harassment, judgment, exclusion or
prejudice.
Here's the final draft if anyone has any comments? It's mainly been
plagiarised from various other organisations policies.
Us in the comms team will also be working on some more comprehensive stuff
on 'coexisting' for the tournament programme, if anyone wants to get
involved in that drop me a line.
Linner and Peace, to send on to mens footy and netters.
BIG LOVE
SFW xx
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Just got this through from our friends republica in Leeds
Hello, we're looking forward to hopefully seeing you all for 30th April for our May Day Tournament. We're looking to confirm numbers of teams in next few weeks so please can you let us know if you will definitely be attending ASAP. Please remember this is a mixed tournament so teams need to reflect that. Please let Alice know if this will be an issue.
The plan will be to start around 12:00 for the tournament which will be roughly 4 hours. This will be followed by an awards ceremony, food and drink at the Caribbean Cricket Club and then some more partying and dancing until midnight. More information will follow soon about all the details for the day. Also please let us know ASAP if you need places to stay for the Friday/Saturday if travelling from afar.
If you want to go can you let me know and I’ll figure out how many peeps are coming so I can let them know.
Cheers
Harry
:-) x
Harriet Hoare
(+44) 07709348937
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Sent: 08 March 2022 11:47
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Subject: [Peashooter-list] Tournament Meeting Minutes - pleased forward to your teams
Tourney Meeting 7/3/22
Apologies: Laila, Lou, Tom M, Kimmer, Ru, Jack D, Colin
[X]Present: Didier, Linner, Natalie, Holly, Sensimilia, Soooooz, Dan, Owen J, Vic, Zoe G, Sue, Becca, Lizzie W, Peace, Harry, Annie Haines, Angelo, Jesse T te, Sally Fucking Wood, Phil Goldsmith, Kazz, Ben.
Site
2x full size football pitches
2x 7 a side pitches
2x netters courts
We’ll need a TENS licence (not a big job) and Kerry (hotel owner) wants us to stick to the rules of the licence. This means we should apply for the latest licence we can. Angelo to take this on and will send his docs to Kerry. He will liaise with the folk running the bar (Sensi, Pearcey, Mandie).
The hotel is not taking public bookings for that weekend in the hope that some of us will book rooms. See last meeting’s minutes for deets. We need to let the teams know that this is an option. Peace and Soooz for footie, Linner for netters.
The campsite has been told that we will be late (voices, not amplified music) and loud. They are fine with it as plenty of room and plenty of hedges to muffle sound. Didier made this very clear. There is also plenty of room for parking both next to tents and by the hotel. Owner is saving one field for public camping. We will have it all in writing soon. There are 8 showers on the campsite as well as in the hotel. Food info to come. Previous worries about strangers rocking up are now deemed unnecessary as it’s pretty secluded and the road doesn’t go anywhere so no passing traffic.
Marquees needed for seating for catering stand and for bar, also for CACKK and merch/Cowfolk history tent. Site team will get on this as soon as everything 100% confirmed (sizes etc). We will ask Dave and Fiona as well as Owen and other contacts (Zoe G had a contact too).
Money
Dan wants 25% as a deposit to be paid now and the rest paid the week after the event.
He is charging £14,700 for the whole weekend (Friday – Monday).
We will be saving £4,000 on other costs.
We will not charge a team registration fee, just a camping fee (unless they stay in the hotel).
Kerry will supply a generator for free – we will pay fuel costs. What ampage do we need? Someone from ents team to let her know please.
To monitor payment, we will have people on the gate giving out wristbands. No wristband, no service at the bar. We will, obvs, give concessions to anyone who can’t afford it.
Kerry will have security in the hotel.
She will also make money on catering (see below).
How do we nail down numbers? This will help massively with costings.
Steve will help Vic look at the budget from the last tourney.
Food
Meat, veggie and vegan will be catered for, both on campsite and at hotel.
Hotel:
Breakfast 6-11am
Lunch 12-3pm
Tea 4-9pm
Campsite:
Breakfast 8.30-11.30am
Lunch 12-2pm
Tea 6-9pm
All meals will be under a tenner.
Need to find out rough idea of ratio of meat/veegs etc. Soooooz and Peace to ask teams?
We will ask everyone to bring own plates, cups, cutlery etc, in order to minimise waste. We will liaise with caterers re waste.
There is water access for the bar.
Name of tourney
Pearled Cup was decided, with Dirty Thirty as the strapline. Thanks to whoever thought of the name, it didn’t need a lot of discussion to get voted in!
Teams
8 women’s/non binary teams confirmed
11 men’s teams confirmed, 7 possibles. Aiming for 20 all together.
Netball have one team confirmed (plus them), will keep asking footy teams if they can bring one. Will also create teams on site if need be.
Fundraiser
Date is 23rd April
Tom has designed a ‘Hold the Date’ poster (already up in HQ) as no artists confirmed yet.
Pato and Paul looking at line-up
CACKK event in the day. See Peashooter for deets (kids’ rave).
Hall and Baggator booked
Next fundraising meeting is 21st March
Decision still to be made about catering at fundraiser. Looking likely it will be samosas though.
Fundraising activities on the night tbc. Shot for a Shot always a winner.
Décor
Add Jake
Ben also involved
Lou leading décor for fundraising – going well with some excellent plans. Can also be used for tourney.
Team fundraising
Netters (Blacks) doing a cake sale
Logo
Annie has designed three (all fab!) and will send out for voting soon
General
Soooooz to ask Neil about doing sound tech for tourney
Sally FW to lead on programs – include telling people to bring cutlery and crockery, explaining Safe Space etc
Women/non binary to send more formal invites
QR code needs sorting. Harriet from HQ can probs help with this and Phil’s going to get on it
Phil is also gonna send some words to Sal about the site, including the option of room hire at the hotel, to include in the programs.
Next tournament meeting is Monday 4th April
The Co-op gym have invited us to this event.
Any wanna be weight lifters in the group?
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Sent: Monday, March 7, 2022 2:26:33 PM
To: Sooz <scruffylittlevera(a)hotmail.co.uk>
Subject: Invitation to event on 9th April
Hi Sooz!
This is Guy from the co-op gym.
I wanted to invite you and any of the other Cowfolk to a unique event we are running on Saturday 9th April.
>From March 14th we will be running a crowdfunder<https://bristolcooperativegym.org/crowdfunder/> to renovate our studio so that it’s more accessible to more folks.
As part of this, we will be hosting a unique double deadlift competition<https://bristolcooperativegym.org/coopgames/> (in the loosest, least competitive sense of the word) on Saturday 9th April and we hoped some Cowfolk might be interested in coming...
We’re sending invitations to other people doing radical and inclusive fitness and fitness-adjacent work that we’ve admired from afar and hope that the event will be a chance to bring some great people together and strengthen our networks.
We will be lifting, having a nice communal lunch cooked by some of the members and going for a walk in the woods. It should be good fun.
Don’t know how many of the team do any weightlifting stuff but we’ll have time to go over technique beforehand.
I’ve attached the poster and there is a Facebook event here<https://www.facebook.com/events/3151295685093860>. Please do come along if it works for you, bring friends, and share with anyone who might be interested!
Please let me know any questions! I do hope you can come if you’re interested but appreciate it’s a bit short-notice!
Thanks,
Guy
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