Who's Playing What - the Post-Lockdown Edition
Jul 27, 2022 16:28:27 GMT
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Post by Les1964 on Jul 27, 2022 16:28:27 GMT
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DBA
DBA has yet to see player numbers recover back up to the level seen in what was a very successful 2019 season, even though the total of 12 events staged since Lockdown ended have has matched the 12 that took place across 2019.
The difference in player numbers - as with ADLG and DBMM - may well be attributable in the main to geography, with only one of the regular 3 PAWS events taking place post-Lockdown as well as the Welsh Open also dropping off the DBA calendar entirely as a result of venue issues, making it harder for players from those regions to make an appearance on the circuit post-Lockdown.
18 of the 55 players took part in just one event in the last year, a notable change from 2019 when almost half of the UK pool of DBA players made just a single appearance - again supporting the theory that the loss of a few regional events has a disproportionate impact on the number of "occasional" players.
The total number of entries made across all DBA events staged post-Lockdown (171) also compares more favourably with 2019's 189 than the reduction in player numbers might suggest, indicating that the enthusiasm of the core group of UK-based DBA players remains undimmed post-Lockdown.
All DBA events are one-day affairs, and two players managed to take part in 11 of the 12 events staged, with 16 (29%) managing to take part in 1/3 of the full calendar.
DBA
DBA has yet to see player numbers recover back up to the level seen in what was a very successful 2019 season, even though the total of 12 events staged since Lockdown ended have has matched the 12 that took place across 2019.
The difference in player numbers - as with ADLG and DBMM - may well be attributable in the main to geography, with only one of the regular 3 PAWS events taking place post-Lockdown as well as the Welsh Open also dropping off the DBA calendar entirely as a result of venue issues, making it harder for players from those regions to make an appearance on the circuit post-Lockdown.
18 of the 55 players took part in just one event in the last year, a notable change from 2019 when almost half of the UK pool of DBA players made just a single appearance - again supporting the theory that the loss of a few regional events has a disproportionate impact on the number of "occasional" players.
The total number of entries made across all DBA events staged post-Lockdown (171) also compares more favourably with 2019's 189 than the reduction in player numbers might suggest, indicating that the enthusiasm of the core group of UK-based DBA players remains undimmed post-Lockdown.
All DBA events are one-day affairs, and two players managed to take part in 11 of the 12 events staged, with 16 (29%) managing to take part in 1/3 of the full calendar.