Maybe this should be Volume 1.1
In volume 1, we saw how many players attended 3 different Nationals in 2007. Quite committed, I think. But hold up a minute...how far did everyone travel to get to these events? I brought up the same list as yesterday and took out the 43 people who went to 3 nationals. I then consulted Google Maps as to how far it was between the cities these players were from, and where Nationals, Mixed Nats, AUG and Youth Nats were held (Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast and Sydney respectively)...
Note: All distances are one way
First off, there were 3 players from Sydney who went to Nats, Mixed Nats and Youth Nats...they only travelled once - 881km.
16 players were from Sydney and did the Nats/Mixed/AUG combo - 1734km.
8 Canberrians played Nats/Mixed/AUG and had to travel for all 3 - 2081km.
7 Melbourians did two trips, - 2,608 km.
2 Brisbane folk played Nats/Mixed/AUG - 2,700km
As did 2 Ballarat players - 2,894km
1 Hobart player went to Nats, Mixed Nats and Youth Nats - 3,939km
Adelaide are big travellers, with 4 doing Nats/Mixed/AUG - 4,127km
But the 3 Tassie players who went to Nats/Mixed/AUG trumped them all - 4,783km
All this prompted me to work out how many kms I've covered for frisbee in 2007...
Note: these distances are return trips
17 Albert Park league games @ 240km each - 4,080km
Nationals - 258km
Ultimate Stampede - 1752km
Boycott City Challenge - 240km
AFDA board meeting (Sydney via Avalon) - 2,056km
Shenanigans - 1,508km
Gold Coast (AUG)/Mixed Nats (Sydney) - 3,655km
Melbourne Hat - 240km
Total = 13,789km
Now I'm certain this figure can be beaten. Dan Rule was beside me on all but two of those trips plus a few more. Seb Barr was on all except the league run, and went to Sydney about half a dozen times. John Damiani and Tim Delane had four trips west. And I'm sure many others.
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How about going to Taiwan for a tournament ;)
Or the year before that I played tournaments in Hawaii and Germany.
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