Just got a reservation at the Fairfield Inn, 175 Piedmont Ave NE. Next door to Marta, two stops to venue. Very good AAA rates. Two doubles, $80 plus tax. 404-659-7777
I'm thinking ahead towards accommodations & transportation, and I'm finding the MARTA website a little clunky. The Flash map doesn't offer much street detail, and it's daunting to think of looking at each and every bus line to check its stops.
Could anyone from the area tell me which bus lines actually stop right *at* the Georgia World Congress Center? (the venue) I'm thinking I'd probably be staying at Northside Dr and Fair St., which is about a mile and a half southwest of the convention center.
Thanks for the reply, but unfortunately (you're referring, I believe, to the rail system, not the bus routes) it looks to me like the nearest rail station would be as far away from my proposed hotel as the convention site is. I could just walk, I guess, but I get grumpy at the idea of dragging my rollbag for a mile and a half. :-P
[edited to add, the hotel I'm looking at is not one of the ones listed with THS]
There is another thread on Atlanta on which I noted that I got a reservation through AAA for 2 doubles for $80 plus tax at the Fairfield Hotel. One king for $73. The Fairfield is next door to MARTA stop E1. The Fairfield is small so it will fill quickly.
Thanks for the reply, but unfortunately (you're referring, I believe, to the rail system, not the bus routes) it looks to me like the nearest rail station would be as far away from my proposed hotel as the convention site is. I could just walk, I guess, but I get grumpy at the idea of dragging my rollbag for a mile and a half. :-P
[edited to add, the hotel I'm looking at is not one of the ones listed with THS]
The bus routes will tend to go to Five Points, which is the N/S/E/W nexus. The intown stops are all pretty close to each other.
Plan on busing it to five points and then taking the rail from Five Points to the GWCC.
What about the deadline for reporting Sectional Qualifiers?
The PCS is holding their Div 1A qualifiers on May 13 & 14; five days later.
The deadline for Sectionals is later than that for Divisionals. I can't remember exactly when, but I do remember thinking, "Hey! What's up with that?!". Maybe the 19th? The 15th?
Edit: Ha! I was wrong! Sectionals deadline is the 16th.
and dont forget if you look out the GWCC doors to about 10 oclock.. you will see the CNN center. If you go in there you will walk into a massive food court! best kept secret of every fencing event in Atlanta! yep you can get breakfast by .. 6 ish at VERY reasonable prices....
""Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth... Tame the dragon and the gift is yours."- Noela Evans
Note that the individual doesn't have as a permissible qualification path your finish at last year's Summer Nationals. This is, presumably, an oversight.
-B
"Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
Brad is continually bringing us helpful information like this, giving us the inside scoop on doings within the national office, offering useful fencing, coaching and refereeing perspectives...and for this he is 31st on the rep list, behind a bunch of kooky epeeists! Not that he cares, but still, this is why the world is in such a sad state of affairs: it's not what you know, but who...
Brad is continually bringing us helpful information like this, giving us the inside scoop on doings within the national office, offering useful fencing, coaching and refereeing perspectives...and for this he is 31st on the rep list, behind a bunch of kooky epeeists! Not that he cares, but still, this is why the world is in such a sad state of affairs: it's not what you know, but who... :darwin:
Well in this case I pulled the forms off the USFA website. This is one of the few examples of attachments where I'm NOT providing information that would otherwise be significantly harder to obtain.
Then again the vast majority of my positive rep comes from people appreciating snarky quips. It's relatively rare (at least for me) that inside information gets repped. Useful coaching bits are probably my #2 source of rep. Those actually do garner hits a fair amount of the time.
-B
"Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
Brad is continually bringing us helpful information like this, giving us the inside scoop on doings within the national office, offering useful fencing, coaching and refereeing perspectives...and for this he is 31st on the rep list, behind a bunch of kooky epeeists! Not that he cares, but still, this is why the world is in such a sad state of affairs: it's not what you know, but who...
such terrible sadness...
O, Sabereurs, Sabereurs, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather you together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. Look, your sport is left to you desolate, and your rep banks empty. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the true weapon, EPEE'.
The path of righteousness free, and the gate is open. We shall not be held responsible for your proud refusal of the way.
Hm.. If I'm to be there the whole time, I'll want:
A single fare for Thursday pm arrival
A Weekend pass for Friday-Sunday
A Weekly Transcard for Monday-Sunday
3 more single fares for Monday the 9th and return to airport Tuesday AM...
So am I....good luck this year Peach, and watch your duct tape useage...are you still fencing saber? Have you had the chance to fence with any of the Olympic team??? How did you do last year?
Originally Posted by fencerchica 
