Pontins or Butlins?

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This year would be my 3rd (?) year playing at the Pontins Championships if City of Cov decide to go.

Pontins at Prestatyn – lets face it – it's nasty. You have to get drunk so that you can forget about how awful the place is. Mind you, they do have some of the highest prize money on the circuit (however, if you play for a band which doesn't honestly have a snowballs chance in hell of winning, that ain't really a factor).

However, now that the Butlins Mineworkers is effectively 'open', I think Pontins has some serious 'competition' (crap pun not intentional).

£35 all in including Don Lusher and Kenny Ball? Bargain! Don't know what Butlins at Skegness is like, but I'm sure when I used to go to Butlins at Bognor Regis with my parents when I was younger it wasn't as bad as Pontins at Prestatyn. Major downside though – only Pontins books the Bavarian Stompers!

I expect a number of bands that have done Pontins in the past will changing sides and doing Butlins instead. Here's hoping Cov is one of them.

David Sait : 21 Jul 2004 12:50 |  Tags: Brass |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem