Vito. Of course not! No one is begrudging open/men's tournaments in general. It just seems that this one is more of a FUN tournament than a lead up to nationals or worlds or an opportunity for whole teams to train together before something big and there doesn't really seem to be a reason why it couldn't be co-ed to expand the game a bit and let everyone join in the fun. Becca was just enquiring ( i think)and asking future tourney organisers to perhaps bear it in mind that there are women out there who play well and would like to play more often.
relax. Becca, I'm out, they're all yours! ;-) ------------------------------- Emily J. Lyons Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research Dept. of Zoology South Parks Rd. Oxford OX1 3SY UNITED KINGDOM +44 1865 271247 (office) +44 1865 281245 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------- >From: "Adriano Vitali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'Britdisc'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Savage Tournie London >Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 16:46:31 +0100 > >Having followed this discussion I'm somewhat surprised at some of the >reactions. Something I'd like to know is, are tournament organisers going >to >get this kind of grief each time they organise an open tournament? > >VITO >Adriano Vitali >PTC Technical Support >http://www.ptc.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >Behalf Of Rebecca Humphries > Sent: 10 October 2001 16:35 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Savage Tournie London > > > Dear Organiser > > I've been reading about your Savage tournie - which sounds fantastic. A >great venue and well organised. > > However, it's a shame that it is not a co-ed tournie 2-5 split. As a >female player, it is really hard to find teams that want to play with you. >I've been told that Clapham are entering at least two teams to this >tournament and therefore other guys are 'taking this tournament seriously' >and therefore don't want women on the team. > > I could enter a women's team, but paying �20 for three games against >such >competition would not be that much fun. > > I've sent this to Britdisc to have a bit of a rant really - women play >serious ultimate and it's rude to consider us only worthy of playing on a >team when you're not bothered about winning the tournament. Please can >tournament directors consider more co-ed regulations? > > Feel free to abuse me for being a whinging hag and to bugger off to >organise a tournament myself. > > Becca > > > > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-- > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
