I agree, Shocker would certainly have liked another bash at getting top eight after having an excellent game against excess bee but then forgetting how to play ultimate when we played maiden bungle. The problem is how to cross over when you have 20 teams, unless top 4 get a bye as in open tour 1, so cross over is 5-12, 13-20. The games, however, at mixed tour 1 were pretty short anyway, and we still finished our last game at 7.30(got to love those cold showers), so I guess there just wasn't any scheduling time... The good thing is that the seedings should be sorted out for next tour, so that the pools are fairer (apart from the pool that gets chevvy out for revenge ;))
nicole shocker --- Ben Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The schedule for the weekend didn't include a > crossover > after the first pool. There is always a pressure > between > time in the schedule on one hand and the need to > make sure > overly strong or weak pools don't dominate the final > standings. I personal think there should be a cross > over in > the Tours, but I would be interested to get a feel > from > Britdisc. > > Basically, I think that the scheduals should always > consider > a cross over after the first pool when scheduals are > drawn > up. This means that overly weak or strong pools > don't end > up placing their teams too high or too low in the > second > day. This is partically important on the first > event in a > new season as positions rarely go to seeding. > > Hokey from our pool, the scores on the doors as it > were... > 2 seed > 1. Ea... Grazed & Confused - WINNERS > 8 seed > 3. Cyrille > 13 seed > 11. Yorkie Bar Kids > 11 seed > 12. Zoo > 18 seed > 18. Martha and the Mootones > > Felt that we had a partically tough pool (though > would > certainly accept that the standard of the overall > event was > very high (with respect to the previous year)). > having > worked very hard in our games with ybk and zoo we > were > dumped into the bottom 4. Having a crossover > ensures that > there are teams in the next 8 who shouldn't be in > the bottom > 8 and vis versa. I'm not saying that we would have > necessarily won that cross over but that is what it > is there > for. I would have felt stronger about putting this > case if > we had rumbled red in the bottom 4 as well, but it > wasn't to > be. > > End of the day - t'was a small thing set against a > fantastic > tournament. I really enjoyed it. > > What do people think about, time pressures/dangers > of 'one > game wonders' vs equaty between pools? > > cheers > ben > martha and the mootones > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com
