" its better for them and better for you. " So, Boston, correct if I'm wrong but what you are saying is that:
Definitely top 16 pool games (Tour 3) + Maybe top 16 pool games (Tour 4) > Definitely no top 16 games (Tour 3) + Maybe top 16 pool games (Tour 4) And that's not even taking into account that less teams will be at Tour 4 which could mean that it is slightly easier to sneak into the top 16. Whatever the decision though (be it right or wrong) it cannot be said that being demoted from 16 to 17 will be of benefit to us. It may well be better for them (Paddy M) but it is certainly not better for us. Steve MMJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Palmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Simon Statham'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Director Of Competitions'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'Britdisc'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 12:04 PM Subject: RE: [BD] Tour 3 > Simon, > > Sorry but I your compliant doesn't really hold much water. It can never be a > good idea to deliberately underseed a team at a tournament. Paddy Murphy > played very well at the brit open finishing about reddog, smash & Grab and > flyght club. Thus being seeded 13th and above those teams at Tour 3 seems a > good decision. > > If they were to be underseeded at 17th then it would mostly likely mess up > your top16 chances. If you were seeded at 16 you might lose all your top16 > games on the Saturday (not unlikely as you must have lost the last two games > of Tour 2 to come 16th) Then in the crossover you would meet an underseeded > Paddy Murphy, who would most likely knock you out of the top 16 (given their > britopen performance), so no top16 games on Sunday of tour 3 nor on Sat of > tour4! Is that what you want? Instead by being seeded 13th they can't knock > you out of the top16. You will get another chance to win a crossover and to > play top16 on the Sunday of tour 3 and then whole of tour 4. > > The thing that hurts you is that Paddy Murphy are playing at tour 3 not > where they are seeded. But, given that they are playing, you should be glad > that the DoC has seeded them as accurately as possible, its better for them > and better for you. > > Cheers > > Boston > TeamShark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Simon Statham > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 8:54 AM > To: Director Of Competitions > Cc: Britdisc > Subject: Re: [BD] Tour 3 > > Ok, I know you said it's no use complaining and I don't expect anything will > change but we (Janitors) are going to complain anyway! > > The complaint being that we've been bumped out of the top 16 with the > inclusion > of Paddy Murphy. We played a hard T2 and were rightly pleased with our top > 16 > finish and very much looking forward to having a pop at the rest of the top > 16 > in T3. Now we're back in the 17-2? slot and will basically be having the > same > tournament as T2. No disrespect to the teams we played but our Saturday > pool > was comfortably delt with and it was only when we moved up that we started > to > play teams more on our level, now we have to do all that again - pointless. > > I don't begrudge Paddy Murphy entering but surely the right and fair thing > to do > would've been to seed them 17th? That way, if they're good enough (and I'm > sure > they are), they will have a chance to play the top 16 teams on Sunday and > the > rest of us get to play the tournament we earnt with our performance at T2. > > We've been robbed! > > Expect further complaints... > __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
