I agree with what Rob Alpen (apart from the mixed game in this country
going into decline!) and Rob Mitchell said.
What is the point in splitting the Tour if everyone is going to be playing
on the same pitches? What the split allows us to do is recognise that there
are significant differences between Ultimate being played by the top
4/8/16, and those lower down.
As an A-Tour player, I want the main focus of any tournament bid to be the
conditions in which I play Ultimate i.e. flat, level, and correctly sized
pitches, water at all the pitches, all the time, plenty of space to warm up
and down, shelter, plenty of game discs, appropriate catering etc, and I
would also like a score/time-keeper at every pitch. I am willing to pay
however much this costs, and lets be honest, for most *serious* Ultimate
players, tournament fees are a fraction of the overall cost of playing
Ultimate. What I do not care about is whether there is a party, whether
everyone in the country who has picked up a disc is there, and I certainly
do not want teams in fancy dress or who feel the need to sing me a
well-rehearsed song after the game, even though they do not know the rules!
I want all this because I play Ultimate as a sport, and want the game in
this country to develop to the point where we are up there with the North
Americans, which we will not be able to do with everyone at the same event.
I recognise that not everyone feels the same way, and that these things are
not mutually exclusive, but splitting the Tour allows the emphasis to be
different and the needs of the participants to be met.
Easy,
Jaimie Cross
General Secretary
#7 LeedsLeedsLeeds
078767 51813
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