Nationals: Revitalise nationals by stopping the "its Tour 4" feeling. You could make nationals a 16 team knockout tournament with qualifiers being the top teams from each region (based on Ladder League).
It didn't feel like Tour 4 for Brighton, hell, it was Nationals baby. I wouldn't be averse to a 16-team Nationals format, but I think to be fair to the lower teams this should ultimately be preceeded by Regionals - maybe not this year but next - instead this year we could test the water and try to get a "Not The Regionals" tournament going on for non-qualifying teams in every region at the same time as Nationals. Ladder League is NOT ready to be directly used for seeding purposes - for a start the scoring system rewards activity as much as performance, so the tables are not a true reflection of ability. Individual results between teams I can imagine being very useful for seeding the lower echelons of Tour 1B 2007 though. I also like the idea of a super-tournament. The US has Emerald City Classic ( http://www.seattlesockeye.org/ecc/ ), which sees teams come over from Japan as well as all round the US, and is generally regarded to be the most high-level competitive tournament in the world. If we ran a similar tournament near a UK airport, it would be a Great Thing. Pre- or post-season though? I would guess during the Mixed Tour, if it's split? Felix ps. Check out Ultivillage's DVDs of ECC: http://www.ultivillage.com __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
