Brummie I don't think back to back games was solely an issue for Tour but also Mixed as well. At tour 1 I highlighted that Steal 1 played five games back to back on the Saturday with only two games on the Sunday. This resulted in us dropping dramatically from our seeding which we finally recovered by Tour 3 and Nationals.
I know Tour 1 of the season can be unique due to the number of teams attending and the inherent problems of creating a schedule to allow for mis-seeding due to changes in personnel in the off season but maybe it could be time to give an upper limit to the number of teams who can enter the first tours dependant on the number of pitches available so that back to back games (or even 5 games on the bounce) can be avoided? I know that doesn't support the growth allowing anyone and everyone to attend but just something to think about This is in no way a dig at the running of that particular tournament (cheers mum and dad) nor the efforts of the lovely H (ably assisted by the Mountie i'm sure) and Jamie (apologies if it wasn't J who did the mixed schedules) who without their efforts none of us would of played any games this year! M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sion Scone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Britdisc" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [BD] Re: How to improve on 2006 in 2007? There are, I think, a few problems with the Tour schedule for 2006. Having spoken to other people, there appear to be three issues: Problem # 1 - Playing back-to-back games This is IMO the biggest problem. At Tour 3 we played 2 games back-to-back on Sunday morning, lasting a total of 3 1/2 hrs. There was literally 3 mins between games; enough to move to the next pitch. Having back to back games was something that was complained about massively last year because it endangers players. Quality of play also decreases (unless you're Fire 2 and have 50 subs... ). Why this is necessary is beyond me, especially given the huge amounts of daylight in the summer. If you factor in that many teams meet about an hour before their games for throwing, warm up, drills etc, then it's 4 1/2 hrs straight. What exactly is the reasoning behind having to get pitchside at 7.30am on a Sunday and be finished by lunch when there is so much time available in the day? __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
