If you can host this tournament on another date, check the calendar at http://www.seultimate.org/ and send your bid in. 10/11th March isn't a bad one.
Below is the December Ladder League Update which was posted on www.regionalultimate.co.uk in the absence of BD. Exciting news about the future of the LL coming soon in the Jan update! Don't forget to check out the ladders to see all the recent developments... Just a shortish update this month. The Winter Leagues across the country have been driving teams forward on the tables, meaning big guns such as Clapham, Fire and EMO are bounding up the table, and there are rumours that the Irish Winter League results will be added shortly too. No change at the top with the Flaming Galahs still sitting pretty, but no doubt the next few Winter Leagues in combination with all of January's planned LL events will put severeal teams in contention for the top spot. 20th/21st January is National Ladder League Weekend. If you've been on the brink of organising an event in your region, now is the time! This intiative has caused a flurry of activity, and at the time of writing we currently have six Ladder League events scheduled for January [but 5 of them have been played already]: Oxford, 27th Jan: Statto - @googlemail.com - ow.statto Full details of these events are now in the Events Calendar on the website. We've just got this function working properly, so make sure you submit your event there when you announce it! What I'd like to focus on in this update is the regional mailing lists. We've all heard about them through the UKUA Member Update, but unless we subscribe to them and make use of them then there'll be gap in information exchange which will hinder our speedy development of UK Ultimate. The lists are also great for productive discussions about what direction your region should be headed in order to improve - in fact, the whole Ladder League idea was started after a few ideas were put forward on a regional mailing list for discussion, which soon resulted in the system we see today being suggested, agreed upon, and put into effect (in the South East University scene, two years ago). So, use your regional lists! Increased communication (without having to email the whole of the country) will bring us forward in leaps and bounds, so don't be shy to just put your ideas out onto the regional lists. Current number of subscribers to each regional mailing list (@yahoogroups.com): pookas (Ireland): 232 midlandfrisbee: 130 seultimate: 50 scotdisc: 46 northernultimate: 24 westernultimate: 15 Though it should be noted that the midlands & irish mailing lists were established long before the others (as was scotdisc, but that had an extended period of inactivity so effectively temporarily died). It's very exciting to see so many events scheduled for January. One thing I will say, is that if you organise an event, don't be discouraged if only one or two other teams show up - you're still giving a huge boost to your region as the effects will resonate with every player that attended that day. When planning, be prepared to go ahead with just one or two teams attending, but set yourself a maximum number of entrants and stick to it. The biggest Ladder League event ever was held at Brunel University last year, and saw 8 teams competing in what felt like a mini version of Regionals. No entry fee, no showers, just 8 teams, 4 fields, a bunch of cones and some frisbees. But probably the most influential event was pre-Ladder League, a friendly between Mohawks and OW!, which made me wonder why we don't do that more often... Felix LL coordinator On 24/01/07, Felix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey all, No bids have been received to host CWIN on 3rd/4th March, so the deadline is extended & the next bid deemed to be suitable will be accepted & announced. Please see below for info needed in bids. Note that this tournament clashes with GB Women's trials #3, Open trials #1, & Club Open Indoor Nationals (which is also in need of bids to host). Felix On 27/12/06, Felix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > We are now accepting bids to host Club* Women's Indoor Nationals, on > the weekend of 3rd/4th March 2007. > > If you are planning on putting in a bid in for this tournament, please > send whatever details you can about your location, available hall > time, hall sizes (how many badminton courts they fit), scoring > facilities, first aid, accomodation, food options, estimated team fee, > likely evening arrangements, and any other info you think would be > useful, to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Due to the temporal proximity of this tournament (CWIN), you have only > until 5th January to get your bid in. > > If you'd like to lead the way with a bid for the first Club* Mixed > Indoor Nationals on 17/18 or 24/25 March, get in touch too. > > Thanks, > > Felix > (Uni) Womens Coordinator > > *Club=non-uni, instead of 'Open', to avoid the growing confusions of > Open=non-womens/mixed and/or non-uni. Anything 'non-uni' (i.e. non-uni > and uni players alike are allowed to compete) should be called Club, > and anything not Women's or Mixed should be called Open. So most > tournaments are: Masters/Club/Uni/Junior | Open/Womens/Mixed | > Indoor/Outdoor/Beach | Regionals/Nationals/Europeans/Worlds. If we > were a country with five regions and we covered every discipline, > that'd mean 288 official tournaments in total... and you think the > calendar is packed at the moment - imagine over 5 tournaments per > week! > > ps. full calendar at http://www.seultimate.org/ as always >
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