Well put Dale, some people need to get off their gossiping self-rightious high horses and get real. What happened happened, it has been dealt with. the end. The GB Junior squad and Nick Sampson are a credit to British Ultimate. A mistake was made by a young lad and he has said sorry. put your pitch forks away! cb <html><DIV> <P> </P></DIV></html>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 > 13:05:13 +0000> Subject: [BD] The Alternative?> > Sorry, you're an absolute > coward.> > My name's Dale Walker - I was the on-pitch captain at the time of > the game in question, and I am already pretty gutted that I couldn't help > keep my team under control. The last thing I need after such an emotional > rollercoaster is for some anonymous perspective to slate me, my coach and my > teammates for a performance that has already been discussed at great length > and resolved. We had already had a bad tempered match against the Austrians > on the Sunday, and this spilled over into this game regrettably. While both > teams might point the finger at the other a little, both teams have accepted > that more could have been done by both teams to make light of the situation. > This was determined in the 4 hour EFDF meeting that Alia has mentioned, where > we presented our case against the decision. > > As a member of the squad > (excuse me for suggesting that you are not a member of the squad, and > therefore were not part of the match), I was along with the rest of the squad > subjected to a level of abuse I have never witnessed or experienced in a game > of Ultimate before. This was simply due to a clash of cultures in terms of > how we believe Ultimate should be played, something neither team could deal > with. I spoke to the captain of Austria after the tournament and we were both > pretty devastated that the game could not have been sorted out more amicably. > At the end of the day, you can accuse our squad of being un-spirited, but we > have made our peace with the Austrians who, despite obviously being bitter > about the result, will accept I feel that they had their part to play also. > You can judge a game from a third person perspective as much as you like, but > as Zidane couldn't keep his cool when Materazzi insulted his family, so Josh > couldn't keep his when 'threatened' by an Austrian player. I'll never know > what was said, but I know that Josh is only 17 years old and was simply the > unfortunate player who couldn't keep their cool for just a bit longer.> > > With regards to Nick Sampson, I must apologise and hold my hands up. For a > qualified teacher to be unqualified to run a junior sports team is a sin. > Nick Sampson is the most enthusiastic, dedicated coach that GB Junior Open > has probably ever had, and having played at some of the highest levels of > British and European Ultimate, has indoctrinated the team with the culture of > playing hard and playing fair. We believed that in the game we were playing > hard but fair, and so did he. His conduct was exemplary throughout the > tournament and often sidelined players who he felt were not playing within > the spirit of the game.> > I'm sorry to spam, and I won't reply again, I'm > just irate that when this had already been blown out of proportion that our > name would be slated to the UK Ultimate community.> > Dale Walker> GB Junior > Open #4> _________________________________________________________________> > The next generation of MSN Hotmail has arrived - Windows Live Hotmail> > http://www.newhotmail.co.uk__________________________________________________> > BritDisc mailing list> [email protected]> > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc> Staying informed - > http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed__________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
