As you may remember we formed a "Competitions Committee" several months ago so that decisions about changes to competition structure could be discussed amongst a wider group, and also by the people that are particularly interested. I say this at the beginning so that we're not bombarded with lots of "I don't know where these decisions are taken" emailsÂ… :-)
There are two outcomes that we wanted to make sure we published ahead of Tour 0: 1. Following last year it was decided that we would increase the number of teams that were exempt from Tour 0, whilst still retaining some Top 8 places "up for grabs". It was decided that the top 5 teams + Paddy Murphy would not need to compete at Tour 0. Top 5 because there was a big gap in tour points between 5th and 6th; Paddy because they were the next strongest team last year and to help them cut down on travel costs to the UK. As it turns out Paddy aren't entering the Tour this year, so we left it that Top 5 from 07 are exempt from Tour 0. 2. We will experiment with the idea of running a "C-Division" in the Open Tour. B-Tour will have 16 teams and there will be a promotion/relegation line between B and C just as we've had between A and B for the last few years. Creating another promotion/relegation line was one of the main reasons for introducing the additional division. Its an experiment; we don't know for certain if we will always have enough teams (altho obviously expect that we will); and obviously we're keen to receive constructive feedback. Ideally I would have got this information out sooner - and apologies for not doing so. Si Simon Hill, UKUA Administrator Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: ukua.admin Postal address: UK Ultimate Association, LONDON WC1N 3XX __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
