Oh Great Work Ed, You tell him his journalism is unfunny rubbish, he's snide, lazy and not worthy to work for the Guardian, and then expect him to do the sport a favour by taking Ultimate seriously. Get real, or better still just shut up.
The piece was light hearted, intended for a different audience, and probably had little to do with his actual opinions. If you'd stopped to consider that before calling him a [EMAIL PROTECTED] then he might be more inclined to write something more positive about Ultimate next time. Now he probably thinks ultimate players are ignorant sh1ts. Tom 2008/5/15 One of The Lurkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What a rubbish bit of journalism, mostly consisting of snide > potshots. Probably took about 10 minutes and not particularly funny. Would > really expect better from the Guardian. Why not get someone interested in > outdoor activities to do a proper piece including some actual research? > > > > Ed > > --- On Wed, 14/5/08, Tom Styles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Tom Styles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [BD] Game of Ultimate Perhaps > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, 14 May, 2008, 11:16 PM > > Barney, > > Thanks for the mention of Ultimate in the Guardian recently. > http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/wellbeing/story/0,,2279386,00.html#article_continue, > Not the most flattering thing ever said about the sport, but we'll > take any coverage we can get. There's no such thing as bad publicity > as they say. > > Anyway Ultimate is growing pretty well in the UK right now and our > national teams (we are sending 5 of them to the world championships in > Vancouver in August) are some of the best in Europe. Great Britain won > 5 golds and 2 silvers at last year's European Championships. With the > potential to have some world class performances to report over the > summer from Great British teams it might be worth your while finding a > bit more out about the sport. > > There is a tournament in Brighton on the 7th and 8th of June, and if > your interested then you'd be very welcome to come down to the > tournament, watch a bit of high level action and meet some of the > players from the national teams. The tournament is a mixed tournament > (3-4 gender split for every point) and will be attended by teams from > across the UK. > > I understand that another rather larger tournament is kicking off that > weekend so if you've been roped into covering the German journey to > inevitable victory then please pass this invite on to any of your > colleagues not of a footballing bent. > > Thanks for your time > > Tom Styles > Ultimate player and podcaster (blockstack.tv > ) > > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > > ________________________________ > Sent from Yahoo! Mail. > A Smarter Email. __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
