Hi BD, Just a quick email to remind people about Entry/Distribution of Places, Blacklisting, Rosters and Kit for the Mixed Tour. These generally follow the Open Tour with a few changes to account for the lack of an A Tour.
Entry. (Mainly relates to MT2&3). The top 24 teams from each Mixed Tour will have an automatic place at the next event up until the closing date (as set by the TD). Remaining positions at the event are filled based on the following order; 1. Teams unable to enter the previous event due to over-subscription or non-entry. Returning from blacklisting does not entitle a team to a priority space. 2. The highest placed teams after the previous event, starting with 25th and working downwards. 3. Any other team wishing to enter. 4. Blacklisted teams. Once the entry deadline has passed, any unfilled places at the tournament are available to be filled by the TD, at their discretion. Blacklisting. Drop outs from the Mixed Tour will be subject to the same Blacklisting and Penalties as drop outs from the Open Tour. 1. Teams that default on the entry procedures (which are there to help TDs) may be moved to the Blacklist by the DOC. Teams on the Blacklist will only be considered for tour tournaments that are under-subscribed. 2. Sometimes there may be a genuine reason for defaulting, and penalties will not necessarily be incurred in these circumstances. 3. The Blacklist will be made public so that TDs of non-tour events can use it to assess which teams are unreliable. 4. The Blacklist will not apply to National Finals, but is instead carried forward into the next season. Rostering. Any player playing in the UKUA tour must be a UKUA member. All players entering must be on a roster with their UKUA membership number. Club rosters must be submitted using the same method as the Open and Women's Tours using the UKUltimate website. Club rosters are fixed for all three of the main tour events and National Finals. Players may be added to the roster at anytime so long as they comply with Eligibility rules. Removals or transfers will only be allowed under exceptional circumstances. Players must play for the team they are rostered with. If their rostered team is not attending they may play as a guest for other teams. A player may only play for one team at each event. Players playing for two teams will incur penalties for both teams represented. Guests. For the Mixed Tour, each team may have 1 Guest *of each sex*. Kit. All teams are expected to provide matching shirts of any reasonable (i.e. non-offensive) design. Both light and dark strips are required. It is hoped that teams in the top 16 will have numbered shirts (i.e. player identifying individual numbers) and matching shorts but no sanctions will be brought against teams failing this. Teams outside of the top 24 will be given more lee way before kit infractions incur penalties. For Mixed teams combining Open and Women's teams from the same club with slightly different kit, provided that the Open and Women's kits are substantially matching then it is acceptable to use this kit in the Mixed Tour. Different generations of kit are acceptable as long as they still match. In deciding whether a team does not have matching shirts we will apply the following test: "Would a reasonable, neutral spectator be able to see from the sideline that members of the same team are wearing shirts of a *different* design?". Nationals. The original bid, pencilled in on the calendar for Cardiff has been withdrawn so we require new bids. If you'd like to make a bid, please check the UKUA site www.ukultimate.com for information on the bid procedure and if you have any further questions contact myself, the Administrator or the DoC. Regards, Chris White UKUA Mixed Division Coordinator -- Aussie http://www.ukultimate.com http://leedsleedsleeds.org.uk http://www.flatballphoto.co.uk __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
