I agree with Mungo, the image is my main concern. I bought the Guardian on Saturday before realising it featured this small piece in the Weekend magazine but on the whole (as far as "Ultimate in the media" goes) I was quite impressed. But if the article does interest any readers who have not heard of it before, the photo confirms the public idea that it's just a beach sport. It's a tiny disc which he's not even looking at, so it just looks like he's stolen the orange from an oversized jaffa cake and is making his getaway by leaping over fences (which have been cut from the image...in Hawaii obviously, which accounts for the hooligan wearing nothing but boardshorts!)
I was also confused by the writer's justification that "it may be less intense than volleyball" because it's played on "a bigger pitch"!? Surely this accounts for how much running we have to do, and since when did volleyball require much of that?! Ampelmann Uriel Club co-Captain 07-08 Publicity Officer 08-09 ----- Original Message ---- From: "Sheppard, Mungo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Wayne Ziants <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 3 June, 2008 10:59:34 AM Subject: Re: [BD] More Ultimate in the Guardian It would have been a whole lot more positive were it not for the accompanying picture (in the mag, not online) of what is best described as a beach chav playing with a kiddies toy. But hey, at least he looked like he was having fun ;o) Mungo -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Ziants Sent: 02 June 2008 22:06 To: [email protected] Subject: [BD] More Ultimate in the Guardian Hi from Frankfurt, What with all the fuss a couple of weeks ago about the glib passing reference to what goes on in British parks, I'm surprised that nobody mentioned that there was a (slightly) longer, more positive article about Ultimate in Saturday's Life & Style section (or at least the online version at http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/wellbeing/story/0,,2282570,00.html). It's basically comparing beach volleyball with "frisbee" and - although they're talking about regular 7 on 7 Ultimate rather than the beach variety that might have been a better comparison - it's not a bad summing up. Does anyone know the Lisa Buckingham who wrote it, and whether she's on good terms with Barney Ronay who wrote the other piece...? See you on the field! Wayne __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed This e-mail may contain information which is confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright protected. This e-mail is intended for the addressee only. If you receive this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from your computer __________________________________________________ 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 http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
