> There have a number of questions about eligibility at Nationals/EUCR-W > this year. This email is from the UKU Competitions Committee. > > WOMEN's DIVISION (see below for OPEN) > > EUCR-W is the first round of the European Series in the women's division. > This means that women's teams have no specific roster rules forced on them > for EUCR-W. This led to an agreement between the women's teams prior to > the Tour starting that players could play with their local team in the > Tour (for "development reasons") and switch to another team for EUCS. (It > is assumed in this case that the player would have strong pre-existing > links with both clubs.) > > In addition: > 1. In 2008, there is a longer gap than usual between Tour 3 and Nationals > 2. The Women's Committee decided to add some extra flexibility to the > rules to make sure as many teams/players as possible would be able to play > > So: > 1. Anyone that did not play in the Tour and/or was not rostered with a > team in the Tour is eligible to join any team for Nats/EUCR > 2. All WOMEN's teams will be allowed 2 guests (with no restrictions - you > may guest even if your Tour club are attending) > > Remember you canNOT switch teams between EUCR and EUCF; and you cannot > pickup players for EUCF that played for someone else at EUCR. > > Note - the Women's committee particularly wanted the teams to consider the > following statement when considering who plays for them at Nationals: > "This rule [2 guests] is not intended to encourage teams to go scouting > for new players, but rather to allow some players with an existing > affiliation to a club to play at EUCR despite having played tour > elsewhere. We wish our representatives at EUCF to be as strong as > possible, but players are expected to display spirit when applying these > rules and not look for opportunistic short-term pick-ups." > > > OPEN DIVISION > > The top 16 at Nats is also playing as EUCR-W. Note that this means the UKU > Tour (unlike the UKU Women's tour) was an EUCS Qualifier event (EUCQ) > which has rostering implications outwith the control of the UKUA. > > Again - due to the long gap between Tour and Nationals - and because a > number of players/teams asked for very sensible exceptions it has been > decided that any player that meets the following two conditions will be > deemed eligible for Nationals/EUCR-W. > > 1. Did not play in the Tour AND > 2. Is not "EUCS-rostered" to a non-UK club due to playing in an EUCQ event > in another country. > > The purpose of doing this is to enable people that were not able to play > Tour (for whatever reason) to play at Nats/EUCS. > > Please also bear in mind the following comments: > 1. Nothing relating to EUCS rules is being changed here. We are simply > relaxing an out of date UKU rule that is causing un-desired and unexpected > problems for quite a large number of players/teams. > 2. EUCS rules limit the number of players you can add to a team's roster > to FIVE. That means you can only add up to five players to your roster > that were not on it previously (regardless of what the UKU rules allow). > 3. Playing as a Guest during The Tour does not count as being added to > that team's roster. > 4. No Guests are allowed at Nationals/EUCR-W. > 5. The "extra relaxations" of the rules in the women's division do NOT > apply to Open. > > If you have any questions please contact me. > > Si > __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
