I'm afraid there's no way round it. With Nationals also being EUCR, and two European teams entering (for whom we have almost no reliable seeding information) we need a fair schedule which will allow the best teams to qualify for EUCF.
There is discussion ongoing about what to do next year, but given that this year's nationals is the same tournament as EUC regionals, there's nothing that can be done differently. Benji Richard D Shelmerdine wrote: > All. > > Firstly, apologies if this has been raised previously. > > I'd like to raise my disappointment at this year's nationals format. > > Don't get me wrong, I've nothing against the actual schedule. Felix (I > think) and co. have put together yet another slick easy-to-read > well-thought-out edition and all will go smoothly I'm sure. > > What I'm puzzled about is why the knockout format of previous years (1 vs. > 32, 2 vs 31 etc) has changed. > > I'm not against change but in my mind, nationals should be a special event. > There should be something to differentiate it from the rest of the season. > I remember being that 32nd ranked team once and we played Clapham first > game. Scoring the first point really *meant* something to us even if we > didn't manage any more that day. > I appreciate that such a game does nothing for the vastly better side. > Tough - deal with it. In a game or two's time you'll be playing better > teams so why not have some fun. People talk about development and I'd argue > this is a step in the other direction. > > I guess this is the first I've seen of it and it saddens me that we've > seemingly travelled from > 4-tour events + nationals > to > 3-tour events + nationals > to > 4-tour events. > > Whatever, see you in the mud! > > Dean. > > > > 2008/9/4 Nats/EUCR-W TD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Hi >> >> Rather later than hoped schedule, pitch layout and information pack are now >> available on the website: >> http://www.ukultimate.com/2008/09/05/nationals_eucrw_2008 >> >> Si >> >> weather forecast isn't exaclty brilliant - bring your waterproofs... >> > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > > > __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
