Hey, I've updated the unofficial calendar I maintain: http://seultimate.org/UKU_Calendar_2009_all_v0.35.xls
A huge debate was sparked on EuroDisc after the last COTD, enter username/password ed/ed to check it out: http://www.ira.uka.de/~thgries/disc/EuroDisc-Archive/2008/Nov/ Over in America they only had a couple of tongue-in-cheek comments for it: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.disc/browse_thread/thread/fa8d3547025289ca Want another link for good luck? Here you go: http://www.the-huddle.org/ Felix one more - http://www.pushpass.co.uk/ 2008/11/20 UKU Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sorry about the delay - here are the dates. > You can bid now. Some bids are already in. We're switching to a new system > where once a bid has been received we publish that fact and then set a > deadline for rival bids (usually one month). There is no "earliest > deadline" for bids for 2009 as we are so late getting the dates out. > > For all the gory details read the whole email below (although I bet > something funny happens to the formatting) or click on the link: > http://www.ukultimate.com/story/calendar_2009_announcement > > If you didn't know there was a UKU Competitions Committee (and if you care) > there is more information here: > http://www.ukultimate.com/about_uk_ultimate/uku_committees/uku_competitions_ > committee > > Announcement on UKU Events Calendar 2009 from UKU Competitions Committee: > Mixed Tour 1: 4th & 5th April > Open Tour 0: 25th & 26th April > Mixed Tour 2: 9th & 10th May > Mixed Nationals (Tour 3): 23rd & 24th May > Open and Women's Tour 1: 6th & 7th June [Split venues] > Open and Women's Tour 2: 4th & 5th July [Split venues] > Open and Women's Nationals (Tour 3): 1st & 2nd August > > > To bid for these tournaments email the Event Bids Committee using > admin[at]ukultimate[dot]com. > Firstly: an apology for the delay in announcing these dates. The > Competitions Committee started the process of confirming the 2009 season in > September, but due to unforeseen issues with regards to the European > competitions to be held next year, we were forced to delay this > announcement. The European situation still hasn't been finalised, but we > have made the decision to fix the dates for the UK Tournaments. In future > years we hope to have the dates announced a lot earlier to assist potential > TD's. > The order of the season in 2009 will be Mixed Tour followed by Open & > Women's Tour. We hope that this will now become the standard season format, > and we do not foresee this changing in the next few years. Also, Open & > Women's Tour 1 and 2 will be split across two venues on the same weekend, > with two divisions being located at each venue. > *Mixed Tour 2009* > Mixed Tour 1: 4th & 5th April > Mixed Tour 2: 9th & 10th May > Mixed Nationals (Tour 3): 23rd & 24th May > > *Open & Womens Tour 2009* > Open Tour 0: 25th & 26th April - 1 LARGE VENUE > Open and Women's Tour 1: 6th & 7th June - 2 VENUES REQUIRED > Open and Women's Tour 2: 4th & 5th July - 2 VENUES REQUIRED > Open and Women's Nationals (Tour 3): 1st & 2nd August - 1 LARGE VENUE > > In all cases the bids committee is able to consider bids on adjactent > weekends, but note that in many cases this will create an undesirable clash > which will be seen as negative point on the bid. > > *European Tournaments 2009* > These are to be decided at a later date and tournaments will be > announced once the finalised version has been agreed by EUCS and EFDF. Our > current understanding is that there will be an "extended" (i.e. bigger) > version of EUCF held at the end of September. This event will include Mixed > and Masters divisions but will be approx 4 days long (rather than one week). > We are also expecting to host an EUCR-W event in the UK in late August/early > September. > The announcement of the 2009 dates will no doubt raise a number of > questions. We will be communicating the changes to the tournaments in more > detail at a later date however let us take this opportunity to answer the > most obvious questions: > > Why have you decided to use split venues for the O&W Tour? > This was decided because The Tour has become even bigger in the last two > years. In the current format we do not always get as many bids as we would > like because running an event is an increasingly daunting idea - if you can > even find a set a venue with enough space. In previous years we also > managed without splitting due to great bids from TD's however we have now > reached a critical mass where the number of teams attending has the > potential to negatively affect the quality of the tournament. We believe > that using two venues for some events will mitigate this risk. Furthermore, > there was general support from the ultimate community to do this when it was > announced and tried the first time. > We accept the previous attempt at this did not go as well as we all hoped > and through the Event Bids Committee we hope to ensure both tournaments will > be of equal standard. We have also placed an entire month between > tournaments to ensure no one is hindered with regards to travel and > accommodation. > > Why has Nationals been combined with Tour 3? > Fundamentally, because combining Nationals with EUCR-W limits our options > with regard to scheduling and also rostering. This had to change, and the > decision was taken that rather than add an extra tournament into the > calendar, we would instead move Nationals inside the Tour. > We are aware that many players would like to see more change in The Tour > itself. For example, the identity of The Tour has tended to swallow the > identity of the individual tournaments. Our aim is to re-dress this balance > by supporting the idea that the Tour will visit established events that have > their own identity, rather than tournaments being created to be "Tour x". > This will not be easy, but with Nationals we have an event that already has > some identity of its own - so we decided to start there. There will also be > more variation in the tournament formats across the Tour in 2009. > We also want to encourage more "non UKU" tournaments such as Copa Cabana - > or Ross-on-Wye for those who remember that long ago - being created to > supplement the calendar. Hopefully a small reduction in the number of UKU > events will help stimulate this. At some point in the not-too-distant > future it will not be possible for teams of all standards to attend Tour as > they can now, and we wish to foster more variation and more options so that > when this step change occurs it doesn't leave a large population of players > and teams feeling they've been left with nothing. > We have applied the same approach to Mixed although there were long > discussions about two alternative solutions: > - Dropping Mixed Nationals completely (due to general low attendance over > recent years), or > - Adding a Mixed Division alongside Open and Women and having a single > Nationals event. > > What are these European Tournaments 2009 about? > > We can only give you limited information at this time due to the lack of a > calendar but we have seen the growth and strength of the EUCS as a great > opportunity for UK Ultimate. This allows us another viable alternative to > the Tour for teams and therefore gives you more choice. > In the future we hope to introduce regional qualifiers as the first round of > EUCS and allow it (EUCS) to become a distinct and seperate competition > series to The Tour. > > So there you have it: the 2009 Ultimate season - if you want to be a TD then > it all starts now. The UKU can offer support and advice to budding new TD's > so please contact us with any queries you have. If you do have any queries - > or constructive feedback - with regards to the announcements made please > contact Si Hill at [EMAIL PROTECTED] who will pass it on to the > Competitions Committee. > > Further announcements will be made when the European dates are available. > The UKU Competitions Committee > > > __________________________________________________ > 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
