An interesting development. I wonder how many other top teams will be arbitrarily excluding female players from "Open" teams regardless of their ability or desire?
Presumably this is yet another great step forward in the march to make Ultimate a proper sport :( These trials will be structured around games that will help us to identify the qualities we are looking for: > * Enthusiasm and willingness to learn > * Potential for improvement > * Athleticism > * Commitment > * THE CORRECT CHROMOSOMES Have you considered the practical problems? Even the IOC don't have a definition of "male". I guess you could just use the ancient Greek method, should be fun in February :) Regards, Paul Holden mailto: [email protected] David Ford wrote: > Dear BritDisc > > During February and March, Fire of London are running a skills day, followed > by a series of practice sessions which are open to all male players. These > are then followed by selection trials in mid-March for those players that > wish to try out to play for Fire of London. The details of these sessions are > below. > > If you would like to attend any of these sessions please reply to this e-mail > address ([email protected]) with the sessions you would like to > attend. > > MEN’S SKILLS DAY: Saturday Feb 14th > > The skills day will involve three parts; a warm-up followed by a rotation > around 5 bases, each of which will practice a core skill run by a couple of > Fire players. We will finish with a series of short games. > > Time11.00 to 14.00 > Location Clapham Common (nearest tube Clapham South - Northern Line) > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=51.454675,+-0.146921&sll=51.508359,-0.106912&sspn=0.007185,0.019226&g=51.454675,+-0.146921&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16 > > > OPEN PRACTICE SESSIONS: Saturdays 21st Feb, 28th Feb and 7th March > > Fire of London is opening up its practices session on 3 Saturdays. These > sessions will led by GB internationals Rich Turner, Pete ‘Rodders’ Wright and > Lewis Glover. They will share their knowledge and experience of how to build > up key skills through a range of drills and games. > > > SELECTION TRIALS: 14th March and 21st March > > For those players interested in trying out for Fire of London for the 2009 > season, we are holding 2 days of selection trials. These trials will be > structured around games that will help us to identify the qualities we are > looking for: > * Enthusiasm and willingness to learn > * Potential for improvement > * Athleticism > * Commitment > > Fire of London 2009 > > Following recent successes both domestically (Tour runners up) and in Europe > (EUCF Silver medallists), Fire of London's goal for 2009 is to build towards > World Clubs in 2010 and to secure the long term future of the club. > Therefore, the major focus is to develop new players. > > This goal is reflected in Fire of London's plan for the forthcoming season, > where the aim is to maximise exposure of new recruits and less experienced > players to top level ultimate. > > In particular, Fire aims to take two small (13-16 players), evenly matched > teams to each of the four tour events, before making a selection for > Nationals and the European Ultimate Club Finals. > > Other highlights include: > > * A pre-season away weekend (in Snowdonia or Lake District ) to speed > integration of new players. > * An early season European warm-up tournament. > * Demanding weekend practices. > > > > __________________________________________________ > 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
