>>Mens - Fusion West Apologies to Fire, I see that Fusion are taking the same approach. Obviously I just need to get with the times...
...776 BC? Regards, Paul Holden mailto: [email protected] Paul Holden wrote: > 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 __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
