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I'm sure you knew when applyed to become a teacher that you would not be able to take holiday during term time! > From: [email protected] > Subject: BritDisc Digest, Vol 66, Issue 8 > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:00:04 +0000 > > Send BritDisc mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of BritDisc digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Official announcemnt of EFDF Calender 2009 - XEUCF 2009 > -London - Sept. 24-27 (peter robert wright) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:11:21 +0000 > From: peter robert wright <[email protected]> > Subject: [BD] Official announcemnt of EFDF Calender 2009 - XEUCF 2009 > -London - Sept. 24-27 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > "XEUCF...is a 4 days (Thursday to Sunday) tournament, which will be played > from Sept. 24th to 27th 2009 in London (closed to Heathrow Airport)." > > I know this is a very late reaction to this email.....!, > > but is there no way that they can make these events at the end of a half > term, so that students/juniors (who are increasingly playing for top-flight > teams) and teachers can attend them. > > I am sure that my employers are getting fed up of me asking for time off, > and I am tiring of asking. With 4 teachers likely to make fire's squad for > that event, it will have a significant impact. > > Is this taken into consideration? Are the holiday dates different throughout > europe (is that why this date has been chosen?). Is it because there were no > more bids? Is it too late to change it? > > Rodders (teacher) > > > > > 2008/12/23 Wayne Retter (aka Wrecker) <[email protected]> > > > from EuroDisc... > > --- > > Wayne 'Wrecker' Retter > > wayne[dot]wrecker[at]ntlworld[dot]com > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Furlan, Andrea > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: EFDF Board ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 9:57 AM > > Subject: [ED] Official announcemnt of EFDF Calender 2009 - XEUCF 2009 > > -London - Sept. 24-27 > > > > > > Dear European Ultimate Community, > > > > > > > > Finally we can publish the EFDF Calendar 2009! > > > > > > > > In 2009 a new tournament format, called XEUCF will be played instead of > > separate EUCC and EUCS. > > > > The XEUCF combines in one tournament the benefits of the EUCC and the EUCS: > > > > a.. All medals will be assigned in one tournament, without risking to have > > 2 EFDF tournaments potentially competing for being the most important > > tournament in 2009 > > b.. Costs will be reduced for most players, who planned to attend both > > separate EUCC and EUCS > > c.. There will be many more inter-regional matches as in EUCC > > d.. The season will be stretched till end of September in almost all > > nations, giving a reason to many teams to keep on train intensively also > > during the summer as in the EUCS. > > e.. Team rosters will be defined early in the season using the EUCS > > eligibility rules. > > f.. Seeding will be mostly based on results of 2009 EFDF competitions and > > not on those from the previous year. > > > > > > This tournament format is possible only because some organizers were able > > to run a tournament of EUCC size also in fall, which was not clear when EFDF > > asked for separate bids for EUCC and EUCF in 2009. Unfortunately the initial > > winner of the XEUCF bid had to face major problems, which finally made him > > withdraw the bid, forcing EFDF to go for "plan B", which turned out to be as > > good as the original winning bid! > > > > > > > > What is the XEUCF? > > > > XEUCF means eXtended European Ultimate Championship Final and it will be > > played as pilot in 2009. > > > > This is a 4 days (Thursday to Sunday) tournament, which will be played from > > Sept. 24th to 27th 2009 in London (closed to Heathrow Airport). > > > > The tournament has 4 divisions: Open, Women, Mixed and Master. > > > > All pitches will be at the same site and there will be space for about 100 > > teams. > > > > The winner of each division will be crowned European Club Champion 2009. > > > > > > > > How can teams qualify for XEUCF? > > > > Whenever possible the results of the national championship (EUCQ) 2009 will > > be considered for the national ranking and so for the qualification to > > XEUCF. > > > > There are different qualification steps between Open and the other > > divisions. > > > > > > > > Women/Mixed/Master Division > > > > For these divisions the qualification process is very similar to the EUCC > > one. > > > > Each nation member of the EFDF will be allowed to send 1 team per division. > > > > Wild cards will be given to nations according to their placements in the > > last WFDF and EFDF competitions. > > > > > > > > Open > > > > The successful EUCS format (http://www.eucs.efdf.org/) will be applied in > > the open division, with 3 selection stages: EUCQ, EUCR and XEUCF. > > > > Teams, who qualified for the EUCR, will be allowed to register to XEUCF > > (max 16 per region) according to the EUCR bid allocation rules in each > > region. > > > > The initial selection of the max 64 teams will be performed during EUCR and > > teams registered for XEUCF will be grouped into at least 3 divisions (Open1 > > for the top16, Open2, Open3, .). Bid allocation for the XEUCF-Open1 division > > is based on the results of the EUCF2008. The CSC will decide how to > > distribute the bids for the Open2, Open3, etc. division. > > > > There will be a small overlapping between the divisions at XEUCF, so that > > for instance, a team from the Open2 can finish max 9th, etc. > > > > The final ranking of the XEUCF will be used to define the bid allocation > > for the EUCF2010 according to the standard EUCF Bidding Allocation System ( > > http://www.eucs.efdf.org/2008/eucfbids.html). > > > > > > > > What do federations need to do now? > > > > Federations must deliver to the EUF Board (bids2009 (at) efdf.org) within > > February 15th 2009 the number of teams, which are interested in playing in > > each division at XEUCF. > > > > Please notice: No answer means that no team in any division will come, so > > the bids pre-reserved for the nation will be offered to other ones. > > > > Within March 15th 2009 the EUF Board will communicate the number of bids > > each nation has in each division. > > > > In the divisions where a selection at national/sectional level must be > > made, because a nation as more interested teams than available spots, EUCQ > > (=National Championship or ad-hoc tournament) should be played before May > > 31st 2009. > > > > If a Nation has exactly as many bids for XEUCF as the teams interested in > > playing in that division, no real selection is needed, so EUCQ can be played > > anytime before EUCR (only for Open) or before Sept. 7th. The results will be > > used for the XEUCF seeding. > > > > Sept. 7th 2009 is the last date when EUCQ2009 and EUCR2009 results can be > > considered for the XEUCF. > > > > > > > > If it is not possible to hold the EUCQ before the given deadlines, > > federations are kindly asked to get in touch with the EUF Board (bids2009 > > (at) efdf.org) to find a solution. > > > > RCS will provide as soon as possible the date and location of the EUCRs, so > > that Open teams can plan with large advance these tournaments. > > > > > > > > Deadline summary: > > > > Feb. 15th 2009: Federation prove number of wished bids per division > > > > Mar. 15th 2009: EUF Board publish bids distribution in each division > > > > May-June 2009: XEUCF registration deadline (not fixed yet) > > > > Aug. 2009: EUCRs in all regions for the Open division > > > > Aug./Sept. 2009: XEUCF Final Payment > > > > Sept. 7th 2009: National/Regional seeding is defined. > > > > > > > > I hope that this late publication of the EFDF calendar does not cause you > > too many troubles in defining your national one. > > > > > > > > In name of the EFDF/EUF and the CSC I wish you a > > > > > > > > Marry Christmas and an exiting & high spirited Ultimate Season 2009 > > > > > > > > Ciao > > > > > > > > Oddi > > > > - EUCS - Together for the growth of Ultimate in Europe - > > > > www.eucs.efdf.org > > __________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > End of BritDisc Digest, Vol 66, Issue 8 > *************************************** _________________________________________________________________ View your Twitter and Flickr updates from one place – Learn more! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/137984870/direct/01/ __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
