Dear BD and UU, In this short break between the Mixed and Open Tours, I thought now was a good time to reflect on what was a very busy University season. 64 university clubs competed at 21 tournaments for 6 titles over a 6 month period.
The Champions in their respective divisions are; University Open Indoor Champions: Edinburough University's Ro Sham Bo University Womens Indoor Champions: Edinburough University's Ro Sham Bo University Mixed Indoor Champions: Warwick University's Bears University Open Outdoor Chamions: Warwick University's Bears University Womens Outdoor Champions: Sussex University's Mohawks University Mixed Outdoor Champions: Warwick University's Bears Cangratulations to all these teams for their successes this season. But what of those who didn't win anything this year, where did they come? How strong is your University on a national level? Whats happened to the team you were a big part of while you were at university? I think it would be interesting to introduce a points system, much like tour, for the university season. I've done this using a slightly modified version of the tour points system so coming in the top 8 at a tournament is always worth the same but following points are weighted depending on the size of the tournament. Coming 11th at a 24 team tournament is worth more than a 12 team tournament. This rewards teams finishing lower down in larger regions. Regionals are also worth half the points of a national competition. The main reason behind this unofficial league is to highlight the difference between University and most Tour Clubs. We train as large mixed squads all year long so success in any division is representative of the club as a whole not just the players in the team. I think the performance of your club over the whole season should be rewarded. This doesn't take away from the Champions in each division, it just highlights those teams that compete well but just never reach that top spot. However, it does have its flaws. Due to the tournament distribution, some teams couldn't make certain tournaments due to exams or other commitments so the results aren't categorical. I would like to think if such a points system were to be introduced in the future, the tournament calendar could easily be changed to accommodate all exams, every region would hold a regionals for all divisions and teams would also be encouraged to compete in all divisions. So, without further ado, below are the league results for the 08/09 Season; Place Team 1 Bears 2 Strange Blue 3 Mohawks 4 Ro Sham Bo 5 Flatball 6 Halcyon 7 Too Many Pies 8 Positive Mojo 9 Sublime 10 Random Fling 11 No Frills 12 Skunks 13 Haze 14 Uriel 15 DUF 16 Shooting Stars 17 Mythago 18 Phat'eds 19 Leeds Jedi 20 Chichester 21 Boogie Knights 22 Far Flung 23 UBU 24 Brunel 25 Thrown 26 Under Cover Lovers 27 Scorpions 28 DiscDoctors 29 Equilibrium 30 BLT 31 Picnic 32 BUF 33 OW! 34 Blaze 35 Aye-Aye 36 Dark Horses 37 ARU 39 The Fish 40 Jesters 41 Hallam 42 Demons Ultimate 43 York Ultimate 44 Disco 45 Fly TnT 46 Skulltimate 47 Hulltimate 48 HU?/Hammers 49 Disc Devils 50 Kent Touch This 51 Mental Discs 52 Dragons 53 Bangor 54 Lincoln 55 Ugly Ducklings 56 Apocalyptic Cows 57 JMU 58 Disciples 59 Trinity 60 Hammer Heads 61 RUF 62 Airwolf 63 Chester 64 Chucks Any comments or questions would be very welcome. Cheers, Matt This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
