Calling all potential GB WOMENS MASTERS! Following up on the note below, I've been making enquiries about GB's ability to field a Women's Master's team in Japan in July 2012. These are the key points:
- This will (hopefully!) be the first Women's Master's worlds ultimate event EVER! Whoever goes will be pioneers for this new and exciting division! - To be eligible, you must be 1) female, 2) over 30 (yes, there is a younger age requirement for the women's division compared to the open division) and 3) either British, or a resident of the UK and involved in British ultimate (exact criteria for non-GB passport holders can be found on the WFDF website). - To make the event viable, there needs to be 6 teams committed. USA, Canada, Japan and Australia are already committed. GB should really be able to field a team as well! Finland, Germany, Colombia and the Philippines are closely looking into it. This has the potential to be an awesome tournament with great competition! - We need 6 teams committed by the end of this month or we wait another 4 years... So far, my behind-the-scenes efforts to find someone willing to drive the organization of a GB Womens Masters team have not been very fruitful (FYI, I can't do this moving forward as I intend to play GB Womens). Therefore, I'm hoping to reach a wider audience with this email to BD and UKUW. What I need are three things: 1. If you know someone eligible but who may not be on BD, forward this email to them and pester them to reply! 2. If you are eligible and interested in playing for GB Women's Masters this coming July, send me an email and let me know! At this point, Maybes are ok but a % likelihood is more useful. Replies will determine whether we can field a team, so please reply if you are interested. 3. REGARDLESS OF IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE (i.e. calling men as well who might like to get involved): Would you be interested in helping with the organization of the team? If yes, please let me know via email! Our ability to mobilize could make or break the inclusion of this division in Worlds, so please email me immediately if you can. If you need to think about it, deadline for getting back to me is Tuesday, 10th January. NOTE: At this point, I do not know whether there will be tryouts for this team. It will depend on interest level as well as the decisions of the eventual organizers/captains. But I would expect the answer is no. Therefore, your reply to this email could be key. Do it now. If you have questions, check out the Facebook group (2012 WUGC Women's Masters Division <http://www.facebook.com/groups/296963036987300/>) or email me. Many thanks, Aura UKU Women's Committee On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 5:13 PM, James Burbidge <[email protected]>wrote: > Not sure if this went out on BD but it seems like the sort of thing that > should have: > > "CALLING ALL WOMEN PLAYERS 30+ YEARS OLD! > > Next year at the World Ultimate & Guts Championships in Japan, WFDF is > supporting a Women's Masters division! > 6 country teams must express interest by Jan 31. > Keen interest has been shown from players in USA, Canada, Australia, > Finland and possibly Japan. It's shaping up to be exciting! > > 6 COUNTRIES MUST EXPRESS INTEREST BY JAN 31 SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE > PARTICIPATION! > > ** If you are interested in helping to form a team for your country: > - join the FaceBook group "2012 WUGC Women's Masters Division" and express > interest, learn more. > - contact your country representative to express your interest as soon as > possible > > Dec 21 – deadline for country representatives to show their interest level > Jan 31 – deadline to achieve 6 interested country teams" > __________________________________________________ > 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
