Hi Britdisc,
Soar here again.
So yesterday we introduced ourselves and gave you a little insight
into why we exist. Thanks to all those people who have already
contacted us looking to get involved. We’ll be replying to you all
individually once we have finished announcing wonderful stuff.
Now it’s time to tell you all about the two events we have planned for
this year (so far).
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The first is something of a brigadoon event. You might have heard
about it before as ‘Project 3’, but we’re now proud to announce a new
indoor ultimate experience…
PICK UP IN A BREWERY!
This is an indoor hat tournament which has roamed around the country
and calendar. It was last sighted in Oakham, Leicestershire this
April. However there wasn’t quite enough interest so it waxed back
into the ether.
Rather than building it and then demanding you all come along, we’re
testing a new ‘crowd-sourcing’ approach to running this kind of
community hat event.
Put simply, if you’re the kind of person who loves meeting new people,
playing great indoor ultimate, and having a bit of a boogie, then we’d
suggest you sign up here (if you signed up for Project 3, you're ahead
of the game):
http://bit.ly/PickUpInABrewery
We’ll then continue to work with players around the country to scout
potential venues for these events. Whenever we find one which meets
the criteria (decent pitches, local accommodation, solid party
credentials) you’ll get an email and a countdown to sign up.
Whenever we get enough interest, we’ll lock down the venue and run the
tournament.
We think this kind of local event is a great way to build links
between clubs in a region, as well as being a useful way to fill those
pesky ultimate-free weekends.
So rather than being something like the tour which you build your
diary around, these events will be a fun way to spend a free weekend.
A cheap and cheerful ultimate experience, with an emphasis on cheerful.
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Now for the one you have all (well, some of you anyway) been waiting for:
BRITISH THUMBER TIME 2013: ANARCHY IN THE UK
That’s right. After two years of fervent gentlemanly patriotism, we’re
pushing back on all this lardi-dar chappishness and getting our punk
on. Britain is not just about waxed moustaches and bowler hats, it’s
about the freedom to pierce any part of your body and the right to
pogo until your ankles break.
However I’m afraid I have to share some bad news. We fought the law,
and the law won. Because of the density of the UK summer calendar,
combined with a poor show from the government in not giving us any
bonus bank holidays this year, we can’t have a three day event without
you all having to take time off.
So until you all tell us you're happy to take a Monday off work in the
name of port, BTT’13 will be a two day event and you’ll only have two
nights to Rock the Casbah.
The Anarchy in the UK edition will be running on the 31st Aug – 1st
Sept 2013 at Stoneygate Rugby club in Leicester, and will feature
everything you have come to expect from BTT:
-Plenty of great outdoor games (in glorious summer weather)
-Two MASSIVE parties complete with live music, beer pong, port,
dancing, fancy dress, more port, yards of ale/fail, sleeplessness,
floodlit naughtiness, more dancing, and the beer race.
-Camping on site
-Breakfast both days and a hot and tasty dinner on Saturday night
-Tournament shirts for every player on your team
As usual we have space for plenty of teams, but as we’re stuck with
only two days of games we’ll be sticking to 24 this year. Team bids
open today, so register your gang here (In the spirit of anarchy, bids
will be drawn at random from a doc martin boot.):
http://bit.ly/BTT2013
Oh, and to get you in the mood there’s a Spotify playlist here:
http://bit.ly/RockMyCasbah
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So that’s a little on our events. There’ll certainly be more appearing
as the year progresses, but in the meantime that's plenty to be going
on with.
See you tomorrow.
Thanks,
Jaff
Head of Ideas
Soar
[email protected]
www.soar-ultimate.com
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