[BD] Lost property from Student Nationals Div 2 Great Barr Crawl
Morning all on the various groups, Here is a list of the lost property collected at Student Nationals Div 2 (26-27th November): Black Adidas tracksuit trousers Black Nike headband Black Logo woolly hat Black fingerless gloves Silver/steel Fila watch And from the Great Barr crawl this weekend: 1 size 11 Puma trainer Blue adidas t-shirt White Le Coq Sportiff cropped trousers - quite small Blue Smithson hooded jacket 4 assorted socks Black umbrella case Black and grey GAP woolly hat Anyone claiming any of those should get in touch with me to arrange how they can get back to you. Andy ___ Andrew Godber UTB 3, Cumberland Drive Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3YA T: +44 (0) 1827 69410 M: +44 (0) 7733 426124 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] Indoor pull stuff
Just wanted to say something briefly. We tried to implement the new pull rules last weekend at the Great Barr Crawls to the NIA, and I thought they were generally a success. Well done Benji. I noticed from the sidelines that there were a few people who hadn't bothered to learn the rules in the slightest, but they were also the people that I saw bending the other rules a bit during the game, so it wasn't a shock. People tended to think more about the pulls, and a few people started to attack the pulls in order to gain a bit of ground. Probably due to the nature of some of the people there, the pull-catching nervousness was still present but that mindset will soon disappear. Andy Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] Great Barr 2005
Afternoon all, This weekend saw the 5th instalment of the Great Barr Crawl, but it all got a bit bigger. Bigger venue, more teams, bigger and better party, much bigger all-star fantasy game (75m x 20m pitch), bigger TD's... Thanks to all the teams who came along and had a good time, and many thanks to everyone who helped us out throughout the weekend: *Si for arranging the schedule and the super-spreadsheet; *Katie for the computer for the above; *Birmingham players, WAS players and everyone else who helped set up and keep score; *Steve Alli Lookfly for their excellent entertainment at the party; * Everyone else who helped us. The results were as follows: Fantasy Game All Star - Dave Pretty Boy from Cowboys (Winner of the Cliff Richard calendar) Layout Prize - Wigsy (Action man trophy) Fantasy frisbee teams: 3rd Sarah Whiplash, 2nd Joel Woof, 1st Oscar Flyght Club (Cash) (Biggest striped marlin caught on a fly - 212lbs) 20th - Arthur Terry (Balti Spoon) 19th - Discophilia 18th - Airwolf 17th - Too Many pies 16th - Haze 15th - WAS 14th - Red 13th - Up The Left 12th - Lords 11th - Aye-Aye 10th - Peppermint Hippos 9th - Flyght Club (Small Balti dish) 8th - Baboom 7th - Cowboys 6th - Whiplash 5th - Angels (getting over a loss to the mighty WAS) 4th - Disc Hunters 3rd - Woof 2nd - Kamaya Maya 1st - Mexican Horse Bandits (Large balti dish) Spirit was tied between Flyght Club and Too Many Pies, and Tom Styles won it for Flyght Club in a game of gibbon. So thanks again, and maybe see you all next year. Andy Gav WAS/Hippos Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] University Open Indoor National Division 2 2005 results
Morning all, This weekend saw us set a couple of records in Staffordshire. We held the tournament with the longest and most convoluted name, (47 characters) and also the tournament with the largest gap between pitches to prevent games interfering with each other. (18.1 miles) It was a strange weekend for most of the teams, but we all want to say thank you to those that came to play, and made it a very hard fought tournament. The results were as follows: 16th UCL (Rice Spoon winners) 15th Flatball 2 14th York 13th BUF 12th Mohawks 11th Positive Mojo 10th UCD 9th Bears (Small Balti Dish Winners) 8th Too Many Pies 7th Boogie Knights 6th Ro Sham Bo 2 5th Uriel 4th OW! 3rd Sublime 2nd Skunks 1st BLT (Large Balti Dish Winners) Spirit of the Game - Positive Mojo Thanks again to all those who helped throughout the weekend, and hope you all had a good time. Lost property list to be collated and sent out later. Andy, Ewen Tom Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] RE:FREE IPOD NANO
Yes. I am guessing it is a joke/con/spam. If you get one, I saw the email first, so please forward the IPOD to me -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 November 2005 11:45 To: britdisc@near.me.uk Subject: [BD] RE:FREE IPOD NANO Did anyone else get the mail stating they have won a free IPOD Nano? __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] First aid supplies
I have plugged this company before, but I am going to do so again, because it
was a while ago.
www.firstaid4sport.co.uk javascript:ol('www.firstaid4sport.co.uk'); is a
great website for ready made first aid kits, and also individual items such as
a bumper pack of instant cold packs, plasters, tape, whatever. If clubs are
putting on practices in parks or anywhere without first aid cover, then you
should really bring along a basic kit like this for your players benefit. (and
presumably think about who has any know-how to use it) You can order a basic
kit for around £20, or put a more ultimate orientated one together for as cheap.
Anyway, the good bit is that we can all get a 5% discount when we order. If you
log in, and then register as part of the loyalty group UK Ultimate Frisbee,
using the password 7408977740, then you get the 5% off straight away. If more
people join up and order stuff, then the level of discount increases, and we
all save a bit more money.
So there you go, advert over. (I am nothing to do with this site, other than a
customer by the way)
Andy
UTB
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RE: [BD] Great Barr Crawls to the NIA, 3-4th December, Brum
Update on Great Barr entries: Teams entered (20): WAS Disc Hunters Flyght Club Up The Left Red Woof Arthur Terry School Lords of the Ring Baboom Whiplash Kamaya Maya Peppermint Hippos Discophilia Mexican Horse Bandits Cowboys Aye-Aye Angels Disconduct (Provisional) Too Many Pies (Provisional) uBu (Provisional) The teams listed as Provisional expressed an interest in entering months ago, and have until the 28th October to send a cheque to keep their spot. If anyone would like to put in a cheque to be on the reserve list, then you can do so. They will obviously be put on the reserve list in the order I receive the cheques. Cheers, Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Godber Sent: 23 September 2005 15:13 To: brit disc; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BD] Great Barr Crawls to the NIA, 3-4th December, Brum Afternoon all, You are all invited to the latest thrilling instalment of the Great Barr Crawl. We are having our usual Birmingham style indoor tournament again this year on December 3-4th, but with a few differences. * 100% more pitch space with 66% more teams at the NIA Community Hall slap bang in Birmingham City Centre (Scene of last years indoor regionals, and yes it is where they used to film Gladiators) * Venue is nestled right amongst the bars, shops, ring-road systems, restaurants, (gentleman's clubs), art galleries, warehouses that make up the lively landscape of modern Birmingham. * Excellent venue with great facilities, etc and still easy to get to. * A minimum of 11, yes 11, games over the weekend. * Innovative schedule to provide shorter gaps between games and time off for Christmas shopping/boozing/whatever you want * Bigger better party with Indoor Skittles competition, prizes, private bar, music, dance floor, the lot. (All taking place in a venue next to a Balti House#) * Party tickets included with team packs. * A chance to do your Christmas shopping in the Bullring in between games. * Free stuff for teams. * A chance to win great prizes, some home-made, but all quality. * Probably no Fantasy Frisbee All Star game, unless you pester Si into scheduling one. There will be 20 team slots available, but people have been pestering me for weeks for a slot, so send your cheques off soon. Cheques for £100 to be payable to Andrew Godber, and sent to the address below. Please make sure that your team name, and a contact email address are written on the back, so you can take part in the democratic scheduling. Any questions, then give me a shout. Andy Gav Si Birmingham # Yes, all of Birmingham is next to Balti houses. ___ Andrew Godber UTB 3, Cumberland Drive Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3YA T: +44 (0) 1827 69410 M: +44 (0) 7733 426124 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] Solihull ultimate
If there are any ultimate players in the Solihull area who would like to join in a bit of corporate Indoor ultimate from 6-7 on Thursdays, then come along to Light Hall school in Shirley, or contact me for details. Andy ___ Andrew Godber UTB 3, Cumberland Drive Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3YA T: +44 (0) 1827 69410 M: +44 (0) 7733 426124 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] Great Barr Crawls to the NIA, 3-4th December, Brum
Afternoon all, You are all invited to the latest thrilling instalment of the Great Barr Crawl. We are having our usual Birmingham style indoor tournament again this year on December 3-4th, but with a few differences. * 100% more pitch space with 66% more teams at the NIA Community Hall slap bang in Birmingham City Centre (Scene of last years indoor regionals, and yes it is where they used to film Gladiators) * Venue is nestled right amongst the bars, shops, ring-road systems, restaurants, (gentleman's clubs), art galleries, warehouses that make up the lively landscape of modern Birmingham. * Excellent venue with great facilities, etc and still easy to get to. * A minimum of 11, yes 11, games over the weekend. * Innovative schedule to provide shorter gaps between games and time off for Christmas shopping/boozing/whatever you want * Bigger better party with Indoor Skittles competition, prizes, private bar, music, dance floor, the lot. (All taking place in a venue next to a Balti House#) * Party tickets included with team packs. * A chance to do your Christmas shopping in the Bullring in between games. * Free stuff for teams. * A chance to win great prizes, some home-made, but all quality. * Probably no Fantasy Frisbee All Star game, unless you pester Si into scheduling one. There will be 20 team slots available, but people have been pestering me for weeks for a slot, so send your cheques off soon. Cheques for £100 to be payable to Andrew Godber, and sent to the address below. Please make sure that your team name, and a contact email address are written on the back, so you can take part in the democratic scheduling. Any questions, then give me a shout. Andy Gav Si Birmingham # Yes, all of Birmingham is next to Balti houses. ___ Andrew Godber UTB 3, Cumberland Drive Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3YA T: +44 (0) 1827 69410 M: +44 (0) 7733 426124 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] Re: Nationals Pickups
So you know about schedules and start times? Any news for the rest of us? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 September 2005 11:42 To: britdisc@near.me.uk Subject: [BD] Re: Nationals Pickups Indeed! Last I heard, the tournament was down to 27 teams. The argument that splitting the Tour venues will reduce the number of teams in the B-Tour because everyone wants/needs to see the top teams to make their tournament worthwhile, isn't really borne out by this lack of interest. Still, a 2:30 start time is fine by me Jaimie Roger Thomson writes: So many pickups, a 29 team knockout (thus giving some top teams more games than others) Surely time to make Nationals a prestigious 16 team tournament than teams actually have to do something to qualify for? Just a thought. __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] drop outs
Might I suggest that all the prospective pick-ups all get themselves to the captains meeting tomorrow to find themselves a matching team? (a la Copa) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry O'Kane Sent: 02 September 2005 16:13 To: 'brit disc' Subject: RE: [BD] drop outs Don't the rules prohibit the Cardiff guys and others from picking up? All rostered teams can pick up one guest (i.e. any unrostored player). B Tour teams are not considered 'rostered', so in effect they can pick up any other unrostered players. The rules are in need of being tidied up, any volunteers to help with this process are very welcome (please email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Barry NB: Everyone who plays needs to be a PAID UKUA member! __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] Seriously...
.B tour results anyone? Seeing as teams were supposed to have entered for nationals by yesterday, and the top 32 rankings can't even be worked out yet? As far as I can gather from speaking to friends, it was along the lines of: 1. Devon 1 2. BPF 2 3. Lucky Huckers 4. Cardiff 5 6 7 8 9. Boogie Knights 10 11 12 Lords of the Ring 13 14 Sheffield Steal 2 15 16. UTB 1 who were mysteriously on the schedule for Colchester, despite playing in Mansfield. Unfortunately, we lost all our games in both events. Andy UTB __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] Tour Standings
So, putting that together with what people have told me: 1 TenaciousDevon1 2 PlasticFactory2 3 LuckyHuckers 4 CardiffUltimate1 5 StrangeBlue 6 Schnell 7 Brighton 2 8 Aye Aye 9 BoogieKnights 10 ABH 11 Discuits 2 12 Lords 1 13 TriggerHappy 14 SheffieldSteal2 15 TenaciousDevon2 Gives an unofficial final tour standings below. Big congratulations to Fire for winning the overall title and obviously congratulations to Clapham for winning the Overall B Tour title. TEAMTOTAL 1 FireOfLondon1 952 2 LeedsLeedsLeeds 912 3 Clapham1884 4 ChevronActionFlash 884 5 Fusion1 768 6 Emo 695 7 BAF 680 8 PlasticFactory1 671 9 BrightonUltimate1 582 10 LtdRelease1 540 11 SheffieldSteal1 522 12 Discuits1 488 13 No-Lo 440 14 FlyghtClub1 399 15 PaddyMurphy 392 16 PlasticFactory2 387 17 Clapham2380 18 TenaciousDevon1 359 19 FireOfLondon2 330 20 UTB1278 21 CardiffUltimate1266 22 StrangeBlue 242 23 Schnell 238 24 LuckyHuckers216 25 MMJ 204 26 Abstract201 27 TriggerHappy189 28 ABH 187 29 LordsOfTheRing1 184 30 AyeAye 176 31 Discuits2 158 32 BrightonUltimate2 141 33 BoogieKnights 102 34 SheffieldSteal2 69 35 Motion 69 36 GBJuniors2 66 37 LtdRelease2 57 38 Fusion2 55 39 SuperMannSchaft 53 40 GBJuniors1 52 41 FlyghtClub2 50 42 Red 47 43 Shaft 43 44 TenaciousDevon2 41 45 NorthernLights 33 46 SuperKlute 30 47 TooManyPies 28 48 Discuits3 25 49 YorkUltimate24 50 BAF223 51 UTB222 52 Sublime 20 53 LordsOfTheRing2 16 54 Airwolf 3 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Retter, Wayne (Redhill) Sent: 18 August 2005 15:58 To: Britdisc Subject: RE: [BD] Seriously... The memory-based list that I've been supplied by a tournament staff member: 1 TenaciousDevon1 2 PlasticFactory2 3 LuckyHuckers 4 CardiffUltimate1 5 StrangeBlue 6 Schnell 7 8 9 BoogieKnights 10 11 12 13 TriggerHappy 14 SheffieldSteal2 15 TenaciousDevon2 Wayne 'Wrecker' Retter Unofficial Tour statto Clapham#13 __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] Tour Standings
Actually I meant: 34 Motion 69 points 35 GB Juniors 2 66points 36 Sheffield 2 65 points. And I got a couple of other totals wrong by a point in the B tour region, but positions were ok. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Godber Sent: 18 August 2005 16:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; britdisc@near.me.uk Subject: [BD] Tour Standings So, putting that together with what people have told me: 1 TenaciousDevon1 2 PlasticFactory2 3 LuckyHuckers 4 CardiffUltimate1 5 StrangeBlue 6 Schnell 7 Brighton 2 8 Aye Aye 9 BoogieKnights 10 ABH 11 Discuits 2 12 Lords 1 13 TriggerHappy 14 SheffieldSteal2 15 TenaciousDevon2 Gives an unofficial final tour standings below. Big congratulations to Fire for winning the overall title and obviously congratulations to Clapham for winning the Overall B Tour title. TEAMTOTAL 1 FireOfLondon1 952 2 LeedsLeedsLeeds 912 3 Clapham1884 4 ChevronActionFlash 884 5 Fusion1 768 6 Emo 695 7 BAF 680 8 PlasticFactory1 671 9 BrightonUltimate1 582 10 LtdRelease1 540 11 SheffieldSteal1 522 12 Discuits1 488 13 No-Lo 440 14 FlyghtClub1 399 15 PaddyMurphy 392 16 PlasticFactory2 387 17 Clapham2380 18 TenaciousDevon1 359 19 FireOfLondon2 330 20 UTB1278 21 CardiffUltimate1266 22 StrangeBlue 242 23 Schnell 238 24 LuckyHuckers216 25 MMJ 204 26 Abstract201 27 TriggerHappy189 28 ABH 187 29 LordsOfTheRing1 184 30 AyeAye 176 31 Discuits2 158 32 BrightonUltimate2 141 33 BoogieKnights 102 34 SheffieldSteal2 69 35 Motion 69 36 GBJuniors2 66 37 LtdRelease2 57 38 Fusion2 55 39 SuperMannSchaft 53 40 GBJuniors1 52 41 FlyghtClub2 50 42 Red 47 43 Shaft 43 44 TenaciousDevon2 41 45 NorthernLights 33 46 SuperKlute 30 47 TooManyPies 28 48 Discuits3 25 49 YorkUltimate24 50 BAF223 51 UTB222 52 Sublime 20 53 LordsOfTheRing2 16 54 Airwolf 3 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Retter, Wayne (Redhill) Sent: 18 August 2005 15:58 To: Britdisc Subject: RE: [BD] Seriously... The memory-based list that I've been supplied by a tournament staff member: 1 TenaciousDevon1 2 PlasticFactory2 3 LuckyHuckers 4 CardiffUltimate1 5 StrangeBlue 6 Schnell 7 8 9 BoogieKnights 10 11 12 13 TriggerHappy 14 SheffieldSteal2 15 TenaciousDevon2 Wayne 'Wrecker' Retter Unofficial Tour statto Clapham#13 __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] Split tours
So then - that was the first ever split A B tour event last weekend; was it as good as everyone expected? Were all your dreams fulfilled? Share your thoughts with the rest of us. (The B tour results would be good too) Andy UTB __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] Description of your club
I guess that the main argument against that is that there are a lot of teams in the UKUA database that never actually practice anywhere throughout the year. If Dom did it this way, then hopefully he would get responses from all the geo-clubs around the country that do actually practice, rather than a list which contains a lot of student old-boys teams that get together for indoors twice a year. After all, whatever we give out to the unsuspecting student has to be effective and to the point, and they will get a bit annoyed if the first 4 teams they email near to them don't train anyway. Lets remember, Dom is asking for a paragraph; and it is in order to get more people playing properly. It can't be that bad? Andy UTB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Thomson Sent: 12 August 2005 09:58 To: 'Dominic Hall'; britdisc@near.me.uk Subject: RE: [BD] Description of your club Dominic - Wouldn't it be better for this just to be an additional field or two on the UKUA finder? Why not talk to the UKUA webmaster? Whatever you want to put into the Lookfly CD would just be an export of a pretty easy query. Otherwise you are duplicating a system and data that already exists - you won't be able to rely on people giving you a full set of information and any updates would have to be made in two places at once... Enthusiasm is to be admired but it shouldn't complicate matters or burden team captains with having to provide more info to more sources. Bear Consultant Coach to the Thundering Herd PS London Summer League is proving to be more exciting and of higher quality than ever before - now we're in the knockout games we've had 2 amazing close games played in great spirit: such a shame it's nearly over (and that we lost the 1/4!) Long live summer and winter leagues, surely the future of our sport. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dominic Hall Sent: 10 August 2005 18:59 To: britdisc@near.me.uk Subject: [BD] Description of your club Hi BD, One of the big points where we lose people from our sport is directly after University - a lot of the people who play at Uni graduate, then say to themselves There's no club near where my parents / my new job, or The only club near me is for really experienced people, they won't want me. Now, I know there's already a Clubfinder on the UKUA website, but it's not particularly friendly. I'm proposing to put something in the Fresher's Packs CD that Lookfly / Roadie Films put together - it's the most direct way of getting info to students. We'll be putting in a Where to play Ultimate over the summer holidays section. Ideally, I'd like a brief paragraph on each club in the country in there. This should contain: Club name Normal training location(s) and times Perceived geographical catchment area Attitude to complete beginners (We coach people from beginner level / we're only for experienced players Attitude to inexperienced players (only played Uni ultimate) Contact email addresses and phone numbers Divisions the club plays in (Open, mixed, women's, Juniors) plus any other information you might feel is useful. Please email me with a brief description of your club, and look forward to a flood of students coming to your practices. Dominic _ Want to block unwanted pop-ups? Download the free MSN Toolbar now! http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/ __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.5/67 - Release Date: 09/08/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.7/70 - Release Date: 11/08/2005 __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] Re: Rubbish @ Tour events
We just need players to give a s*t. While we are on this particular subject, would it really be that much of a problem for people to clear up their rubbish by the sides of the pitches after they have finished a match? You obviously were able to carry your water bottles over to the game, so it can't take too much effort to get rid of the empty bottle afterwards surely? If we are worried about image to spectators/on-lookers then a set of pitches strewn with rubbish can't be that good. And no, this isn't just because I had to pick it up this time around. Andy UTB __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] World Games Flying Disc Final on tape/DVD?
I was going to bring a VHS copy of it to lend to someone at Tour 3. I wonder if the bar at UCE has got a VCR that it could be shown on? I seem to remember some big tv's in the bar area from last year. Andy UTB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Retter Sent: 28 July 2005 23:55 To: BritDisc (List) Subject: [BD] World Games Flying Disc Final on tape/DVD? Did anyone record the World Games Flying Disc Final (USA vs Australia) last Sunday? Onto DVD? (or HD with the capability of burning to DVD) (I'm pretty sure that I can source a video copy and get it burned to DVD, but the odds are that there are UK players with the gadgetry to get a better quality straight-to-DVD versions) Does anyone know if Eurosport, IWGA or any Ultimate organisation plan to release the footage on video/DVD? Just wondering about the legality and ease of uploading/distributing the footage for viewing by those that haven't seen it yet... and/or possible viewing(s) at upcoming UK tournaments... --- Wayne 'Wrecker' Retter __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] WL Dates
Hi, Those dates were exactly what I was thinking of. The only thing that has changed them in the past is whether the venues are available on the Saturdays or the Sundays. I am also very much in favour of trying to get teams to play in their local regions, but I had my whinge about that last year. I would also think that a Charity Mug would go down very well, as all the teams in the Midlands were quite keen to qualify for the CS last year, and would like to get some early season practice. (Having said that, Bears were also disappointed that their promised CS spot was taken away from them, but I had a whinge about that last year too!) Cheers, Midlands (AKA Andy Godber) PS I am looking into new venues for the Midlands as an alternative to last year. Just in case. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Thomson Sent: 22 July 2005 17:04 To: Indoors DOC; Britdisc@near.me.uk Subject: RE: [BD] WL Dates Thanks very much for your hard work Benji, would be brilliant if we could avoid schedule clashes. The joys of an indoor DoC at last :-) The London Winter League was initially set up in 2001 as a springboard for UK teams playing in Hawaii 2002, with a bit of co-ordination we can make the now UK-wide Winter Leagues just as good a springboard for Perth 2006 (although the November date means we are more of a chance to bed in new players than a pre-season). It seems to make sense if as many Winter Leagues as possible use the same weekends to free the most dates for schmindoors. Luckily, like Midlands, our initial preference is for the 2nd weekend in every month - to give an extra week after Nationals before we kick off, and so that we don't have to play on Jan 01! Only down-side is that Dec 11 is only 14 days to Christmas and there may be a few absentees - I think our opinion is that we have to live with that. For us that would mean: 1. Sunday Nov 13 2. Sunday Dec 11 3. Sunday Jan 8 4. Sunday Feb 12 5. Saturday Mar 11 Charity shield Party (provisional depending on Rimini etc, can't see any dates on the Paga site) Does that tie in with what Midlands are thinking? To encourage the bigger teams to support their local Winter Leagues we are going to consider closing the Charity Shield to the winners (and maybe 2nd etc) of Regional Winter Leagues plus a couple of invited overseas teams if we can get them. Perhaps we also need to look at the next tier as well (the Charity Mug?), several teams not in the Shield came down to London last year and it went well. Comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] please, or to BD if you think they are important enough. Cheers Bear Consultant Coach to the Thundering Herd. Clapham forever! Bad Company from birth. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Indoors DOC Sent: 22 July 2005 15:30 To: Britdisc@near.me.uk Subject: [BD] WL Dates BD, I've had a couple of expressions of interest about tournaments and dates, but I can't really give people useful advice until I know when winter leagues are happening. Midlands say they'd prefer the second weekend of each month; and I've heard an underground rumour that London WL are thinking second weekend too. Please could WL organisers get in touch with their preferred plans within the next 7 days; otherwise I'll have to assume that everyone's using the second weekend of the month. It'll make life a whole lot easier for me and for the student coordinators. Don't mean to hassle folk, but indoor halls have got to be booked early, and we all want the best ones. If anyone waits until december to announce a winter league that clashes with other planned events, they'll be the only ones to blame for a messed-up calendar. Benji __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.2/55 - Release Date: 21/07/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.2/55 - Release Date: 21/07/2005 __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] 2012
Much as I would like to see Ultimate in the Olympics, I think I would really love to see the worlds (mainly US) broadcasters/commentators forced to try to understand cricket. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Taylor Sent: 07 July 2005 12:15 To: britdisc@near.me.uk Subject: RE: [BD] 2012 Well the host nation gets to introduce a new sport doesn't it? Maybe we should start a campaign to get Ultimate to be the one for 2012? Tails Skunks/Ltd Release From: Alden Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: britdisc@near.me.uk Subject: [BD] 2012 Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 09:27:51 +0100 Hey people Just a quick question - 2012 - has there been any talks of Ultimate being an Olympic sport by then? I've been a bit out of touch so sorry if this has been discussed already. Cheers Alds The information in this email is confidential and intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. ABC cannot accept liability for any statements made which are clearly the sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of ABC or its subsidiaries. ABC does not guarantee that any attachments are free from viruses or other defects and accepts no liability for any losses resulting from infected email transmissions. Audit Bureau of Circulations Ltd (by guarantee) Registered in England Number 259647 211 High Street, Berkhamsted, Herts. HP4 1AD The Audit Bureau of Circulation has checked this e-mail for known virus Using MailMarshal, an automated content filtering software and Sophos anti virus software __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp _ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://messenger.msn.co.uk __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] Indoor Pull
Well, I can offer my services to any tournament director for indoors. I am about 1.97m tall in my trainers, and therefore the service I can offer is to stand at the receiving end for every pull. If I make sure that I am standing in line with the pull when the disc gets to the endzone. If the disc goes over my head (allowing for the depth of the rim, and any sticking up of my hair) then the pull is a bad one. However, if the disc hits me in the head/chest/knackers, then you are guaranteed that the pull was a good one, and you also have a handy marker as to where to begin play from. I am awaiting offers from TD's as we speak. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Richards Sent: 24 June 2005 12:40 To: britdisc@near.me.uk Subject: RE: [BD] Indoor Pull How will players be able to tell that the disc is less than 2 metres high when it leaves the pitch? Will we have additional lines on the wall? Walls made of soft clay so that we can see the indentation? Special discs made of chalk? I can just imagine the disputes now. At Energis we want our customers to succeed. That's why we really welcome your views on how we can improve our performance. If you have any comments, good or bad, please let us know by following this link to our feedback form: http://www.energis.com/Internet/pages/contacts/feedback.aspx?section=fee dback This e-mail is sent by Energis Communications Limited and its contents are confidential and may be legally privileged. __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] Tour schedule
I think the B tour this time around was 3 or 4 x 45mins + caps, then 3 x 60mins + caps. Whilst I agree that this imbalance is not ideal, I think it has been discussed a great deal around Tour 1 that there is only so much pitch time to be shared around at each event this year. The facts are this year the venues are a little bit too small for the numbers of teams entering, and next year bids will have to face up to this. I would like to imagine that at Tour 4 this year (with split venues) we may end up being able to have more pitch time all around, because of greater numbers of pitches. (Obviously I could be proved wrong by someone clever like JP, because there is more than that to scheduling) Hopefully the silver-lining of the pitch-time-cloud is that it must mean more teams entering the Women's B tours than before, and a kick up the backside to more people to find venues for tour events next year. I guess that changes to costs could be a fairer way of reflecting the difference if the pitch time itself is seen as a fait accompli. It would mean ending up with tournament fees being along the lines of £200 for A, £125 for B women's instead of £160 say. Is £200 a bad deal anyway, considering it is split to less than £15 for 15 people. (tournament fees are always the cheapest part of the weekend anyway) Andy UTB PS I will save this email for after Tour 3, when the same discussion starts again. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aura Mackenzie Sent: 18 May 2005 11:38 To: Ultimate Frisbee Subject: RE: [BD] Tour schedule Maybe we could use this opportunity to address the imbalance in play time between the A, B and women's Tours too. As described in previous posts to Britdisc, the situation as it stands is not fair. At the moment: A Tour (6 x 90 min) B Tour (??) Women's Tour (7 x 45-60 min) I'd be happy with whatever change in schedule is deemed appropriate provided that the following is implemented if there are still big differences in pitch time: ***Have differences in cost for different divisions. Relative costs could be determined by the UKUA according to the schedule and forwarded to TDs, who then set the entry fees accordingly.*** As another aside, the Women's final should also have a slot on its own so that others can watch. I'd say alongside the Open final is fine and people can choose which game to watch or flitter between the two. Both the Open and Women's finals showcase the game at its highest standard and feature some of the top teams in Europe. Aura Iceni __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] AB Women's tour Pitch time
JP said: Can they UKU or the TD's of the remaining three tours inform us how many pitches they have for their events and what average length of games can be expected? I would severely doubt that they can answer the second part of your question, as they have no idea of numbers of teams. I would think that it will be harder than ever to predict numbers of teams for Tours 2-4 this year because of exams, EUCC interruptions, and the lack of having to go to Scotland for Tour 4. (I am not saying that is an acceptable reason, but just one of the realistic reasons why Edinburgh is always a bit quieter) Most people I spoke to before Tour 1 were amazed at how many teams were going to play, which couldn't have been predicted at bid stage. (49 teams to 60 teams is a fairly big jump from last year) When the initial invites were sent out, I am guessing that Adam Matt didn't worry about limiting numbers, as that has never been a problem, and after that you can't refuse people entry. Once that number of teams have entered, it is obviously far too late to do anything about finding a second venue. Then couple that with a loss of pitches for the weekend, and you have the problems with scheduling as we saw at the weekend. I think that we have got to the stage now where the need for the preparatory work from last year (formulating the split in the tours) has become obvious, and ideally this years events would have had split venues to provide more pitch time. However, I think a lot of people over the close season looked at the fact that last years venues coped with joint events, and didn't expect anything different for the coming year. Now that we have seen that a combined tour event stretches the venues to the limits, TD's and prospective TD's can scout around for more venues for smaller events. Hopefully next year the sport will grow even more, and make sure that we have some excellent events at excellent venues. Lets hope you can find a good venue in Oxford for next year. (It is much closer to Birmingham) Andy UTB __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] Tour 2 view point of issues raised by Jon Palmer
Stu, Your email was going so well until the middle paragraph. I will give the mild-mannered response - I think everyone would like to go to a tour event with good accommodation, food, facilities, etc. Even if there isn't a Toga-dry-cleaners on site. As people have suggested, it would be nice to have a uniform standard at Tour A B events, so people don't have to adjust to anything other than the standard of play. Andy UTB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stu Greer Sent: 05 April 2005 16:36 To: britdisc@near.me.uk Subject: Re: [BD] Tour 2 view point of issues raised by Jon Palmer Surley a solution to the difference in times and organisational problems for TDs would be to split the two tours to different venues, which is what I half expect to be happening this year and am supprised it hasen't happened already. This way womens and Tour A could be at one venue (or even two) and Tour B could be at another. This way tournaments could be more tailored to the participants. ie Tour A could have less enthusis on parties and more on providing good food and accom for the old men, while Tour B could be more about parties to attract the beginners and students into Ultimate and could also have longer games like A tour. (I know this is a generalisation of Tour A and B but probably true). This also makes it easier to schedule full games with decent gaps for all three competitions, and it means that venues don't have to be limited to ones that can hold 30+ pitches, so more people from different areas can bid for tournaments. Stu Steal #02 From: Darroch Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: George Leach [EMAIL PROTECTED], britdisc@near.me.uk Subject: Re: [BD] Tour 2 view point of issues raised by Jon Palmer Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 16:13:50 +0100 (BST) Hi George, I agree that smaller teams do find it difficult to commit early, but I think that Hannah's point was that the bigger teams could and should follow Leed's example and pay their club earlier, allowing for early payment at tournaments. Tour 1 in Bristol shows that one way to get more pitch time available is to start earlier. Our team managed to survive an early Sunday start and win their 8am game. I hope that there are other teams currently in the B Tour that would also choose to get up early if it meant better length games. There have been a few suggestion of B Tour teams being ripped off (or at least getting fewer minutes for their entry fee). While it might please some B Tour teams to get better value for money, I don't want a discount for less playing time. Instead I'd would prefer to get longer games that would give us useful insight into the effort and commitment required to survive in the A Tour. Possum UTB #3 p.s. The spelling, grammar and views in this email are solely my own and don't neccessarily reflect those of my team mates.I don't see how this will solve the problem hannah. This may be all well and good for the larger teams. It will increase, slightly, the number of teams signing up early but there will always be small clubs who want to enter Tour who cannot commit early. The problem arises due to the open entry to Tour. As I can't see this being abolished there will always be the danger of over-subscription for an event which will cause problems with pitch time. I do think that its unacceptable that Tour A gets so much more pitch time than anyone else for the same price. Someone questioned earlier why there isn't a standard game length in the UK. The question wasn't answered but it'd be interesting to hear peoples points of view on it. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] Midland Winter League final report
Morning all, During an absolutely appalling day of wind, rain, mud, more wind, snow, more wind, and cold the final day of the Midland Winter League was played out in the windy city of Lichfield. All 9 teams came along to play once again with some adapting better than others to the pitch conditions. Apologies for those teams that had to play all their games on the worst of the new pitches, but believe me, they were better than the old ones. (Not 2 inches of standing water) The final results are as follows: UTB 10 vs 2 Flyght Club Airwolf 6 vs 2 HazeLords 7 vs 5 uBu B Knights 7 vs 2 Flyght Club 2 Airwolf 4 vs 7 uBu Bears 10 vs 2 Flyght Club B Knights 7 vs 2 HazeBears 7 vs 2 Lords UTB 7 vs 2 Flyght Club 2 UTB 5 vs 8 Bears Airwolf 4 vs 9 Lords Haze2 vs 11 uBu B Knights 7 vs 10 Lords Flyght Club 2 1 vs 14 uBu Flyght Club 12 vs 1 Haze B Knights 9 vs 5 UTB Airwolf 10 vs 3 Flyght Club Bears 13 vs 5 Flyght Club 2 This means that the final standings are as follows: TeamPlayed Won Drawn LostDifference Points Boogie Knights 16 14 0 2 66 28 Bears 16 12 1 3 77 25 UTB 16 10 1 5 61 21 Lords of the Ring 16 10 0 6 7 20 uBu 16 9 0 7 22 18 Flyght Club 16 8 0 8 -2 16 Flyght Club 2 16 3 2 11 -42 8 Airwolf 16 3 0 13 -83 6 Haze16 1 0 15 -1022 Boogie Knights took the trophy off to Liverpool for the next year, where hopefully they will get it engraved. The Runners-Up trophy should be winging its way from Nottingham to Warwick in the next few weeks, and the Spirit trophy went to Haze. (via some friends) Boogie Knights can look forward to playing in the Charity Shield, but apparently Bears can't any more. Many thanks to all teams for attending throughout the winter, and for all of UTB and others who helped to run the events. See you all next year. Andy PS Did I mention the wind? ___ Andy Godber UTB/MWL __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] Midland Winter League trophies
Morning all, Could anyone who has the trophies from the MWL last year please return them to me for the next event? Thanks, ___ Andrew Godber UTB 3, Cumberland Drive Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3YA T: +44 (0) 1827 69410 M: +44 (0) 7733 426124 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] Birmingham Indoor Qualifying Results
Afternoon all, Thanks again to all who helped out with running the tournament at the weekend, and thanks to all the teams who turned up for coming and making the event a success at a new venue. Great credit to Gav for organising the event by himself, as he did a great job. Some excellent games throughout the weekend, culminating in a couple of classic semi-finals involving a sudden death finish, and a last second point setting up another sudden death game; all followed by an excellent final match. Final results are as follows: 16th Skunks 1 - SPIRIT WINNERS 15th uBu 2 14th Skunks 2 13th Mohawks 12th Lords of the Ring 2 11th Stourbridge 10th Spearmint Hippos 9th uBu 1 - PLATE WINNERS 8th Bangor Badgers 7th Disc Hunters (Hope the guy with the shoulder is ok) 6th Lords of the Ring 1 5th Rusty Caius 4th Slippery When Wet 3rd Discuits 2nd Ex-Fingers 6 1st Kamaya Maya - CUP/BALTI DISH WINNERS As Gavin said yesterday, don't ask us about qualifying spots for Nationals - we don't know. I am sure Barry/Chris will fill us in. Thanks again, and maybe see you next year. ___ Andrew Godber UTB __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] UKU Indoor Qualifiers
Seeing as we are all having a go at this, we in Birmingham are also significantly short of teams to make the tournament worthwhile at the moment. (Got about 6-8 teams so far) Are teams: a) Going somewhere else on the dates? b) annoyed because there isn't an event right by them? c) leaving sending a cheque until the New Year? d) just not bothered about indoors at all? If you want to come to Birmingham, but can't get a cheque together instantly, then please get in touch with Gav on [EMAIL PROTECTED], or via someone else from UTB. (Not me, I will be on holiday) All the original details are below, please get in touch soon and have a good Christmas. Andy Gav UTB Morning all again, Roll up! Roll up! We are now accepting entries for the much debated Indoor Qualifiers event in the NIA Community Hall in Birmingham. The details: 15th-16th January, 9-5pm £80 per team (or £40 for junior teams) We have dropped the price to cater for the fact that you will have to pay to park your cars at the venue. There are free park ride sites all around the outskirts of Birmingham that will drop you off within 5 mins of the venue. Other than that, you could use public transport, or share cars to reduce the cost even more!! Easy access from M6, 5 mins walk from New Street Station, 10mins walk from National Express Coach station in Digbeth, 30min train walk or bus ride from Birmingham International Airport. Space for up to 24 teams. (Number of qualifying spots to be confirmed by UKUA) Food/snacks to be available within the venue, and plenty of shops nearby. (Plus an aquarium!) Accommodation should be available on some luxurious local floors. Any questions, give me a shout, or send your cheque payable to Gavin Newman and a note to: Gavin Newman 23 Queens Court Bridge Street Birmingham B1 2JR. Thanks for listening, and hope to see you all there. Andy Gav UTB __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] MWL 2
Afternoon all, Thanks again for coming along to MWL 2. I hope you all enjoyed yourself in the mud. I won't waffle on too much, but the results were as follows: Bears 13 vs 6 Lords Boogie Knights 9 vs 7 UTB Flyght Club 2 1 vs 11 uBu Airwolf 11 vs 6 HazeBoogie Knights 9 vs 6 uBu Flyght Club 10 vs 5 Lords Airwolf 5 vs 7 UTB Flyght Club 8 vs 5 Flyght Club 2 Bears 14 vs 1 Haze Bears 8 vs 2 Flyght Club Boogie Knights 9 vs 5 Flyght Club 2 UTB 6 vs 7 uBu Airwolf 4 vs 5 Flyght Club 2 Haze3 vs 7 uBu Lords of the Ring 8 vs 7 UTB Airwolf 5 vs 11 Bears Boogie Knights 13 vs 5 Lords Flyght Club 10 vs 2 Haze This means that Boogie Knights maintain their 100% record for the first half of the season, and await someone to challenge them. Another excellent performance by uBu has pushed them into second place with 4 teams chasing behind them. Also credit to Airwolf for their first win lifting them from the bottom of the table. Standings as follows: TeamPlayed Won Drawn LostFor Against Difference Points Boogie Knights 8 8 0 0 81 43 38 16 uBu 8 6 0 2 55 40 15 12 Lords of the Ring 8 5 0 3 64 61 3 10 UTB 8 4 1 3 64 44 20 9 Bears 8 4 1 3 67 50 17 9 Flyght Club 8 4 0 4 50 48 2 8 Flyght Club 2 8 1 2 5 42 64 -22 4 Airwolf 8 1 0 7 40 66 -26 2 Haze8 1 0 7 35 82 -47 2 MWL 3 will be on the 9th January at the same place. More details to follow on later. I won't be there, so the rest of UTB will be helping out with the organisation. Thanks again, and have a good Christmas. (Don't forget to get in your cheques for Regionals at the NIA in Birmingham!) Andy MWL ___ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses. __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] UKUA Indoor Nationals Qualifiers, Birmingham NIA, 15-16th January
Morning all again, Roll up! Roll up! We are now accepting entries for the much debated Indoor Qualifiers event in the NIA Community Hall in Birmingham. The details: 15th-16th January, 9-5pm £80 per team (or £40 for junior teams) We have dropped the price to cater for the fact that you will have to pay to park your cars at the venue. There are free park ride sites all around the outskirts of Birmingham that will drop you off within 5 mins of the venue. Other than that, you could use public transport, or share cars to reduce the cost even more!! Easy access from M6, 5 mins walk from New Street Station, 10mins walk from National Express Coach station in Digbeth, 30min train walk or bus ride from Birmingham International Airport. Space for up to 24 teams. (Number of qualifying spots to be confirmed by UKUA) Food/snacks to be available within the venue, and plenty of shops nearby. (Plus an aquarium!) Accommodation should be available on some luxurious local floors. Any questions, give me a shout, or send your cheque payable to Gavin Newman and a note to: Gavin Newman 23 Queens Court Bridge Street Birmingham B1 2JR. Thanks for listening, and hope to see you all there. Andy Gav UTB ___ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses. __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] Midland Winter League 2004-5
Hi there, The details for the Midland Winter League have now been confirmed for this season. As with last season, all the fixtures will take place in one venue, that venue being Friary Grange School/Leisure Centre in Lichfield. The venue is easily accessible from most directions by car, and is about 20-25mins walk from Lichfield City station. The dates are: Sunday 14th November Sunday 12th December Sunday 9th January Sunday 13th February The games will take place from 10am-4pm. Please can all teams wishing to take part email me, and send a cheque for £100 (£25 per event) payable to Andrew Godber to the address below. The closing date for entries will be 22nd October, so all cheques should be in by then. Teams entering the league will be expected to pay for the entire league, and will lose their money in the event of a no-show at any one fixture. Second teams will be accepted. Also, anyone wanting to keep up to date with news, details, etc should subscribe to midlandwinterleague on www.yahoogroups.com as this will be the last mass posting/posting on Britdisc. Current teams expressing an interest: Airwolf, Bears, Boogie Knights, Flyght Club, Lords of the Ring, Magnificent Severn, Purple Haze, Random Fling, UTB. Any takers from BAF, EMO, Oxford, Mental Discs? Please let me know. Please give me a shout with any questions. Cheers, Andy Godber MWL Organiser 3, Cumberland Drive Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3YA 01827 69410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses. __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] scheduling issues
Silly? Yes. Avoidable? Hard to see that it could be. Nottingham Birmingham submitted their bids on the UKU range of dates given, and could only get venues on these dates. The UKU calendar didn't incorporate the Student ones at the time. Warwick had no knowledge of when the actual tournaments that got bids accepted when they put their date forward. Solution? All should come to Birmingham. It is a lovely place.* Andy UTB *(Other places are available) -Original Message- From: Ewen Buckling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 November 2004 14:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BD] scheduling issues am i right in thinking that we now have 4 tournaments scheduled for the same weekend 15/16 jan: student ntn, indoor qualifiers birmingham, indoor qualifiers nottingham and warwick indoors? does this seem slightly silly to anyone else? any midlands teams that make it to ntn are gonna have a tough choice to make. ewen ubu #77 __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] 2005 UKU Indoor Qualifiers - Birmingham, 15-16th January
Morning everybody, (This email is being sent before the proper invite comes out, just to keep everyone in the picture) We are very pleased to announce that the 1st UKU Indoor Nationals Qualifying event will be held in Birmingham on the 15th-16th of January this year. We have managed to negotiate use of the NIA (*) for the weekend, and will be holding a 2 pitch tournament there. Stick it in your diaries now, and keep your eyes on Britdisc in the coming weeks for all the proper details. Close to the centre of Birmingham, and within easy reach of dozens of bars restaurants, next door to the Sea Life Centre, and within 5 mins walk of the Bullring January sales. Oh, and you can also qualify for Indoor Nationals. Look forward to seeing you all there, Andy Gav UTB PS: I don't want to appear to be competing against Warwick, but wanted to make sure people knew that the 2 tournaments clash before people commit to Warwick Indoors. PPS * Smart people will probably guess that we aren't actually using the main NIA arena, but the Community Hall underneath. It is still a huge hall, but we don't have to pay for 4500 seats. __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] RE: [uniultimate] EMO Hat Tournament - Sunday 7th November
Brummie, I am really sorry that EMO and Purple Haze have both decided that it is better for them to send teams on a 200 mile round trip rather than support their local area. I can understand your view that you want a higher standard of competition, but how will you ever get it if teams just go to London instead? Is the LWL going to end up as Winter Tours 1-4? Teams like mine would thrive on getting the opportunity to play teams higher up the ladder than us, but I honestly can appreciate that it isn't the same from the other viewpoint. If there are other teams out there in the Midlands who would like to avoid congestion charging, please get in contact with me ASAP about Midland Winter League, and how you can be a part of it. Andy Midland Winter League UTB PS Glad to here that you will be feeding into other teams as well as feeding off them. Is that also known as telling people to p*ss off? :-) -Original Message- From: Sion Scone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 October 2004 18:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uniultimate] EMO Hat Tournament - Sunday 7th November BD / UU, EMO will be holding a hat tournament as a selection process for the forthcoming season. EMO train in and around the Leicester/Nottingham region, currently an area lacking a top team. This season should prove to be different. If you are interested in playing with a serious team with serious ambition, please read on. Aim: EMO is aiming to be a major player in British ultimate. Achieving and maintaining a top 8 finish, and competing seriously against the best UK teams is our goal, with the view to qualification for WUCC Perth 2006. We also want to spread our roots, and feed from and into other local teams. There are no Midlands based teams capable of making the top 4, but there are more than enough players. Now is your chance to play at that level. How?: EMO are changing - there will be a single squad, a single team, with a single goal. We mean business. Hard training and regular attendance to mid-week practices all-year-round are *obligatory*. There are already many people on the EMO roster, but all squad places are up for grabs - existing EMO players will need to prove their worth. We also acknowledge that there are fantastic players in our region who are lured by the bright lights of bigger teams. EMO will be able to provide a platform for raising the profile of ultimate in the region, so that you will always be pushed at training, no matter what level you play at. We will also be competing in the London Winter League (LWL) this season, which will provide the top level competition during the off-season that has been missing for Midlands teams recently. Want to be involved? Then please come and play in our hat tournament! It's taking place in Victoria Park, Leicester, on Sunday 7th Nov. Games start at 10am sharp, so be ready for play at 9.30 at the latest to meet your team and warm up. This event will be the basis for selection for the EMO squad for the first LWL event, and for the rest of the season, but if you're injured or otherwise unable to attend please respond anyway. If you are a big player on a big team, but training locally appeals to you, please get in touch. There is no commitment at this stage, so let us know if you want to come along for a hard day's play. Note the word hard - this is not a casual game or two. If you aren't going to be able to commit a lot of time and effort to this team, then find an alternative team. If you want to play, please respond to me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) with the subject line EMO Hat, and the following details: Name: Current Team: Years Played: Contact e-mail address: Also specify if you are unable to attend but are still interested. Thanks, and I hope to see you soon. Brummie EMO _ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=129rlbeo4/M=294855.5468653.6549235.3001176/D=gr oups/S=1705079605:HM/EXP=1098294877/A=2376776/R=0/SIG=11ldm1jvc/*http://prom otions.yahoo.com/ydomains2004/index.html click here http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=294855.5468653.6549235.3001176/D=groups/S= :HM/A=2376776/rand=536103543 _ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uniultimate/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uniultimate/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ . ___ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content
[BD] FW: Midland Winter League 2004-5
Hi there, The details for the Midland Winter League have now been confirmed for this season. As with last season, all the fixtures will take place in one venue, that venue being Friary Grange School/Leisure Centre in Lichfield. The venue is easily accessible from most directions by car, and is about 20-25mins walk from Lichfield City station. The dates are: Sunday 14th November Sunday 12th December Sunday 9th January Sunday 13th February The games will take place from 10am-4pm. Please can all teams wishing to take part email me, and send a cheque for £100 (£25 per event) payable to Andrew Godber to the address below. The closing date for entries will be 22nd October, so all cheques should be in by then. Teams entering the league will be expected to pay for the entire league, and will lose their money in the event of a no-show at any one fixture. Second teams will be accepted. Also, anyone wanting to keep up to date with news, details, etc should subscribe to midlandwinterleague on www.yahoogroups.com as this will be the last mass posting/posting on Britdisc. Current teams expressing an interest: Airwolf, Bears, Boogie Knights, Flyght Club, Lords of the Ring, Magnificent Severn, Purple Haze, Random Fling, UTB. Any takers from BAF, EMO, Oxford, Mental Discs? Please let me know. Please give me a shout with any questions. Cheers, Andy Godber MWL Organiser 3, Cumberland Drive Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3YA 01827 69410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses. __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] Great Barr Crawl 2004
It is full. No more cheques please. Andy Si UTB ___ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses. __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] Re: Tour Structure etc
(NB: Chris Rawlinson, the 400m hurdler, did not drink any alcohol for 1 year before the Olympics!) Not even before his semi-final, when he couldn't even tell where the hurdle was? ___ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses. __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] Open Tour Update
Barry, Chris, et al, I would like to apologise on behalf of the relevant player and UTB for breaking the rules at Tour 2. I was gutted in Eastbourne when I realised that one of our players hadn't bothered to sort it out, and I am not here to try and argue our case. It was not our intention to try to cheat the UKU or any of the other teams out of anything, just unacceptable sloppiness. You can rest assured that this won't happen again. In a twisted way, I am glad that this has happened to SG and ourselves, as it has showed that the UKU are willing to enforce all the regulations. I have been whinging to anyone who will listen all year about enforcing deadlines for Tour events, so hopefully that is the next one to be strict on. I would like to reinforce the call now for all of the Tour teams to make sure that their registering is up to scratch for the next event, as I am fairly certain that Scando can't have checked all the teams. (Unless he was a very busy man) See you at the weekend, Andy Godber UTB -Original Message- From: Barry O'Kane To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24/05/2004 09:13 Subject: [BD] Open Tour Update -Original Message- From: HUGHES, Chris All, After repeated warnings, two teams at T2 were found to have fielded illegal players. The two teams in question, Smash Grab and UTB have been penalised 25% of their tour points effectively immediately. Smash and Grab will retain their position as tournament winners, but will be moved down the promotion order, along with UTB based on the points scored. Therefore Bristol Plastic Factory will be promoted first, and then teams will await promotion in the following order; Shox, Paddy Murphy, Smash and Grab, Cardiff and GB Juniors. If none of these teams wish to accept the promotion place then Hammerage will remain in the A tour for T3. The reasons for enforcing this rule are as follows: 1. The money raised by player fees are what keeps the UKU financially afloat. We need that money to continue to run the sport. All other players pay to play the game. It is the captains responsibility to ensure that all players fielded by his/her team are valid players. 2. Part of the player fee is insurance against injury to 3rd party. Should a player injure a 3rd party without insurance then that player is liable to be sued for damages. If the injury is severe and requires continued medical support this figure could be large, and without insure the tournament organisers and UKU directors can be made personally liable for the costs. That is a risk that these people should not have to accept. Therefore checks will continue to be made and the penalties will continue to be harsh. At T3 penalty for fielding an unregistered players, or unrostered in the A tour, will be 50% of tour points. A second offence by Smash Grab or UTB will result in disqualification for the team. The points position is as follows. (Apologies for the delay - I'm having computer trouble - still!) Chris Hughes DoC ___ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses. __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] Tournament Costs again
Especially as the B Tour always gets stuck on the worst pitches as well, where injuries are more likely/frequent. (This is not a specific criticism of the excellent organisation of Tour 2, as they were a victim of circumstances. ) -Original Message- From: Jon Palmer To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20/05/2004 13:19 Subject: [BD] Tournament Costs again BD, Following on from the discussion that the bidding process and costs should be more transparent, why do the A and B tours cost the same to enter? At Tour 2 each B tour team had 7 or 8, one hour games. The A tour teams got 6 one hour and forty five minute games. That means that the A tour teams get at least 25% more pitch time than the B tour teams. (put another way the A tour had 8 pitches for 16 teams and the b tour had only 10 pitches for 26) Given that pitch hire/marking is the single largest cost (50-75%) of running a tournament why isn't this difference in pitch time reflected in the cost of playing in the different tours? Why are the smaller, newer B tour teams expected to subsidise the larger, more established clubs in the A tour? JP Shox __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp ___ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses. __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] First Aid Kits, etc
Hi there, I thought that I would share something with you all briefly. I have found a good internet site supplying First Aid supplies, ice packs, etc specifically for sports teams called http://www.firstaid4sport.co.uk/. I ordered some stuff through there last week, and got it delivered within 3 days for a reasonable price. The reason that I am telling you all about it is that they offer what they call Loyalty Groups for their customers. Basically, if you join any group, then you get a 5% discount, but if the group orders a large amount in the future, that discount could go up to 20%. I have set up a loyalty group called UK Ultimate Frisbee which anyone can join with the following password: 7408977740. You will have to set yourself up as a user on their website, but I think you could also get the discount on phone orders by quoting the password. Any email to the loyalty group will go to myself, rather than spamming Britdisc, and I will forward on any important notices from them. So you can get the 5% discount straight away, and hopefully we can build it up more. Hopefully this will be helpful to people, and remind you all that you should have some first aid cover for team practices, etc when you are in a public park, etc. Apologies if this isn't interesting to you. Andy Godber UTB ___ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses. __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] RE: Tour 2 Entries
Well that's alright, can't we all just ignore the deadline again like at Tour 1? That way everyone is happy, and no-one ever bothers with a deadline for any tournament. It isn't as if we are always talking about raising the professional-ness of the sport or anything :-) Andy UTB -- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:03:36 +0100 From: Nolan Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BD] URGENT - Tour2 Entries To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Several top teams have still not entered T2 (Leeds, Clapham, Chevvy etc). We only have 24 teams and the entry deadline of 1st May approaches rapidly. Please go to our site and get your teams entered if you intend taking part. Teams so far... Abstract Discuits Discuits 2 EMO 1 Fire of London 1 Fire of London 2 Fusion 1 Fusion 2 Hammerage Limited Release 1 Limited Release 2 Lords of the Ring Lords of the Ring 2 Paddy Murphy Red Dog Sheffield Steal 1 Sheffield Steal 2 Shox Smash Grab Strange Blue Tenacious Devon 1 Tenacious Devon 2 Ultimate Team Birmingham 1 Ultimate Team Birmingham 2 Regards Nolan BritOpen04 2/3/4 July 04 Eastbourne Sports Park -- Tour2 15/16 May 04 Eastbourne Sports Park -- BritOpen/Tour2 Admin 3 Wish Road Eastbourne BN21 4NX -- t: 01323 433133 f: 01323 430223 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.britopen.co.uk -- ___ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses. __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] Great Barr Crawl 3 Results
Hi there, Last weekend saw the 3rd outing of the Great Barr Crawl indoor tournament in sunny Birmingham. There was a big improvement in the level of play from the previous years, and possibly the smallest social in Ultimate with only a maximum of about 20 people. Despite that, everyone had a lot of fun, and especially enjoyed a nail-biting final between Whiplash and an Angels-ish team, that was taken 10-9 by Whiplash in sudden death. Thanks to all those teams who took part, and a big thanks to all Slipdisc, uBu, X-SD, and WAS and anyone else who helped set-up, run the score board, and clean up afterwards. Final results: 1. Whiplash 2. Angels 3. Disc Hunters 4. Red 5. Flyght Club 6. WAS 7. Lords of the Ring (Plate Winners + Spirit) 8. X-SD 9. Skumy 10. Bullet Proof Mwnci 11. Slipdisc 12. uBu MVP from the final (Prize kindly donated by LookFly) - Tony from Whiplash. Layout Prize - The tall bloke from Disc Hunters (Many apologies, as I never found out your name!) All Star Fantasy Game Points Winner - Si Barry (Angels) with 20 Fantasy Frisbee points. Lost property - I have now found the orange disc that someone from Red was after, so get in touch with me about getting it back somehow. Thanks again, and we hope to see you next year. Andy Simon UTB ___ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses. __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] New Birmingham Geo-Team
Hi there, I would like to briefly announce that a new Geo-Team is forming in the West Midlands. The club will be formed primarily by players from Slipdisc, uBu and Kamaya Maya (Stourbridge if you didn't know), but we will also welcome anyone else from the West Midlands area who could committ to regular practices in Birmingham or Stourbridge, and is willing to committ to the club. If you are interested, then please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to find out more details. (NOT THIS ADDRESS) Regards, Andrew Godber +Simon Statham +Tom Bolstridge ___ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses. __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
[BD] Bids, etc
Seeing as there was a little bit of a minor discussion regarding Indoor bids recently (which everyone hates anyway), I wondered if anyone had looked on the UKU site and noticed that we only have 2.5 Tours at the moment, which means only 2 events for non-Top 16 teams. This comes after a deadline for bids of 6 weeks ago. Again, should we be starting to worry? Are there some additional bids that are under review/consideration for Tour 2 and Tour 3B, or do the UKU members as a whole need to start looking for other/new venues? Perhaps some feedback on this is necessary, as I would imagine it is harder to find an 8 pitch grass venue that a sports hall. Andy Slipdisc ___ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses. __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] Re: Reasons for not voting
Title: RE: [BD] Re: Reasons for not voting I don't think that is what Finn was getting at. If we only voted for our mates, then that would be crap. What I think he was trying to get at is that the Ultimate community, while small enough to try to encompass everyone's views, is also big enough that there are lots of people that you have never heard of, let alone met or talked to. When most student players are at uni, they are a bit sheltered from the politics of the game, and it takes a while to get to know the issues, etc. This could be a reason why the voting figures are disappointingly pathetic. I know that the manifestos try to get across a person's viewpoint and aims, but it still could be hard to spot whether a candidate is an excellent prospect, or just a raving megalomaniac. (for example) Perhaps there are some more events needed like UKU public meetings, or at least evidence of board meetings, so that people get a chance to see who is helping them play their sport, and so that more people would be inclined to vote for/against people they have seen doing a good/bad job. Of course this relies on people making the effort to turn up to these things, but we all seem to get together for a whole weekend every now and then. Must stop rambling now. Andy Godber Slipdisc -Original Message- From: Philip Richardson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 March 2003 11:11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [BD] Re: Reasons for not voting Thats just wack!!! you shouldn't vote for the people you know but the people that want to do what you feel should be done. Thats what manifesto's are for to give the intentions of the person. Phil R Sublime From: Finn Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BD] Re: Reasons for not voting Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 09:39:20 + This year I voted, but last year the reason I chose not to vote wasn't that I didn't care but simply that I didn't know the people involved and didn't want to f*** it up for everyone else. I'm sure that lots of people are in this position this year, as the manifesto's in themselves don't give you much to go on. Regards, Finn P.S. not criticism or praise, just the way I see it. -- __ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp _ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
RE: [BD] Champions League
For the UK, why don't we have a play-off between the winners of all the Winter Leagues, and then put the top one or two teams from that into the Champions League each year? It would give 'all' teams something to aim for in the Winter, as well as the Summer. It could also go someway to deciding which UK teams could take the regional spots at the UK event. Plus we might be able to trickSky or BBCinto filming us by offering them really cheap TV rights? -Original Message-From: Alex Bowers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 06 December 2002 15:05To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: [BD] Champions League I am pleased to announce a series of tournaments for 2003 that will get the cream of European ultimate playing against eachother on a regular basis. Following discussions amongst the major European teams at WUCC2002 (Hawaii) we have come up with a "European Champions League" format: a series of 8-team invitational club tournaments. The format is designed to increase the level of competition amongst the top European teams and provide a yearly focus for club teams. Champions League 1, Cambridge (UK), 3/4 May 2003 Champions League 2, Mainz (Germany), 14/15 June 2003 Champions League 3, Copenhagen (Denmark), 26/27 July 2003 This schedule is only provisional at present. Each tournament will be attended by 6 member teams, plus 2 regional teams. The member teams for 2003 are Clapham Ultimate, Chevron, Skogsyddans, Ragnarok, Feldrenner, Flying Angels, Red Lights, Liquidisc and HUT. This was based on discussions amongst teams in Hawaii. Somebody will be contacting teams that are interested in taking one of the regional spots for each tournament. Please contact me if you wish to know any more. Alex Bowers Clapham Ultimate on behalf of the Champions League Committee *This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of theindividual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presentedare solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent thoseof the company.If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you havereceived this email in error and that any use, dissemination,forwarding, printing or copying of this mail is strictly prohibited.If you have received this email in error please contact the sender.Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email andattachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping withgood computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actuallyvirus free.dunnhumby limited, Aurora House, 71-75 Uxbridge Road, London, W5 5SL,UK. Company number 2388853*
