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This discussion about about handicapping tournaments is very interesting and 
worthwhile and good luck to everyone who plays at Chris's tournament.

However, as many a time has been said on Britdisc mainly by Shotgun/Hombres 
players the only way to improve in real terms is to practice, train and play 
hard, and enjoy yourself.

Now aside from Shotgun the top three other teams in the country, UTI, Catch and 
Chevron (taken from 98 tour rankings, the fairest way to rank teams at the mo., 
sorry Druids) all are relatively new teams. What i mean is that they haven't 
just latched on to e.g. Stan/VH/Druids/Samarui etc who were Shotgun's closest 
rivals 3-5 years ago. 

All three teams UTI, 22 & Chevy have players with experience 
gained with other teams but ultimately they are their own teams which have been 
developed by the players on those teams. What we (British Ultimate) needs is 
more teams willing to play and practice hard. We are seeing this with Red and 
First Touch for example, but we need more teams at the top. Without this the 
growth and competition which we have at the moment at the top will be lost in a 
few years.

Couple this with further recruitment drives at University and other levels we 
will hopefully have a sustainable growth in our sport.

So, go out and practice, train, have fun, play hard and who knows in two years 
you may be tour champions.


Col.
UTI.