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Subject: Re: To geo or not to geo
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Neil Cooper wrote:
> We are getting to a position where more geo teams are competing at a
> high level. Next year we'll have the bi-annual merry-go round for
> world clubs. I'm not saying I have a solution to this - of course
> players want to play at St. Andrews. Yet will this decrease the
> strength of non-qualifying clubs next year in the tour.?
Red Shift, a geo team, has struggled with player numbers. The team
started last
summer when skunks were available to play for an open team. This year,
those
Skunks have stayed with the uni team to bring up the beginner players,
which is good.
This left Red Shift with enough players if everyone went to every
tournie; this hasn't happened. Consequently, the team hasn't done as
well as they hoped. Add this to
the fact that the better players in the team want to be able to play as
St. Andrews,
those players are now defecting back to their original teams, Red Shift
appears to be
dying out.
Hence, one less Geo-team!
The thought, no incentive to be geo why bother, springs to mind!!
Sean
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<P>Neil Cooper wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <FONT SIZE=-1>We are getting to a position
where more geo teams are competing at a high level. Next year we'll
have the bi-annual merry-go round for world clubs. I'm not saying I have
a solution to this - of course players want to play at St. Andrews. Yet
will this decrease the strength of non-qualifying clubs next year in the
tour.?</FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>Red Shift, a geo team, has struggled with player numbers. The
team started last
<BR>summer when skunks were available to play for an open team. This
year, those
<BR>Skunks have stayed with the uni team to bring up the beginner players,
which is good.
<BR>This left Red Shift with enough players if everyone went to every tournie;
this hasn't happened. Consequently, the team hasn't done as well
as they hoped. Add this to
<BR>the fact that the better players in the team want to be able to play
as St. Andrews,
<BR>those players are now defecting back to their original teams, Red Shift
appears to be
<BR>dying out.
<P>Hence, one less Geo-team!
<P>The thought, no incentive to be geo why bother, springs to mind!!
<P>Sean
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