From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Tue Nov 5 00:51:31 1996 Received: from thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk with ESMTP id AAA20039; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 00:51:25 GMT Received: by thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk id AAA03423; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 00:49:40 GMT Received: from pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk by thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk with ESMTP id AAA03418; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 00:49:32 GMT From: guy@mspc700.dc.mei.melco.co.jp Received: from melcogw.melit.melco.co.jp by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk with SMTP id AAA19895; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 00:49:20 GMT Received: by melcogw.melit.melco.co.jp (5.65+1.6W/2.7W) id AA10930; Tue, 5 Nov 96 09:49:15 JST Received: from meims by inetgw.topo.melco.co.jp (1.38.193.5/6.4J.6-inetgw1.0) id AA14524; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 09:54:17 +0900 Received: from mspc700.dc.mei.melco.co.jp (mspc700.mei.melco.co.jp [150.40.0.70]) by meims.mei.melco.co.jp (8.6.12+2.4W/3.4W2) with SMTP id JAA07665 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 09:48:21 +0900 Received: from mpc7014.dc.mei.melco.co.jp by mspc700.dc.mei.melco.co.jp (4.1/6.4J.6-DcMst-96Jul16) id AA29134; Tue, 5 Nov 96 09:50:19 JST Date: Tue, 5 Nov 96 09:35:36 PST Subject: 21st Japan Open - Short Report. To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk X-Mailer: Chameleon - TCP/IP for Windows by NetManage, Inc. Message-Id: <Chameleon.4.01.961105095045.guy@mpc7014.dc.mei.melco.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Status: RO 21st Japan Open Championships Utsunomia 3-4-5 November 1996 3 days of intense competition among some of the fastest little guys youll see on an Ultimate pitch. The University teams fared well against the old boys and geo teams, with the entry to this tournament being decided by three regional tournaments in Eastern Japan (Hokkaido, Tokyo etc), Central Japan (Nagoya etc), and Western Japan (Osaka/Kobe Kyushu etc). Of the 16 teams competing 10 teams came from the Tokyo area, 3 from Central, and 3 from Western Japan. There were 3 teams with foreigners playing, the strongest being CREWS who won a tight 3-4th playoff against LOQUITOS, the BUZZ BULLETS from Osaka and (my team) the Nagoya NUTS. I used to play for the Coventry Cheetahs, for those of you with long memories... The sun shone on Monday for the semi-finals and finals of the ladies and open competitions. The Open final saw the BOMBERS dig deep on their well of experience to edge out the BARBARIANS (from the sports university) 18-17 after the BARBARIANS led 16-15 at time. This was a top-flight exhibition of hard cutting inch perfect passing Ultimate, played in the best of spirits with less than 10 fouls called in the entire game. The LADY BARBARIANS were similarly edged out by the SPIRALS in a high speed, highly skilled game. As for the humble crowd from Nagoya we finished a smiling 13th, having taken a good number of points from seriously better teams than us (lost 17-11 to the BARBARIANS), beaten the other teams from our region, and made some new friends.... Guy (A note to the cost conscious, the entry to this competition was US$60 EACH, after US$40 each for regionals, after JFDA membership... ouch!) -------------------------------------------------------------------