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Sean,
     surely the tour was designed to find the best team in Britain. I
can't see how that can be done if you immediately exclude all but last
years top 8. That way it would take many at least 2 seasons for an
improving team to get into contension. Personally I find that playing
against people better than me helps me improve much more than playing
someone the same standard. The tour as it is gives the correct balance of
playing standards for any one player to get better. The results from this
year are an acurate representation of teams standards and this was
achieved using the current format. The only reason for changing seems to
be so that the 'big' teams get more 'competitive' games at each tour. If
they want these they can go to bigger tournaments with some European teams
as, generally speaking, players at these teams have the time and cash to
go to them. Keep the nationals as they are - a platform for all british
teams to play each other in order to find the best.
love
Jon Good
aka 'Big Funky' of 'Funkian' and 'More than just a Hint'
aka 'Frank LeBoeuf' of 'Blue Arse Flies'
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