From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Sat Mar 20 21:52:33 1999 Received: by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) id VAA29903 for britdisc-outgoing; Sat, 20 Mar 1999 21:52:17 GMT Received: from snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (snowdrop [137.205.192.31]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA29898 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Sat, 20 Mar 1999 21:52:15 GMT Received: from post-20.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA28350 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Sat, 20 Mar 1999 21:52:15 GMT Received: from [212.229.115.75] (helo=couplehood.demon.co.uk) by post-20.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 10OTfB-0001bf-0K for britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk; Sat, 20 Mar 1999 21:52:13 +0000 Message-ID: <lDWqHBAwgB92Ewc4@couplehood.demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 21:50:40 +0000 To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk From: Adeline Fonseka <fonseka-koon@couplehood.demon.co.uk> Subject: London 20th March, Tournament Report MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike (32) Trial Version 3.05 <y7$9rq$V$9cj4zTWkuC9F4LgVS> Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Thanks to all the teams who made it out to Regent's Park for the first Friendly Fires. By all reports it was enjoyed by most everyone. The tournament format was aimed at giving each team the opportunity to play as many games with as many other teams as possible, and with three pitches and eight teams I hope everyone got at least three games under their belts. The two teams that finished undefeated were Brunel and Dough Boy, the latter being a newly formed team of Antipodean players. Under Cover Lovers were in fear of not having enough players to field a team but beefed themselves up with some skilled pickup players to come away with a 2-1 win-loss for the day. First Touch also won their first two games against the extremely colorful G Spots and K-niggets before going down in a hard fought battle to Dough Boy. K-niggets played extremely hard and won the distinction of playing the most games of the day (four) and having the most players stretchered off the pitch (two, I think). Honorable mentions go to Albatross and Imperial College whose top spirit help make the day a great day out for everyone. Friendly Fires was set up to give London teams a chance to play each other and to make some new friends. The ethos behind the tournament was for good spirit matches with lots of friendly competition. on those counts the day was a complete success. So much so that there is talk of having another Friendly Fires sometime in late May or early June. Early enough so that students will still be in London and late enough to their exams are out of the way. The proposed format will be that of a Hat Tournament to allow people to play even though they do not have a full team or a team at all! The dates being discussed are the last weekend of May (29-30) or the first weekend of June (5-6). Venue and party plans will be worked out along the way. Even though we are looking at London players mainly, London is central and accessible enough to make it viable for Brighton, Reading and other players in the immediate vicinity of Greater London to make an appearance. If you think this is a good idea, please reply to this email address with an expression of interest and with Friendly Fires in the subject line. There might be a small entrance fee to cover tournament costs but it will be a teeny tiny one, promise. Thanks again to everyone who made it out on the 20th. It was great to play with you. Adam Keen Under Cover Lovers PS to clear up the confusion, Adeline Fonseka is my wife and I don't know how to get rid of her signature from all my emails, so there! :) -- Adeline Fonseka