From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Tue May 23 13:04:46 2000 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) id e4NC31o23170 for britdisc-outgoing; Tue, 23 May 2000 13:03:01 +0100 (BST) Received: from daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@daffodil [137.205.192.30]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e4NC2wp23157 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 23 May 2000 13:02:59 +0100 (BST) Received: from eugate02.e-mail.com (eugate02.e-mail.com [194.196.143.94]) by daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e4NC2wV12820 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 23 May 2000 13:02:58 +0100 (BST) Received: Received: by eugate.e-mail.com with ESMTP id MAA28182 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 23 May 2000 12:00:22 GMT Received: by roomuw-mail.roomuw.co.uk with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <LH2YC1W8>; Tue, 23 May 2000 13:03:48 +0100 Message-ID: <9DFF74641994D11187F4080009CBF4BBF38A7C@roomuw-mail.roomuw.co.uk> From: "Evans, Alex" <AXEvans@roomuw.co.uk> To: "britdisc (E-mail)" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: A word or two from UTI Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 13:03:46 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Afternoon Just have to respond to one point in Catch's letter. I can't speak for the other teams in our pool (Chevy and Druids), but UTI did not 'decide to take the walkover'. We were also deeply unhappy about playing on those fields (note to Americans: if you still don't know the difference between a pitch and a field go to Towcester), and there was even talk of moving our entire pool to another venue. Catch, our first opponents, found another pitch nearby and asked us if we wanted to come up to their pitch to play. But by this time the tournament was already behind schedule, and to have gone to play them there at that time would have meant two very tough games virtually back-to-back. As Catch said it's important to play at 100%, and that includes a proper warm up, warm down and break between games. Given that we had a small squad (9 men), and a relatively large chance of injury, we decided that we weren't prepared to accept this unfair penalty and told Catch that we would play our other two games as scheduled before making any decision (we actually asked both Chevy & Druids if they wanted to bring forward our games). As things worked out there was meeting of Catch, the U8 committe etc. in the afternoon which decided that they'd withdraw from Tour II and we were never called upon to make that decision. For the record I quite understand why Catch withdrew (or whatever they did), and the number of crocked ankles on Saturday suggests that they weren't being too wussy. However we stand by our decision not to play the game at that time. Alex UTI All information is 'Without prejudice' and is the view of the individual and not necessarily the company. This email and any attachments are only for the use of the addressee. It may contain information which is legally privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication and its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you received this communication in error, please phone +44 20 7 667 8600 or email postmaster@roomuw.co.uk