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Subject: Re: WUCC in vancouver - and togetherness
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Roger writes...

(alot) and I will be the first to agree with him...  I just have a few 
comments for those who are interested.

> The reason these players flock to us is that NO-ONE else provides that
> environment. If there was even one other team that provided that kind of
> regular game Shotgun would probably pick up less than half of these players
> and 'Game on!'. 

That and the fact that most graduates get their first job in London, 
most enquiries the BUF receive from foreign players are from those 
visiting or moving to London and frankly there are a hell of a lot more 
people living in London than anywhere else in the UK!

> What we want is more competition at our level, not competition at your
> level. In five years time we'd rather there were 5 teams of our quality
> than one more team of your quality.

There will be at least 2 provided we can hold onto the players we spend 
years training for them to move to London and make the only logical 
choice and play for Shotgun. (Speaking for Red Jesters)

> Who taught Catch 22 the new offence they had developed and has introduced
> the idea that you can play more than stack offence to the masses?

I think it was Red.  Last year we used an Isolator offence against 
Shotgun at Eastbourne and only lost by a point.  I picked it up of the 
Finnish and German teams at Sweden.

> Which team in this country practices the most and sets the best example of

Red manage 3 times a week, I've heard Stan manage Seven Times A Night!

> Which team welcomes and gets top players from other teams at their regular
> practices, thereby giving these players a chance to stay in shape and
> improve disc skills?

We do, so when are you coming to visit?

> Which team outranks all the other British team at EVERY international
> tournament they attend?

You gotta respect that call!

> And please don't think that I'm just blowing the Shotgun trumpet - I'm
> trying to make you think...Our dominance should worry the rest of you when
> you stop to consider how far behind the best world club teams Shotgun is.
> We can't just assume that Ultimate in this country will evolve into a more
> competitive sport; people have to make it evolve and while the BUF has
> worked wonders at the grass roots level, noone looks after things at the
> top level.

So what's the tour about then?

Scott
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