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From: "Simon Statham" <Simon_Statham@birmingham.gov.uk>
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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 11:50:18 +0100
Subject: Re: Mixed Teams In Major Tournaments
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Jeez, calm it people. I was challenged to come up with some ideas, so I did, I
never said DO IT! I have no predudice about the Mixed Tour, or a Women's Tour
(some of my best friends play in Mixed teams!). I would prefer to debate the
pros/cons of my other suggestions, or have other people come up with their own
on how to get away from potentially having to relegate some teams from the Tour
because some venues are bigger than others. My suggestion was to have some form
of 2 divisions, and I offered a way of doing that. I only have one small gripe
about the Mixed Tour and that's that it has reduced the number of free weekends
over the summer for non-competitive tournaments. However, if we had more girls
in our squad then we would be entering these tournaments and it would be other
teams complaining about it!
Don't take this personally, add to the debate rather than just criticise.
Si
(Slipdisc)
james.hewitson@uk.zurich.com on 09/04/2002 11:26:38
To: Simon Statham/Transportation/BCC@BCC
cc: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk, BAF_Ultimate@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Mixed Teams In Major Tournaments
Si,
>> Why don't we make people have to choose, at least then
>> the teams who represent Britain at Worlds are established Mixed teams
rather
>> than ones cobbled together in the season before.
GB Mixed Teams in Recent Tournaments:
WUCC 99 = Blue Arse Flies, Mild Mannered Janitors (the "original" mixed
team, Gael Force
WFDF 00 = GB ("Largely" made up of Chevron and Blue Arse Flies players)
EUCC 01 = Blue Arse Flies, Strange Blue
WUCC 02 = Blue Arse Flies, Chevron
... think I'm spotting a trend here
All these teams have proved their commitment to Mixed ultimate and it's
development over the last few seasons and the squad BAF take to Hawaii
will be the strongest BAF Mixed squad yet assembled for a major
tournament... Hardly "cobbled" together at the last minute??? The Open Tour
provides a perfect training ground for Mixed teams in the build-up to major
tournaments and gives us the opportunity to play against quality opposition
week in, week out whether at an Open or Mixed event. To marginalise the
Mixed Tour by making it a "sideshow" to the Open Tour would only serve to
weaken the Mixed teams we send to major tournaments rather than improve
them.
BAF are committed to providing the opportunity to compete in all
(non-junior) variations of the sport (Open, Mixed and Womens) as proved by
sending two teams to the vast majority of both the Open & Mixed Tours last
season, a large number of indoor tournaments and all of the major womens
tournaments. To force players to have to make a decision between Open v
Mixed v Womens is only taking the sport backwards...
Balti
BAF 34
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