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> Hi Wayne,
>
> As the person who organised Strange Blue's tour effort last year I believe
> I can shed some light on the situation.
>
> As a geo-based team are heavily reliant on student players who
> all have exams in two weeks, and coupled with injuries we find it hard to
> put out a full team.
> We played the same event last year with only 7 players on the first day
> -for similar reasons - which lead to further injuries and alot of
> discussion in our club about what to do if faced with the same situation
> this year.
> I believe that those in charge of the SB team this year have done their
> very best to get a team together but are faced with a near-impossible situation.
> AFTER DISCUSSION with the Tour organisers they have agreed to our withdrawl.
> We are already being penalised insofar as we will lose our hard-won
> seeding (15) and as a consequence most likely unable to qualify for
> Nationals.  We apologise for the inconvenience to the TD and other
> participants if our absence leads to an odd number of teams.
> I myself organised the Coed Tournament this time last year in Cambridge -
> which turned out to be for 13 teams - but was a success nevertheless.
> I sincerely hope we will be permitted to attend tour 3 and
> 4 as these are the only serious tournaments many of our up-coming players
> have the opportunity to attend.
>
> Thankyou for your support and understanding,
>
> Rob Hadfield
>
> Former President, SB (still injured!)
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 00:19:32 +0100
> From: Wayne Retter <druid#6@phidelta.demon.co.uk>
> Reply-To: Wayne Retter <wayne@fluiddruids.com>
> To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: Tour 2 - late cancellation
>
>
> Ouch!
>
> No clever ideas from me, I'm afraid.
>
> I'm curious though... why are Strange Blue dropping out?
>
> I note (having checked out the Tour Rules) that their withdrawal from
> Tour 2 could have serious repercussions on their attendance at the rest
> of the Tour.
>
> Depending on whether their reasons are considered valid enough to not
> Blacklist them, and how many teams can be accommodated by T3 and T4.
>
> Which leads me further... is there a u8c yet?
> If so, is there any chance of a public announcement of who they are?
>
> Regards
> Wayne
>
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>