From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Fri Jun 13 02:15:42 1997 Received: by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk id BAA12883; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 01:57:07 +0100 (BST) From: guy@dc.mei.melco.co.jp Received: from melcoweb by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk with SMTP id BAA12878; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 01:57:00 +0100 (BST) Received: by melcoweb (5.65+1.6W/2.7W) id AA03120; Fri, 13 Jun 97 09:52:49 JST Received: from meims by inetgw.topo.melco.co.jp (1.38.193.5/6.4J.6-inetgw1.0) id AA06527; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 10:02:09 +0900 Received: from mspc700.dc.mei.melco.co.jp (mspc700.mei.melco.co.jp [150.40.0.70]) by meims.mei.melco.co.jp (8.6.12+2.4W/3.4W2) with SMTP id JAA13489 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 09:56:02 +0900 Received: from mpc7014.dc.mei.melco.co.jp by mspc700.dc.mei.melco.co.jp (4.1/6.4J.6-DcMst-96Jul16) id AA29460; Fri, 13 Jun 97 09:58:51 JST Date: Fri, 13 Jun 97 09:23:23 PDT Subject: RE: Japan Ultimate. To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk X-Mailer: Chameleon - TCP/IP for Windows by NetManage, Inc. Message-Id: <Chameleon.4.01.970613095802.Guy@mpc7014.dc.mei.melco.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Nicki, The biggest concentration of teams are in Tokyo/Yokahama/Nagoya/ Kyoto/Osaka.. ie on the East coast, you will be on the West coast, There may be a pick-up game in Kanazawa some weekends, take a look on the UPA home page for Japan team info. http://www.upa.org/pickup/teams.html The team I play for in Nagoya (the NUTs) is listed there, check us out.... http://www.indis.co.jp/052times/petescorner/nuts/index.html (Yes I've got peanuts up my nose) The 22nd National Championships (Open and Ladies) are in November, the clubs championships are in May. Its getting very popular. Expect high entry fees to tournaments (upto $30/player), and similar JFDA membership fees. University and University Old Boys teams dominate... If you're ever in Nagoya (anybody) Saturday afternoons from 1PM we get about 40 people (Japanese and 'others') playing and learning Ultimate in Shonai Ryokuji Park. Maybe see you there, sayonra... Guy Kennett guy@dc.mei.melco.co.jp >Hi all, > >Does anyone know anything about Ultimate in Japan? I'm >going to be spending the next year in Toyama City, in the >Toyama Prefecture (I haven't got as clue where that is >either) and am wondering if any of you Ultimate doods know >if there are any teams nearby (or any teams at all for that >matter). > >Any info gratefully recieved, > >Nicki. > >P.S. COME TO THE HAT TOURNY!!!!!!! >---------------------- >Nicki Smith >University of Exeter > > > ------------------------------------- Information strictly for the addresse(s) only. Guy Kennett Inverter Engineering Section 1 Sent 09:23:23 06/13/97