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From: David Trovell <david.trovell@bmpoptimum.co.uk>
To: "'Guy.Kennett@meuk.mee.com'" <Guy.Kennett@meuk.mee.com>,
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Subject: RE: Re[2]: Tour 99 - how to run it?
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:49:35 +0100
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Congratulations for being the only unbeaten team at Nationals. But would you
have beaten the 8th place team?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy.Kennett@meuk.mee.com [SMTP:Guy.Kennett@meuk.mee.com]
> Sent: 07 October 1998 13:23
> To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk
> Subject: Re[2]: Tour 99 - how to run it?
>
>
> What is this a 'how to piss off the Blue Arse Flies' competition?
>
> > 1) Given the number of teams and marked differences in levels of
> ability,
> > demotion and promotion could lead to good teams (Touch or Headrush for
> > example) being cast into the abyss below them for half a season, or
> > weaker teams (Violently or BAF) being elevated like kings then used as
> > whipping boys for the rest of the season.
>
> Arguments surely to follow but our stats at Nationals the
> other day were...
>
> Won 5 Lost 0
> Scored 85 Conceded 34 (Any better?)
> Highest available place 9th
> Place attained 9th (and the plate)
>
> Not bad for a 'weaker' team.
>
> We realise that entry to the nationals is based on the Ultim8
> end of year seedings (which frankly squeezed the 7-8-9-10-11
> positions
> with the 'inverted' crossovers). Surely, once entry to the last 16
> has
> been won, like the World Cup, the competition should be 'OPEN', best
> on the day wins and all that, rather than 'kings' and 'whipping
> boyz'.
>
> See you up there next year, we'll do the whipping.
>
>
> Guy
> aka TinTin BAF
>
>