I agree with Maria. There needs to be more variety in food at Tour. I like eating healthy food especially when playing frisbee because you need the vitamins and nutrients to maintain peak performance. I feel sluggish after a fry up.
Hargreaves Clapham --- "Cahill,Maria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, below a message I recently sent to Stig > regarding the addition of a > 'food options' category to his minimum tournament > requirements. He has > agreed to add it but I thought I might spark a > debate because I'm not sure > it's something ultimate players give enough thought > to. I would like to > stress that I am not having a go at Soton or > Daventry TDs as I believe up > till now ultimate players have accepted fried food > as quite often being the > only option at tournaments and so the TDs could not > have been expected to > provide anything different. > > I am not saying that fried stuff should no longer be > sold... only that more > healthy stuff ought also to be on offer. Mixed Tour > 3 in Bakewell was a > pretty good example of how to cater for everyone. > There were Si Weeks' by > now world renowned 'Build your own sandwiches', > muesli bars, isotonic > drinks, dried fruit and nuts, as well as choc bars, > crisps, biscuits etc. > > Apologies in advance to all slimfast members... > Comments please.... > > **************************************************************************** > *************************************** > > Paul on a completely different subject, I had a word > with Barry regarding > the food options available at tournaments. He agreed > it would be a good idea > to provide some guidance to TDs and make some > stipulations in your minimum > tournament standards. > > My beef is that nutrition is obviously important. Dr > Marfleet talks to the > GB squads about it every time we have a major > tournament. I think we are > supposed to eat complex carbs, ie fruit, bagels, > muesli bars, nuts etc. > during the day. If you go to a tournament in the US > there are quite often > free bagels and bananas available for every team. An > ultimate-playing > nutritionist recently > told me that she thinks ultimate players eat too > much fat during a day of > ultimate which does not necessarily provide you with > the instant energy you > need and this is not surprising > considering all that was available at Daventry was a > barbecue offering > burgers and chips and some vending machines with > crisps and chocolate. > Southampton was pretty similar with mostly fried > food available at the food > counter and chocolate and crisps from the bar. > > I know there is also the option of going to the > supermarket but I think we > can do better. > > Thanks, > > M > > > ********************************************************************* > This footnote confirms that this e-mail message has > been scanned for > the presence of known computer viruses by the > MessageLabs Virus > Control Centre. However, it is still recommended > that you use > local virus scanning software to monitor for the > presence of viruses. > ********************************************************************* > > ********************************************************************* > This footnote confirms that this e-mail message has > been scanned for > the presence of known computer viruses by the > MessageLabs Virus > Control Centre. However, it is still recommended > that you use > local virus scanning software to monitor for the > presence of viruses. > ********************************************************************* > > ********************************************************************* > This footnote confirms that this e-mail message has > been scanned for > the presence of known computer viruses by the > MessageLabs Virus > Control Centre. However, it is still recommended > that you use > local virus scanning software to monitor for the > presence of viruses. > ********************************************************************* > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
