I know from personal experience in the Lookfly pitchside shop that we weren't allowed to have any drinks or food in the shop at Southampton this weekend. The venue would not allow it as they claimed it takes away from any profits the venue makes from selling it's, quite often rather poor, food selection. It's not the fault of the TD not providing it but a case of not being allowed to provide it. Sometime great venues come at the price of some rather unfortunate restrictions. They might be able to give food away but that might result in a higher tournament fee.
Steve -----Original Message----- From: Cahill, Maria [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 July 2003 15:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BD] Nutrition at tournaments - some thoughts 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 __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
