Maria asked that I forward this email to you all! :) --- "Cahill,Maria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> London-based female ultimate-playing legends, > > Firstly apologies for the frustration some of you > will have been > experiencing since Nationals. You may be aware > there's been a lot of talk > amongst London's more experienced women players > about the possibility of > building on the hard work put into HRH last year > with a view to taking a > London geo team to Euros, Perth and beyond. Now the > time has come to get you > all involved. > > Women's ultimate in the UK is getting really > exciting. Last year was a major > milestone for all of us with the birth of geo > ultimate and the UK women's > tour. The momentum has been building in London for > 10 months and with HRH > winning Nationals and qualifying for an automatic > spot at Europeans several > of us Bliss players had a real dilemma on our hands. > To do what we have > always done and play for an all-star national team > at Euros and Perth or to > continue the move towards geo ultimate and build for > the future. A few boozy > evenings later and we decided we had enough > London-based experienced players > to offer the possibilty of a viable team. > > On the subject of boozy evenings... we are having > one tonight. If you're > based in the London region you will already have > received an invite. The > point of this evening is to celebrate our acceptance > of a place to represent > the UK at Euros next year. > > But this is only part of our vision. What vision I > hear you ask? Well, there > are lots of people, Sue, Sally, Mel, Alia, Aura and > Tara amongst them, who > have brought women's ultimate to its senses over the > past twelve months. > It's perfectly obvious that there are now enough > women players in the UK to > form competitive geo clubs. Bristol and Leeds are > doing it and so it seems > obvious that, with the biggest player base in the > country, we in London > should be doing the same. > > The key components of our mission are: > > 1. To build on our work last year to deliver > competitive practices to > London-based women players > 2. To compete nationally and internationally > 3. To develop talent locally and build grass-roots > women's ultimate in > London > 4. To equip future GB players with the skills and > experience they will > require in 2007 and 2008 > 5. To give female graduates and overseas imports > moving to London a team to > join > 6. To develop a social scene round women's ultimate > in London so as to give > our players that feeling of 'team' that has been > lacking in the women's game > till now because of the lack of geo women's > ultimate. > 7. There were other goals, but we were on the second > bottle of wine by then > and I can't remember them! > > So now onto the more difficult stuff, why the > apparent distinction between > Bliss and London-geo/HRH. Well I'm reluctant to bore > the subscribers to all > of the above lists with the details, so I suggest > the following, can every > woman (sorry boys, going to have to hear about the > juicy gossip second > hand!) interested in hearing more about our vision > for the future of a > London-based geo team, send Aura an e-mail at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] to get > yourself subscribed to the > London-all-stars list. > > We'll try to explain the more difficult issues there > and you can have your > say. Meanwhile, there is practice as usual this Sat > at 11 on Clapham. > Alternatively, see you tonight at the karaoke. > > Maria x > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jillian Hastings > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 12:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [london_all_stars] Attention Female > Players: Practice Next > Sunday > > > > Bex and Tara, > > thank you for the open invitation to join you for > Bliss training at Clapham > on Sunday. I was glad to see that this is not > scheduled to clash with the > established women's (HRH) training session at > Clapham on Saturdays. > > However, I am very concerned that by starting these > practices before a > decision has been made over the future of women's > ultimate in London, you > are forcing the issue - I am sure very few of us has > the time to attend both > > HRH and Bliss practices, so we must choose between > supporting the existing, > albeit nascent, women's team in London and the > possibility of playing for > yourselves, who (looking at your list of > participants) would clearly be the > stronger team right now. This does not appear to me > to be the best way to > develop women's ultimate in London: why don't you > come and join in with the > existing women's practice on Saturdays? Why not use > your experience as "the > very best in the game" to help those girls (me > included) who would really > benefit from your advice? That way London can really > begin to develop the > skills of more people, resulting in a stronger > women's scene that will > surely be of benefit to everybody in the longer > term? > > "While the talks continue" - let's have those talks > in the open, please!! I > have seen NOTHING relating to the future of London > women's ultimate on the > e-group relating to London women (london_all_stars), > or even ukuw. As a > woman, playing in London, I would very much like to > hear what's being > discussed, even if the eventual decision is not > mine. > > Jillian > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's > Internet Managed Scanning > Services - powered by MessageLabs. 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