If you're going to be picky about it, half the teams on the B-Tour actually only played 7 x 45 minute games, and of the 7 games that my team played, 3 reached the hard cap before time and one was only 30 minutes due to a previous game overrunning.
I was hoping I'd receive more comment on my suggestion of changing the B-Tour format to the old tour format where you only play the teams around you. The 3 games I mentioned above which reached the hard cap where the wrong end of an 11-2 and the right end of 2 x 11-1 scores. This is to an extent down to inconsistences in my teams performance, but I don't think it's an unfair comment to say I expect more from the Tour.
On a side note, I thought it was excellent to see the standard of teams throughout the B-Tour and the way that it has progressed from last year. All the work the UKU are doing is excellent and has certainly contributed to the raise in standards, however I am sure everyone who reads these e-mails will agree the system could be improved. We must of course remember though that this is a sport and the difficulty in predicting results is what makes it so exciting!! Bring on the upsets!
Ernie >From: "Wayne Davey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <britdisc@near.me.uk> >Subject: [BD] Re: BritDisc - pitch time >Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 11:26:50 +0100 > >Re JP: > > > A tour > > > > 16 teams > > 8 pitches > > 6 * 90 mins = 540 mins of pitch time per team > > > > B & Women's Tour combined > > > > 44 teams > > ~10 or 11 pitches - giving benefit of the doubt for the two pitches lost >to > > weather (approximate as a few women's games where played on the A tour > > pitches) > > 8*45 mins = 360 minutes of pitch time per team. > > > > >Though I'm sure you're right that the A tour teams received more pitch time >than the B tour, I think the gap might be smaller than this simple >calculation shows. I played for Factory 1 in the A tour and all but one of >our games went to 15 points (i.e. no cap was played). Hence 5 of our games >may have been less than 1 hr 30mins. I can't really comment fully on the B >tour but I do suspect that the games were much more likely to reach the cap >(and hence have an extra 2.5+ points played, taking from 5 - 20 odd minutes >extra to complete). > >I'm pretty sure the difference is therfore smaller than suggested > >Wayne >BPF 1 > > >__________________________________________________ >BritDisc mailing list >BritDisc@near.me.uk >http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc >Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
