> (Mr. Wayne Retter may already be looking into something in the South East).
I'm working on a possibility, but making no promises at the moment, so other people should definitely look, too! Wayne On 8 June 2011 16:05, UKU Director of Competitions <[email protected]>wrote: > BD, > > UKU regionals will take place on the weekend of 23/24 July - hopefully, in > almost all regions, on Saturday 23rd only. Depending on the number of teams > entering, and the distances travelled, we'll look at it nearer the time, but > the intention is to create a local tournament that does not require the same > level of commitment as the existing tournament structure. We aim to appeal > to everyone out there, whilst at the same time not asking too much of our > top teams who will be obliged to turn up and qualify for nationals. > > For the list of regions, see > > > http://www.ukultimate.com/system/files/UKU%20National%20Championships%20-%20Regional%20Structure.pdf > > > As stated in that document, we do intend to separate the South East from > Greater London in 2011. Therefore we'd like to hear from anyone who wishes > to run a tournament in the South East, SW&Wales, or the Midlands/Eastern > England. (Mr. Wayne Retter may already be looking into something in the > South East). > > As also stated, the decision on how many Nationals 2011 spots are available > per region will be based on the 2010 Tour results - however, we would like > to flag up at this stage that that is not necessarily intended to be the > case forever. As Tour teams come to less closely resemble Nationals team > over the coming years, the number of qualifying spots will begin to be based > on your region's performance at the previous Nationals, as it is in student > ultimate (though not with the same algorithm). Teams of decrepit old chaps, > for example, who can't play a whole tour but do well at Nationals, will be > able to earn a spot at the following year's Nationals for their region, > rather than displacing another deserving team. > > Cheers, > Benji > > -- > Ben Heywood > Director of Ultimate, University of St Andrews > Director of Competitions, UK Ultimate > www.ukultimate.com > > > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
