and clearly I meant undue criticism in that last paragraph. It's been a long day at work.
On 23 June 2011 18:57, Carl Mewse <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Just wondering what the basis was for the decision to make B tour mirror A > tour in terms of peer pools and no cross-over? > > While I understand the benefits of peer pools in terms of maintaining the > most competitive level of play for the top teams in A tour, B tour has the > additional reward of promotion for teams finishing in 2nd and 3rd. I'm sure > most of the teams playing in B tour would have the ambition to be aiming for > promotion rather than their aim being to compete around the middle section > of B tour. I also believe in B tour there is increased variation in strength > of teams from tour to tour and less of a gap in strength between the top > four to eight and the rest when compared to A tour. By peer pooling and > having no cross over those of us in positions 9-16 can now only aim for 5th > place this weekend. It also means that those in positions 1-8 have no danger > of relegation to C tour for tour 3. > > Personally I would have been in favour of a more open format such as that > in C tour, and I imagine at least those in positions 10-16 would agree. I > also expect that say Vision (who we played twice last tour with one win to > each team) or JR for would not, ahead of the schedule, have expected to be > able to lose all their games and not be relegated. > > I realise this may come across as overdue criticism just because the > decision has affected my team, however I fully understand there are lots of > factors (and a hell of a lot of work) that go into scheduling decisions. I'm > just trying to understand the rationale behind this one, and think others > would also be interested in this. > > Thanks > > > Carl Mewse > YOpen #1 > > > > On 23 June 2011 14:48, Dave Halls <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Afternoon BD/UU >> >> The schedule for Tour 2 has now been completed and is available for >> download >> from http://bit.ly/uku_tour2_2011. >> >> A copy has also been sent to team contacts. >> >> The weather forecast is actually pretty good for this weekend, but it will >> still be pretty soft underfoot. >> >> Best of luck to you all, see you bright and early on Saturday! >> >> Dave, Pugh & Si >> >> >> .................................................... >> David Halls >> BSc Business Management, University of Surrey >> Chairman, Guildford Ultimate >> University of Surrey Students' Union, Vice-President (Welfare), 2011-12 >> __________________________________________________ >> 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
