Hi Si, Talking rules changes, the EYUC had a half at either half the hard cap or half the time, what ever occurred first. Is this going to become a standard rule?
Scraggy On 22 June 2011 13:03, Si Hill, UK Ultimate <[email protected]> wrote: > Schedule is nearly all sorted. I hope we'll get it published before the > end > of the day. (In case you're wondering why oh why these things don't get > done earlier, we've had three teams drop out over the last week or so. > Publishing the schedule earlier would have created more problems than it > solved.) > > Anyway... > > On Sat, games start at 9am. Women's div should be done by 5pm, with the > Open finishing just after 17:30. > We have of course avoided it where possible but a few teams do have first > game and last game. > I'm fairly sure that the latest start for anyone is 10:45. > > On Sun, we've lined up an 8:45 start (!) in order to make sure the final > round of games can all be done by 17:30 (including any cap). > > And talking of the cap... > > The WFDF Ultimate Rules committee has been discussing some rule changes on > game endings. Specifically a 1-pt cap, and also removing the win-by-2 rule > - both are aimed at simplifying the end of game for both players and > spectators. To be honest I don't think these changes are all that > controversial, and they make good sense to me. We've done 1-pt cap at Uni > Outdoors a few times in the last two years due to windy weather. > > We are going to trial these at T2 and T3: feedback welcome. (One reason > for > doing them now is just in case the changes get implemented at international > events this summer - unlikely but not impossible I guess.) > > The specifics will be repeated on the schedule, but basically when time is > over, you finish the current point and if nobody wins in that point, then > the cap is reduced to ONE point above the current highest score. > > Si > > Ps - I do like the rain softening up the fields, but I hope it stops before > the weekend... > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Si Hill, UK Ultimate > > Sent: 21 June 2011 11:56 > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: [BD] Tour 2 - a little bit of info (signing-in, scores and > > sotg) > > > > On Sat morning, one of your team (preferably a captain-type) must come > > to > > the HQ-desk (in one of the marquees) to confirm you have arrived, and > > pick > > up some information and scoresheets. You need to come even if you > > printed > > the info in advance, because something might have changed that we need > > to > > tell everyone about. > > > > Additionally you can text your game score and sotg scores (one text per > > game > > please) as follows: > > > > Texting the score to the UKU mobile: 07847 559 228 > > Please use the below format: > > [Your Team] X v X [Their Team] > > [Rules][Fouls][Fairness][Positivity][Theirs v Ours] > > > > Descriptions for the 5 sotg categories are on the scoresheets. > > > > Its a hassle. Is it worth it? > > At T1 a number of teams got scores that worried them - and they asked > > for > > more information. By giving thought to where your opponents do well > > and > > not-so-well in those categories teams that get low scores can receive > > some > > useful feedback. Our experience so far is that teams getting low > > scores do > > care, do try to find out more, and do try to do something about it. > > > > Si > > > > Ps - on the text format: > > The "X"s are where you put the number of points you and they got. And > > yes I > > do realise that perhaps we should have used different algebraic symbols > > for > > your score and their score.... > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:britdisc- > > [email protected]] > > > On Behalf Of Si Hill, UK Ultimate > > > Sent: 20 June 2011 13:20 > > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > > Subject: [BD] Tour 2 - a little bit of info (water) > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > > > Tour 2 is this coming weekend. The schedule will be out around the > > > middle > > > of the week. Meanwhile, one thing that hit me during Tour 1 was to > > > send > > > bits of info in short emails during the last few days before the > > event. > > > I > > > wondered if it might get more of the info into the minds of more > > > players... > > > > > > > > > > > > We will be delivering water bottles to a number of pre-arranged > > "water > > > points". These will be marked on the fields map, and generally > > within > > > about > > > 100m from any pitch. Please re-fill your own small water bottle > > (which > > > of > > > course you brought with you, right?) at the water points, and please > > do > > > not > > > take the water containers to your team/pitch/huddle. It is much more > > > efficient, which means we can do a better job of keeping enough > > bottles > > > filled and out there. > > > > > > > > > > > > This means we are asking you to take some responsibility for filling > > > their > > > water bottles before going to their game(s)! It is a big venue and > > > the > > > changing rooms and taps are at one end - so we're asking you to think > > > ahead! > > > J > > > > > > > > > > > > Simple. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > Si > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Si Hill, UK Ultimate > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > Tel: 0844 8045949 > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > __________________________________________________ > 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
