RE: [BD] New Administrator Wanted

2005-05-19 Thread Barry O'Kane
PS: This is a paid part time job (15-20 hours a week) not a volunteer post! Send applications and questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please forward this mail on to team lists or friends who might be interested. Thanks, Barry > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMA

[BD] New Administrator Wanted

2005-05-19 Thread Barry O'Kane
Hi all, We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised individual to take over this important role. The Administrator plays the pivotal part in keeping the UKUA alive and providing services to our members. As well as the day to day running of the Association you will need the ability and energ

[BD] Mixed Tour III - Bakewell - 4/5 June 2005 - Update

2005-05-19 Thread UKUA Administrator
On behalf of Si Weeks: Hello Everyone, The response for Mixed Tour III has not been overwhelming. If you are coming to the tournament then please get a cheque in the post straight away or I may have to pull the plug on the tournament. Teams enetered so far: 1. Little Sheff 2. Inbreds 3. Ltd Rel

[BD] Schedules & 2005 Events

2005-05-19 Thread Barry O'Kane
Hi all, It is very encouraging to see so many people providing positive feedback and constructive suggestions as well as negative. Thank you for that. All of the Board (and especially Chris as DoC) do read the BD comments and suggestions; and there is time before Open/Womens Tour 3 to make chang

[BD] RE: Tour Schedule

2005-05-19 Thread Andy Cox
For what it's worth, Spain and Portugal have one (joint) official tournament each year where the hosting team rotates around the cities. The really interesting thing they do is differentiate the cost depending on how far you've commuted to play the tournament. Seeing as two of the established te

[BD] Ultimate in Germany: a case study

2005-05-19 Thread wayne
aha, at last, I can make a contribution:  >>just out of curiosity what format (s) get used by other countries? >In Germany they have a divisional league which you can only get promoted >into or out of at the end of each year.   it's worse than that: as I wrote in 2002 (of course you remember!)

[BD] Quicksilver Jacket lost at Tour2

2005-05-19 Thread gareth shaw
Hi, I lost my Grey Quicksilver (snowboarding) Jacket on the Sunday of Tour 2. Can any one that picked it up or knows where it could be please drop me a line at either [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 07729292905. Cheers Euro (Rich) Fire of London #4 __ BritDis

Re: [BD] Tour Schedule & forums

2005-05-19 Thread Paul Hurt
Roger's right. As a short term solution, why not move this discussion *now* to http://ultimateforum.co.uk Then those that are interested can watch or participate, and there's a lasting record of the discussion. I'm sure the forum owners (Skunks/Southampton?) wouldn't mind. That's what it's ther

[BD] Forum for Ultimate debate

2005-05-19 Thread William Parker
All, www.ultimateforum.co.uk is a decent forum set up specifically for these sort of debates. We just need to get people using it. Will Ltd Release > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 10:01:05 +0100 > From: "Roger Thomson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [BD] Tour Schedule > To: "'Ultima

[BD] A proposal for a new Format

2005-05-19 Thread Jon Palmer
BD, I have done a mock up of a 56 team UKU tour event for 4 divisions on 18 pitches. You can find it at: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ultimate/18pitch_UKUTourFormat.xls The details of the A tour format can be sorted as Wigsy get the info together, my suggestion gives the A tour 8 pitches so there ar

[BD] BritOpen05 Update

2005-05-19 Thread Nolan Taylor
Dear All, BritOpen 2005 is being held at Eastbourne Sports Park on 17, 18 & 19 June. We still have space for thirteen more teams, so please register soon so that we can finalise the entries and issue schedules etc in good time so as to help everyone planning to come. There is free camping as ev

RE: [BD] Styles's View

2005-05-19 Thread Ben Heywood
From: Tom Styles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SOLUTION Tour A changes to a straight top16 knock out. Two games a day, 90 mins + cap per game Guaranteed 2 hour break between games DISADVANTAGES Some drubbings in the first two rounds (Although I'd argue that in a year's time they will be fewer as the tour

Re: [BD] tour schedule

2005-05-19 Thread Adam Batchelor
In Germany they have a divisional league which you can only get promoted into or out of at the end of each year. In Holland they play a single league on single days... of pretty poor quality ultimate (very little depth) In Denmark they have a Nationals event & thats all (most teams enter maybe 3

RE: [BD] Tour Schedule

2005-05-19 Thread Roger Thomson
Isn't it about time the UKUA website had a forum or bulletin board set up on it? It would be perfect for this kind of discussion and many others. At the moment some discussions get too lengthy/involved for Britdisc. Setting up private mailing lists or yahoogroups for these is too much hassle - so

[BD] tour schedule

2005-05-19 Thread Ewen Buckling
just out of curiosity what format (s) get used by other countries? what advantages/disadvantages do they have over our system? ta ewen utb #79 __ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying i

[BD] Tour Schedule

2005-05-19 Thread Christian Nistri
Hello people. So far i have had response from Clapham Fusion EMO LLL Chevron Anyone else want to try and sort out this problem? i just want to re-iterate that having x amount of people sending their opions/experiences/thoughts to Britdisc isn't going to get much done. If you are playing in the

[BD] Re: Tour schedule - a brief survey

2005-05-19 Thread jaimie
Jon, I want to apologise for being rude, it was out of order. Its good that you are trying to resolve these issues and in a bid to be more constructive, will turn my mind to some solutions/suggestions and get back to you presently. Jaimie LeedsLeedsLeeds _