[BD] mixed tour next year

2005-11-18 Thread Ben Booth
I wont be able to make the AGM this weekend so I'm posting this to britdisc in the hope that it stimulates some debate. I am a little concerned about the proposed mixed tour / open tour structure next year. The decision appears to have been made to split the tour season into a mixed tour and ope

[BD] Ultimate frisbee entry in Wikipedia

2004-05-28 Thread ben booth
I came across this entry in the Wikipedia for ultimate frisbee. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_frisbee It's always interesting to see the public face of ultimate. This is written from a North American perspective, but has a nice summation what ultimate is, what the current status of the s

Re: [BD] Re: Anti-doping

2004-05-12 Thread ben booth
Jamie, Do you really think that ultimate is at the stage were there is even a danger that people will take performance enhancing drugs? I have problems with the nebulous concept of 'best interests of the sport'. What happens if that doesn't match with the best interests of the people who play

[BD] Euro2003 finals

2003-08-30 Thread Ben Booth
WOW, UK have made it to all 5 finals! The women and the open look like they scraped through their semi final matches by a single point. The mixed side won by only 2. Any news from those who have seen these matches? __ BritDisc mailing list [EMAI

[BD] Males seeks team for britopen fun and possible serious relationship

2003-06-24 Thread Ben Booth
MALE (6,2) seeks team for fun, hucks and cuts and for those ultimate connections. ME: normally play mid but can turn my hand at most positions, offering a fast turn of speed, stamina and a cool head. SEEKS: Team to play hard and have fun with. ben

RE: [BD] Public Liability Insurance & Ultimate

2002-12-24 Thread Ben Booth
Wayne (and others interested), I came across these questions last may. We were organising a Hat tournament in oxford and came across the public liability question at the last minute and we weren't able to get confirmation from the UKU about whether they would cover us in time. This happend be

[BD] Indoor events:

2002-10-31 Thread Ben Booth
I've got two general questions about indoor ultimate this winter. We're trying to get brookes university playing ultimate and one of our targets is to get a team to play in student indoor regionals. I've not been following this especially closely but, I don't seem to have noticed the event

[BD] Womens Nationals.

2002-10-14 Thread Ben Booth
The final seedings for this weekend's UK Women Nationals are given below. 1. Bliss 2. Fierce 3. Princess Layout 4. Mavis 5. Janet Hawes 6. Space Maidens 7. Albatross

[BD] Women's Nationals

2002-09-24 Thread Ben Booth
The closing date for entries to Outdoor Women's Nationals (19/20th October) is drawing very near (1st October). We've received cheques from Fierce and Wow! and are expecting cheques from the following who have expressed an interest in coming: Bliss Mavis Janet Hawes Princess Layout Baps Skunks

Re: [BD] NO SPIRIT OF THE GAME

2002-09-17 Thread Ben Booth
Nicole Roberts wrote: > It seems to me that this debate is basically: > 1) People who play at the top level of the game in > this country saying "contact happens to a certain > extent, purposefully fouling is shit but the physical > game is good" > 2) People playing in the 12 - 32 game saying NO

Re: [BD] WOMENS PRACTICES UP NORTH

2002-09-11 Thread Ben Booth
To second that idea. There are a whole number of ultimate information things that go on that aren't suited for either britdisc or the events calander. For instance. In oxford, There are a whole heap of teams which play here: OW, TeamSharks, Martha and the Mootones. These all have entries in

[BD] Outdoor Womens Nationals Oct19 / 20th , Oxford

2002-09-09 Thread Ben Booth
PLEASE FORWARD TO FEMALE PLAYERS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED! We are pleased to announce the (much awaited) date for the womens Nationals as the 19th and 20th of October. Lucy and Caroline (OW!) are hosting this event at Oxford University Womens Sports grounds in Oxford. There is space for 12

[BD] computer virus:

2002-08-20 Thread Ben Booth
Sorry to bother you all but has anyone else who's posted emails to britdisc in the past few days suddenly recieved virus from email? I've recieved: "a powerful tool" (supposedly from britdisc) "OnMouseOver" and "Japanese lass' sexy pictures" The header info suggests that they originate

Re: [BD] Ramblings about UK Ultimate taking over the world

2002-08-19 Thread Ben Booth
I think that might be a good point. The question is though - how are clubs ment to attract these student players? We see hundreds of players playing in the indoor season but where do they go in the summer. Most clubs would happily take them on. We saw only two student players this summer

Re: [BD] Ramblings about UK Ultimate taking over the world

2002-08-19 Thread Ben Booth
I also agree that the future of british ultimate is about growth, about bringing more people into the sport. I played in a european tournament for the first time this year realised how small it actually is in many countries (no more than 20 players in portugal, dominated by 2 cities in germany, s

Re: [BD] important notice!

2002-07-22 Thread Ben Booth
joshua, Can you give me a yes your in come down and have fun at the hat or the no sorry you didn't make the cut answer. I've got 4 other people here want to know where to hire cars or book trains so I need to tell them whether they can come. Please, please let me know asp. ben On Thu, 11 Jul

Re: [BD] A cap on the hat.

2002-07-18 Thread Ben Booth
Hey Joshua, I have 5 people here with me who are coming down. Hope we're apart of that number. can you confirm, ben On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, joshua jaeger wrote: > Hello everyone out there on this planet of plastic propellors. I have had to > put a cap on the entrance to the crown of thorns

Re: [BD] details report on coed 3

2002-07-16 Thread Ben Booth
It's always nice to see that values of modesty, graciousness and sportsmanship are still held dear at red. ben /mootones On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Nancy Stebbing wrote: > Jenny has already listed those present, so onto the games. > > We entered the tournament with a newish strategy- get the ladies

[BD] contact email for Sven? Playthings?

2002-07-01 Thread Ben Booth
Does anyone have the contact email for Sven (of North-South Divide and Playthings fame)? I've got [EMAIL PROTECTED] but this bounces mail. On the old Britdisc majordomo list subscribers could send a 'who' request to the maillist and get a list of subscribers. The equilivant feature (mail