[BD] EUC2003

2003-08-27 Thread Director Of Competitions
All, For those of you that can't access the webpage a brief resume (2:00pm Weds); Open: Two pools - winners progressing to single pool (carry some results) followed by playoffs - The men managed to win their pool, despite losing to Denmark by 3 points, but they beat Germany (2nd seeds) on the way

RE: [BD] RE: 2004 Season

2003-08-10 Thread Director Of Competitions
All, Please ignore the previous message from Brummie. It is still a discussion document and nothing has yet been confirmed. I will inform people when decisions have been finalised. The initial set of dates that will be available will be indicative suggestions for teams wishing to put in bids for

[BD] Final Tour Rankings

2003-08-09 Thread Director Of Competitions
All, Three issues have been brought to my attention after T4, one of which has already been answered, but will reiterate for your benefit. 1. Paddy Murphy, are not eligible to enter UKU nationals. This event is solely for UK teams, which unfortunately does not include Irish teams. It would includ

[BD] Season 2003-2004

2003-07-29 Thread Director Of Competitions
All, Hopefully bids will be opening for the 2003-04 indoor season and the 2004 outdoor season within the next couple of weeks. I notice that teams are already starting to think about organising events for next year - a word of warning! I will be finalising the calendar as soon as possible after t

[BD] Tour Results

2003-07-21 Thread Director Of Competitions
The tour is now over, with Clapham dominating another year. Well done to the London mob for again quashing any hopes that people may have had after T1 that this year was going to see more teams lifting Tour trophies, with even the possibility of someone new lifting the tour trophy. Good luck to al

RE: [BD] T4 start time?

2003-07-16 Thread Director Of Competitions
Wayne, First games are likely to be at 9:15 on Saturday morning. This means that unless you have had a serious upgrade to your Escort the time you need to hit the road on Saturday morning is probably Friday night. Chris PS I say 'likely' because that's what I wrote on the schedule, but Barry mi

RE: [BD] "Mooted" Tour Expansion in 2004

2003-07-16 Thread Director Of Competitions
All, I'm glad so many of you have so much faith in me, hopefully I'll get it right and accept all the plaudits - if not; well I'm sure ultimate can survive the loss of another fat bloke with moderate throws and defensive tactics based on girth. Seriously; to reinforce Tom's statement splitting th

[BD] Tour rankings + Seedings

2003-07-15 Thread Director Of Competitions
All, The situation as it stands going into the final tour is as follows: 1 730 Clapham 1 2 657 LeedsLeedsLeeds 1 3 642 Chevron Action Flash South 4 621 Chevron Action Flash North 5 597 Fluid Druids 6 585 Clapham 2 7 530 Fusion

RE: [BD] Tour 3

2003-07-08 Thread Director Of Competitions
Ben, Your point about Chevy South is not valid. Maybe some of the injuries were 'whingeries' and those players may well have played games if they were more important. Chevy South were unlikely to have been inspired by playing for 7/8th against any team. However Chevy is not a team with a reputati

RE: [BD] Tour confirmations

2003-07-08 Thread Director Of Competitions
Wigsy, and everyone else, Nothing has as yet been confirmed for next year - the details and skeleton schedule is still being arranged. Then we will release the required tournament specs for the different events and ask for bids. This will be happening soon so can all prospective TD's be ready to s

RE: [BD] Tour 3

2003-07-03 Thread Director Of Competitions
All, No it is not a typo, to cope with enough teams at the reduced size event Sunday games will start at 8:00 am (eight). That is the consequence of the team to pitch number relationship. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Angels Ultimat

[BD] Tour 3

2003-07-03 Thread Director Of Competitions
All, Firstly I would like to apologise for the confusion caused by T3, as if to continue the comedy of errors for this year the Skunks were informed late that there would only be 12 pitches available for T3 rather than the usual 'as many as you need'. Hence the chaos and restructuring. I particula

[BD] DoC Offline

2003-06-15 Thread Director Of Competitions
All, As a result of moving house I am now going to be going offline for over a week (until 24th June) until my new phone lines are put into my new house. If you have any urgent questions you can phone me on my mobile (if you have the number - all who need to know it do) or else less urgent issues

RE: [BD] Continuation Rule

2003-06-15 Thread Director Of Competitions
Boston,   Apart from one small issue I don't see how your interpretation differs from mine:   Defensive calls: If the defence calls a violation just prior or during the throw, then the offence may not, or may not be able to stop, in time. Hence the continuation rule to the advantage of the d

[BD] Coed Tour Results

2003-06-15 Thread Director Of Competitions
All, to summarise some points before CT£ this coming weekend. 1. Points - these are as below (apologies no running total yet) although Rampant X are leading by a comfortable 45 points over Whatever. £rd and 4th are GB Coed and Cyrille as the only other teams with over 400 points. Two other early

RE: [BD] Rules clarification/discussion on stalling

2003-06-13 Thread Director Of Competitions
All,   Once this started on Britdisc I contacted Dan Roddick (WFDF Rules committee chair person) and Dan Engstrom (who writes the rules and deals with these sorts of questions). I have included the whole reply beneath this, but a brief summary and some comments from me.   Ryan's interpretat

RE: [BD] Checking the disc

2003-06-13 Thread Director Of Competitions
Tom In answer to your two questions: If the disc lands anywhere out of bounds it may be bricked. If the disc lands in and stays in it must be played for where the disc is picked up (even if it is in the endzone - you cannot walk it forward unlike in normal play when you can). If the disc lands in

RE: [BD] In-out of bounds

2003-06-13 Thread Director Of Competitions
Timmy, Your authoritative DoC has been on the case and has been following things with a lot of interest. I will deal with the outcomes in a separate mail. However I agree with Timmy that this is exactly the sort of thing we should be using Britdisc for rather than 'Can I have a lift to ..?', 'Has

RE: [BD] UK Ultimate Events Reminder

2003-03-10 Thread Director Of Competitions
Wayne, and others I don't know. And that seriously covers a lot of areas. I'm trying to juggle a lot of balls at the moment, including some I don't know about. I only became aware of the Open clash on Saturday, and am trying to deal with it - so please, a little patience. The contradictions with

[BD] Rostering and Membership

2003-03-06 Thread Director Of Competitions
All, Having discussed the issue with Adam tonight it is clear that the issue of rostering needs to be resolved for indoors. I apologise for the delay, I have not been up to speed on this. Therefore the decision is to progress based on the following points: 1. Players do not have to paid for membe

[BD] Tournaments, dates, and the situation so far.

2003-02-25 Thread Director Of Competitions
All, Apologies for the delay in this information I was waiting for some more info. Indoor Regionals: Definite Events: Weston-s-mare; March 8/9th (Si Weeks) Nottingham; March 8/9th (Flyght Club) Leeds; March 8/9th (Leeds Ultimate) All these events have been publicised and details have been out on

RE: [BD] INDOOR OPEN QUALIFIERS 8/9th March

2003-02-17 Thread Director Of Competitions
Simon, I am happy for you to host the event on the 8/9 th of March. There is not a power vacuum in Ultimate at the moment - I will admit things are a bit confused with the delay in elections, but the body is still breathing whilst a new head is being grown. However, whilst I appreciate that ther

RE: [BD] INDOOR OPEN QUALIFIERS 8/9th March

2003-02-17 Thread Director Of Competitions
Apologies, I do of course mean the 1st / 2nd of March. You can't do 28th / 29th March for reasons which will become clear later Chris -Original Message- From: Director Of Competitions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 17 February 2003 20:41 To: Simon Barry; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subjec