From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Wed Oct 23 20:52:51 1996 Received: from thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk by clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk with ESMTP id UAA17255; Wed, 23 Oct 1996 20:52:29 +0100 (BST) Received: by thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk id UAA02245; Wed, 23 Oct 1996 20:47:28 +0100 (BST) From: laurab@ehs.co.uk Received: from newsgate.dircon.co.uk by thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk with SMTP id UAA02224; Wed, 23 Oct 1996 20:46:49 +0100 (BST) Received: from ehs.co.uk (ehs@localhost) by newsgate.dircon.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.9) with UUCP id IAA01979; Wed, 23 Oct 1996 08:47:17 +0100 Message-Id: <199610230747.IAA01979@newsgate.dircon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 8:51:01 +0100 To: Britdisc <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>, dak12@cus.cam.ac.uk Subject: Re: The need to qualify ? MIME-version: 1.0 (Created by TFS) Content-Type: text/plain ; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: TFS Gateway V210U0822M Sender: owner-britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Status: RO Oh dear! Hurry up with the TOURNEY_ GUIDELINES site! I would like to say that although I understand why the top teams might feel= =20 like they don't need to qualify, and might feel that they are drubbin' the=20 lower ranked opposition, I (for one) enjoy havin' a go! Last weekend was=20 the first time for ages that I'd had the opportunity to play Shotgun. I speak for my team that weekend - Hurricane - when I say we thoroughly=20 enjoyed the game. Hurricane are a school team, and it was good for them to= =20 experience playing a top level team. My thanks again to 'Gun for the coaching they gave during the game. I thin= k=20 we got 2 points, but seeing the faces of the guys and girls when they score= d=20 those points, showed how much they enjoyed it. They won't forget those=20 points in a hurry, and it will encourage them all to go on playing and=20 improving. Considering that most of Hurricane are between 14 and 17, a new generation=20 of players is being nurtured, and I expect to see these guys and girls in=20 top flight teams within a couple of years, which can only be good for=20 British Ultimate See y'all at the Nationals! Laura waxing lyrical or should that be spouting crap! ___________________________________________________ Dale Taylor wrote: > Surely the sport would be all the better for NOT expecting the likes of > Gun, Druids, UTI & others to go along and participate in two days of utte= r > humiliation for lower ranking teams, many relatively new to Ultimate. ____________________________________________________ Dora Kemp wrote: I take it this is a bit of a piss-take but I'll say my piece anyway. I have been playing for a year only and quite frankly I love playing against Shotgun. Getting the better of a good team boosts the ego. Strange Blue this weekend scored 5 points against Shotgun being up 1-0 then 2-1. It is such a great feeling even if you know the other side can't possibly be trying their utmost. Bring on the big guns is what I say :)