From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Thu Mar 5 17:51:09 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) id RAA21221 for britdisc-outgoing; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 17:33:16 GMT Received: from pp2.shef.ac.uk (pp2.shef.ac.uk [143.167.1.32]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA21186; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 17:33:10 GMT Received: from pebley.shef.ac.uk [143.167.79.249] by pp2.shef.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.73 #1) id 0yAeVz-0003jK-00; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 17:33:03 +0000 Received: from PEBLEY/SpoolDir by pebley.shef.ac.uk (Mercury 1.32); 5 Mar 98 17:33:02 +0000 Received: from SpoolDir by PEBLEY (Mercury 1.32); 5 Mar 98 17:32:56 +0000 From: "Simon Weeks" <GGA95SEW@sheffield.ac.uk> To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk, All.University.Ultimate.Teams@csv.warwick.ac.uk Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 17:32:55 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: STUDENTS - Regional Student Leagues X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.42a) Message-ID: <532CD423301@pebley.shef.ac.uk> Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Hi Student People, I'm sure you have already heard about the Scottish League. Almost all the teams are playing regularly and they are trying to get Scottish University Sports Federation recognition, which hopefully will: 1. Increase the number of teams in Scotland 2. Make applications to the Sports Council and BUSA easier for the whole of ultimate, and generally increase awareness and recognition of the sport 3. Make it easier to get money from our Universities. They are really enjoying it, as they get a serious game on a regular basis and lots of experience for their student players. At present they are even looking to expand this to have a B-league which will give even more players the chance to play in the league and practice those silky skills. Therefore I would like to see something similar going on in other regions. As I understand it there are indoor fixtures going on in the Midlands at the moment. I'm not sure whether they have plans to go outside or not. In the North it is likely we will have a weekend mini tournament and a couple of one-off friendlies. In the South as far as I know nothing is happening. So come on, universities really are the key to the growth of the sport at the moment. I know exams will soon be upon us, but let's have a little regional outdoor season, even if it is only a weekend mini tournament or a couple of one-off friendlies. It will all help the three objectives that they are attempting to achieve in Scotland. If you want any help contacting teams in your region or setting up a mini tournament let me know. Keep up the good work, Simon Weeks Student Coordinator