From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Fri Mar 20 15:29:31 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) id PAA09927 for britdisc-outgoing; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 15:02:24 GMT Received: from dryctnath.mmu.ac.uk (dryctnath.mmu.ac.uk [149.170.190.134]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA09884 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 15:02:12 GMT Received: from yorktown.mmu.ac.uk [149.170.132.252] by dryctnath.mmu.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.81 #1) id 0yG3JB-0002fB-00; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 15:02:09 +0000 Received: from MMU-HOL-YORKTOWN/SpoolDir by yorktown.mmu.ac.uk (Mercury 1.31); 20 Mar 98 15:02:07 GMT Received: from SpoolDir by MMU-HOL-YORKTOWN (Mercury 1.31); 20 Mar 98 15:01:46 GMT From: "Lawrence PAULSON" <L.Paulson@mmu.ac.uk> Organization: Manchester Metropolitan University To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 15:01:37 +GMT Subject: Reports X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.42a) Message-ID: <8D721436C7A@yorktown.mmu.ac.uk> Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Colin Wagstaff wrote > Great report, in fact the best tournament report there has been in a > long time, come to think about it, it's the only tournament report there > has been in a long time. > > Perhaps other TD's ought to take note of your fine example. Here! Here! As a long time purveyor of tournament reports (I think it was me who did the last one back in Feb for the student finals) I think I am one of a dying breed who believes that people other than those directly involved in the tournament are interested in what happens. Can you imagine a few years ago if the English TV stations hadn't bothered to cover the world cup in the USA just because England didn't qualify- believing nobody was interested? Of course not- people ARE interested. Whilst I know there are good reasons for it, I also find it frustrating that there have been very few Ultimatum's other the last few years- I remember the general excitement felt whenever one came out (seeing your own teams name in print was a big thrill). Let's hope the Tour newsletter can fill in these gaps. Love & Luck, Lawrence Fingers 6: Mad For The Tour '98!