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Matthew Lowe wrote:
>
> 2) Some thing not yet mention in the current debate but "what is more important, the tour
> or nationals?" Should UTI perform better over the season only to get piped at the post by
> Catch. catch are a fine team but surely UTI earned the title of national champions for
> there quality performances through the season.   Thats enough from me for the moment, I'm
> sure people have things to say and any way I want some diner :-)
> 
Which is more important, out of Nationals and the Tour, is open to
debate, and
you may find that some people disagree on the answer (perhaps Catch and
UTI?).

However, I don't think you can say that UTI earned the title of national
champs by winning
the Tour. Nationals is there to decide the national champions, which is
why it is called nationals.

I was going to write more, but I think you'll find that all the teams at
nationals knew that
it was the national championship they were playing for, and that the
tour results didn't matter (apart from deciding who got to be there).

Besides I think it's a nice change to have more than one team at the
top, makes a change
from the domination of recent years by shotgone. 

Sonic