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To: Rob Mitchell <admrwm@ccg.acu.man.ac.uk>, britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk
Subject: RE: Discussion on World Ultimate
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>> 6 - Play friendlies against other top teams in the country (e.g let us
>> assume that UTI and Catch form the basis of the GB team: Play against
>> Druids, Chevvy etc.) on a regular basis.
>> 
>> Point 6 has the added advantage that the teams that they play 
>> against will
>> also benefit, and I am certain that there are players in the 
>> lower seeded
>> teams that would like to join in on this, forming a GB Sparring team.

>Thanks Cads, but Chevron benefitted more this year by having 5 players
selected
>for the GB Open team who could come back from World Championships and use
the
>experience to help raise the standard of our team.

I know, but people who did NOT get any of their players selected don't have
that luxury.  What I was doing was making a hypothetical assumption, I did
not mean to disparage _any_ team's members.  What I was trying to do was
suggest a way in which the knowledge that comes from training constantly and
practicing constantly at a high level could filter down to those without GB
squad members - e.g. First Touch (my own team) and beyond. AND also provide
the GB team with _quality_ sparring when Internationals can't be played.

If clubs can get to play regularly against the National team (which in turn
is playing regularly against International competition and also training
all the time), surely that will help in the future for members of those
clubs to become future GB stars???

<BIG SNIP>

Hope that is clearer