From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Mon Mar 8 11:00:13 1999 Received: by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA12643 for britdisc-outgoing; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 10:59:12 GMT Received: from snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (snowdrop [137.205.192.31]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA12632 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 10:59:09 GMT Received: from postal.interaccess.com (postal.interaccess.com [207.208.133.2]) by snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA02065 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 10:59:08 GMT Received: from mailhost.spencerstuart.com (spencerstuart.com [206.183.83.99]) by postal.interaccess.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id EAA01700 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 04:58:23 -0600 (CST) Received: FROM exchangesmtp.spencerstuart.com BY mailhost.spencerstuart.com ; Mon Mar 08 05:00:48 1999 Received: by exchangesmtp.spencerstuart.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id <G2KJJDH1>; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 05:00:15 -0600 Message-ID: <B2AADFA53230D211A8680060087803F330B86F@LONMAIL> From: "Ziants, Wayne" <WZiants@spencerstuart.com> To: "'Britdisc'" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: Albatross lives on! Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 04:55:31 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Hi BD-ers Here's a quality national media mention, which as far as I'm concerned is rare enough to warrant a Britdisc posting. >From page 6 of The Observer yesterday, the article "That's another fine club you've got me into"? > In lieu of an online article to copy-and-paste, here are the relevant > paragraphs: > > Britain's traditional institutions - from churches to trade unions - > are fast losing members as new and exclusive clubs spring up in their > place. > In place of holy communion come Laurel and Hardy. Out with the > Women's Institute - in with frisbee-throwing teams. > The clubbable spirit has never been stronger, according to a Gallup > poll to be released this week...being in a club is the number one > pastime for 21 million of us. > Essex Rocket Club recently became the first amateur group to break the > sound barrier; the Albatross Ultimate is a thriving frisbee-throwing > group; and the UK Sucrologists Club brings together collectors of > packets of sugar. > [...and then some stuff about how important clubs are, but nothing > specifically about Ultimate] > Now, about those sugar packets...sounds like a hoot! > Cheers > Wayne Albatross (outdoors) Angels (indoors) GB Masters (dreams)