From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Thu Apr 15 23:28:12 1999 Received: by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) id XAA03744 for britdisc-outgoing; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 23:27:44 +0100 (BST) 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 XAA03739 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 23:27:42 +0100 (BST) Received: from finch-post-10.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id XAA28370 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 23:27:41 +0100 (BST) Received: from [212.229.115.75] (helo=couplehood.demon.co.uk) by finch-post-10.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10Xubh-0001Yt-0A; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 22:27:38 +0000 Message-ID: <ZNRF0IANefF3Ew$2@couplehood.demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 15:28:29 +0100 To: M.J.Jefferson@open.ac.uk Cc: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk From: Adeline Fonseka <fonseka-koon@couplehood.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Charity Event In-Reply-To: <594E1092E805D211843F0000F830ED270329FDA4@bell.open.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike (32) Trial Version 3.05 <y7$9rq$V$9cj4zTWkuC9F4LgVS> Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Okay, okay, enough with the lecture already! I will be there if someone can give me clearer directions on how to find the place! Adam Keen Under Cover Lovers / First Touch In message <594E1092E805D211843F0000F830ED270329FDA4@bell.open.ac.uk>, M.J.Jefferson@open.ac.uk writes >The response to my previous message requesting assitance on the 25th has >been non-existant. Am I right in thinking that there are no London-area >players prepared to give up a few hours on a Sunday for beer and charity, in >order to introduce our sport to a captive audience, possibly recruit some >new players, and get yet more much needed publicty, potentially on a >national scale? > >The weekend was specifically chosen because it was free of Ultimate >activity. The women's tournie has since been scheduled but that still >leaves a lot of players free. If you can read this and say you don't want >to see more publicity for Ultimate, you don't want more players and you >don't want to help a charity cause then congratulations. I prefer to think >that the majority of you do not think like that. > >Please make a small committment and support this event. The orginal >message, with a vague outline of the event, is below. > > > >Mark > > >Your mission, should you chose to accept it, is to make an Ultimate team of >enthusiastic (quite possibly drunken) charitable disc sport virgins in ten >minutes. If you are up to the challenge and available on Sunday 25th April >please read on..... > > >A charity event in aid of the Parkinson's Disease Society will take place on >this day in Ealing. Roughly twelve corporate teams are taking part in what >is supposed to be a relaxed, but competetive nonetheless, event. I have a >feeling there are five sports altogether, but don't have any information on >the others just yet. > >It's a standard two-pool, round-robin format - each team will get to play >each other at each sport. We get only thirty minutes to explain the rules, >teach the throws and unleash them on each other. > >As you will all know, there's nothing happening that weekend, and for anyone >in the London area it's really not too far to travel and IT IS FOR CHARITY! >Also, people with big mouths and lots of charisma required to charm the >attendant GQ Active and Mens Health teams into covering Ultimate/Golf. >Failing that, rich/sexy/violent people required to bribe/shag/beat them into >action. > >Get in touch if you can help in any way. Cheers for reading..... > -- Adeline Fonseka