From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Tue Aug 17 14:00:13 1999 Received: by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA13411 for britdisc-outgoing; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 13:58:50 +0100 (BST) Received: from [137.205.222.1] (mac-wie-31 [137.205.222.1]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA13385 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 13:58:45 +0100 (BST) X-Sender: serai@mail.csv.warwick.ac.uk Message-Id: <l03102803b3deff189f8a@[137.205.222.1]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:01:03 +0100 To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk From: Dave Neilson <D.P.Neilson@warwick.ac.uk> Subject: 2000 GB Women Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Resurgence of GB Women's Ultimate The performances of our top two British Women's teams at the World Ultimate Club Championships last week were simply stunning! It is a constant source of inspiration to our other teams (Open, Co-ed, Women and Masters) when we watch Bliss and Twin Peaks take on the best in the world without an ounce of self doubt and not a flicker of fear. While it is true that Bliss finished stronger in their games, it should not be overlooked that Twin Peaks were also leading against several of the top teams. The reason this is important (to me at least) is because I am interested in how GB translates its club level successes into national team victories. It is also worth noting that there were outstanding achievements by GB women competing in the Co-ed Division - another potential source of individual talent! I believe we should be planning as early as possible for the GB assault on the World Ultimate (national team) Championships to be held in Germany next year. So,without wishing for a moment to find fault with the sterling efforts of GB managers, selectors, coaches and trainers of past years, I wanted to put forward an idea for an alternative approach to national team selection. Might we better harness the great club level cohesion, that is mostly a result of lots of regular practices, by sending our best club team (plus a number of invited 'guests') to represent GB in Germany? I am thinking initially about GB Women, but the same argument might be applied to the GB Open squads?! I feel that the Co-ed and Masters (and Juniors) squads will still be best served by combining the best talent on offer across a broader spectrum of clubs. Finally, could I take this opportunity to congratulate ALL the GB teams at WUCC, not least the large organisational team - lets party on! See you all at the British Open in Eastbourne! Sam Neilson (the old git from) Chevron Action Flash