From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Fri Dec 17 11:41:39 1999 Received: by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA22643 for britdisc-outgoing; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:40:48 GMT Received: from snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (snowdrop [137.205.192.31]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA22621 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:40:41 GMT Received: from nuclear.bomb.co.uk (IDENT:root@nuclear.bomb.co.uk [198.80.124.122]) by snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA20192 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:40:40 GMT Received: from barry ([198.80.124.168]) by nuclear.bomb.co.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id KAA12157 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:37:27 GMT Message-Id: <199912171037.KAA12157@nuclear.bomb.co.uk> X-Sender: barry@mail.endzone.co.uk X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:36:44 +0000 To: BritDisc <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> From: "Barry O'Kane" <barry@endzone.co.uk> Subject: Fwd: The 2000 world ultimate and GUTS Championship, August 5-13, 2000, Heilbronn GERMANY Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Message on Eurodisc (not that I'm interested but...) > To the international Guts community: > >We as a Guts community have been given a rare second chance to re-dedicate >ourselves to the WFDF organization, to the WUGC and to the sport of Guts >itself. I believe that the involvement of our international Guts bretheren >and of WFDF is crucial to the successful regrowth of our sport. In support >of this, I have volunteered to reorganize the Guts community back into a new >GPA organization, representing Guts both in the USA and worldwide, but with >a definite focus overseas. > >It is imperative that we get as many countries to participate in the Guts >portion of the 2000 WUGC as possible. If you are reading this message, and >can forward it to a disc player outside of the USA who may be interested in >participating in Guts, please do so! > >In its broadest sense, the new GPA's main mission is to revitalize the game >of Guts. The GPA's focus should be a marketing tool to evangelize our game >and be a central resource of information for the sport. In support of this, >the GPA will become a dues paying member of WFDF starting in the year 2000. >The fee for this inclusion in 2000 will come from an added fee to all >national Guts teams' registration for the WUGC. If the GPA can not become >financially viable to pay this fee in future years, then past and present >WFDF fees due will be collected in the registration for all Guts teams >participation in future WUGC as a prerequisite to our sport's (Guts) >participation. > >Now for the details of WUGC as I know it to date. The format for the Guts >portion of the WUGC that has been agreed to by WFDF includes the following: > >1) No players can be added after the final roster is submitted to WFDF >without the express permission of the the WUGC TD and the WFDF Guts >Committee Chair. > >2) For WFDF world team events involving Guts, each country may be >represented by no more than two (2) national Guts teams. Each national Guts >team must have a minimum of seven (7) players, all of whom are citizens of >the country. If, during the course of the tournament, a team is not able to >field at least six (6) players for a single game, then the Tournament Rules >Group may suspend that team from competition on medical grounds. > >3) An Ultimate team participating in the WUGC must have a minimum of twelve >(12) 'dedicated' players to Ultimate. For an Ultimate team to field a Guts >team, the seven (7) or more Ultimate players who play Guts must not be part >of the minimum twelve (12) 'dedicated' players required for registration in >Ultimate. Essentially, a country's team must have a minimum of (19) players >to field a team for both Guts and Ultimate at the WUGC. > >4) Guts competitions at the WUGC are to be organized in two divisions: Men's >Open and Women's Open. We are actively soliciting women's guts teams, and >invite your participation! Spread the word! > >5) Guts competition shall be formatted in the same manner as Ultimate >competition in respect to round-robin, quarter, semi and finals, pool >format, seeding, etc. The seeding of all teams in all divisions shall be the >responsiblity of the WFDF Guts Committee. As a review: > >i) <=6 teams: one (1) double round robin pool, Semis, Finals, 3rd/4th >Consolation >ii) 7 teams: one (1) single round robin pool, Semis, Finals, 3rd/4th >Consolation >iii) 8 teams: one (1) single round robin pool, Quarters, Semis, >Finals,3rd/4th Consolation >iv) 9-11 teams: one (1) single round robin pool, Semis, Finals,3rd/4th >Consolation >v) 12+ teams: two (2) single round robin pool, top 4 from each play in one >(1) single round Quarters robin pool, then Semis, Finals,3rd/4th Consolation >National teams from the same country should be split into separate pools, >unless a single pool format is being used. The tournament format shall >endevour to allow Guts teams to play only three (3) matches per day. > >6) All matches, including pool matches, Quarters, Semis and FInals shall be >single game up to 21 points, requiring a 2 point margin of victory. Each >Guts match will be time capped at 1 hr 30 min. At the time cap, play will >continue until the next point is scored. If the game has not reached its >end, then two points will be added to the highest score. The first team to >reach that score will win, except where a team reaches the normal target for >match end. For semis and finals, four points will be added to the highest >score vs two points, and all other time cap rules shall continue to apply. > >7) The Guts portion of the tournament shall start on Tuesday of the WUGC >week, unless the number of teams and required round-robin pool matches >require additional scheduling days. This will be known well in advance of >the tourney. > >8) Guts Semis and Finals should not be scheduled at the same time as >Ultimate Mens Open Semis and Finals if at all possible. Preferably, Guts >Semis, Finals and Consolation matches should be held immediately before >their corresponding Ultimate Semi, Final or Consolation match. > >9) The captains of two competing teams shall meet to resolve any disc >position disputes, such as low/high/vertical throws or discs trapped with >two body parts. The two captains alone shall discuss and render a consensus >decision on the call. If a consenus can not be reached by the team captains >within 3 minutes, then the disc MUST be rethrown. Foot faults shall be >called only by the offending team at the time the infraction occurs. The >opposing team's members can not call foot faults, but may request a member >of the throwing team to observe the line jointly. > >If, during the course of play, the two team captains believe they can no >longer resolve their differences through discussion, the WUGC TD and/or the >WFDF Guts Chairman shall appoint two (2) Passive Observers, to be used as >outlined below. The two competing teams requesting observers shall have NO >say in the choice of these Passive Observers. The decision on the choice of >Obersvers by the WUGC TD and/or WFDF Guts Chairman shall be final. > >During Semis and Finals, Active and Passive Observers shall be required. >These observers shall be chosed by the WFDF Guts Chairman, in consultation >with the WUGC TD and the respective teams in competition. In cases of >dispute on the choice of observers, the WUGC TD and/or WFDF Guts Chairman's >decision shall be final. > >One (1) Active Observer shall be used to call foot faults by the throwing >team at the time the infraction occurs. No concurrence by the Passive >Observers or by the competing teams is required for teh foot fault to be >called. This Active Observer shall additionally observe play as a third >Passive Observer. > >Two (2) Passive Observers shall be used to call disc position decisions. >These Passive Observers shall be called in when the two competing team >captains can not reach a decision on their own to resolve their disc >position dispute. The Active Observer and the two Passive Observers shall >gather in private, and shall discuss and render a consensus decision on the >disc position issue. If a consensus can not be reached by the Observers, the >the disc shall be re-thrown. If there is no Active Observer used, the >Passive Observers may also call foot faults, but only in a passive mode, >when disputes by the two team captains can not be resolved. > >10) Substitutions shall not be allowed in the first eleven (11) points of a >match, except for medical reasons. If a player is removed for medical >reasons, this player may not return for the entirity of that particular >match. If, because of a medical injury, a team may no longer field at least >five (5) players for play, then the Tournament Rules Group may require the >team to forfeit that match on medical grounds. >After the first eleven points, a team may substitute a player at any time, >as long as the player is not required to participate in the next point of >the match, such as requiring to throw. > >11) The ace rule shall be applied as previously known as the "Space Ace". If >a throwing team scores a point without the catching team touching the disc, >then the throwing team shall be able to choose which member of the catching >team shall return the throw. The choice of which member of the catching team >shall be limited to those one or two members who had a realistic chance to >touch the disc during its travel through the line. > >12) The area or zone used which the catching team must protect shall be >applied as previously known as the "Square Zone", such that the upper area >of a catching team member's extended hand shall define his upper limit until >this limit intersects his teammate's upper limit. > >13) Standard rules of scoring shall apply as originally outlined in the WFDF >Rules for Guts Play, that the throwing team may only be awarded a point for >a successful throw. The catching team may only be awared a point for a throw >which has not successfully intersected the catching zone. No points will be >awarded for discs successfully caught in any manner by the catching team. > >THESE RULES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE WFDF RULES FOR GUTS PLAY, THE WUGC >TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS HANDBOOK, AND WILL BE PROVIDED AND APPROVED BY EACH >TEAM REPRESENTATIVE PRIOR TO PLAY. > >As soon as financial details for national teams entry fees and accomodation >are set by the WUGC TD, this information will be forwarded to you. > >We look forward to the best Guts tournament the world has ever seen! > >Regards, > > >Dave "Nez" Nesbitt >WFDF Guts Committee Chairman >Team USA Chairman > >3070 Tam O'Shanter Lane >Missouri City (Houston), TX 77459-3115 >Per: (281) 835-0873 >Fax: (281) 835-5723 >EFax: (815) 461-5505 (Fax as EMail) >AOL Instant Messenger Screen Name: DNez1 >Web: www.dnesbitt.com/family.html >EMail: dave@dnesbitt.com >