From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Fri Feb 28 18:19:02 1997 Received: from thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk with ESMTP id SAA24253; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 18:18:56 GMT Received: by thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk id SAA14118; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 18:14:54 GMT Received: from pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk by thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk with ESMTP id SAA14113; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 18:14:45 GMT Received: from mailhost.atlas.co.uk by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk with SMTP id SAA23808; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 18:14:42 GMT Received: from by mailhost.atlas.co.uk (4.1/PIPEX simple 1.9) id AB20848; Fri, 28 Feb 97 18:17:30 GMT Message-Id: <9702281817.AB20848@mailhost.atlas.co.uk> Subject: Clapham Common (for Londoners primarily) Date: Fri, 28 Feb 97 18:20:16 +0000 From: Paul Hurt <aflitho@macline.co.uk> To: "BritDisc" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: owner-britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk re: Clapham Common weeknights, Roger wrote... >As for what has been known as 'Summer League', which has traditionally >taken place on the Common on a Thursday night - with so many London players >maybe we should try to make it some kind of summer league rather than just >an all-are-welcome practice? Opinions welcome. I think that'd be good. But are there enough players prepared to commit themselves to it? It'd ideally need a minimum of four teams (= two games going on simultaneously) i.e. 30-40 people who will commit to showing up *every* week. I'm guessing that we'd be unlikely to find that many regulars. But I'd be really happy to be proved wrong. Alternatively, how about just three teams, with two teams each week playing a full match, and the other team helping bolster a pick-up game? Needs less people. And more flexible - means that people who can't commit to a league team can still show up and get a game. Anyway... Part of my reason for asking about practices stems from an idea that's been kicking around between Stu Clark (SE R.C.), myself, and various others. Which is that London could do with a practice session where total beginners were actively welcomed (though I'm aware that many teams encourage beginners anyway). Before people scream at the thought, the plan is to keep beginners largely separate from the "big boys-and-girls" games. So if all you want to do is play some reasonably high-level Ultimate, that'd be going on precisely as usual. But we'd also be looking for a group of volunteers who'd be prepared to take it in turns to help coach new players. There's a whole bunch of reasons why we think Ultimate needs something like this. At this stage I'm just trying to figure out what night would be most appropriate to do it (sounds like Thursday), and whether we can run it in conjunction with one of the established Clapham practices (I'd like to). You know, seeing as this is purely London-orientated, and the whole discussion could drag on a bit, it might be one of those times when it makes sense to set up a separate e-mail discussion group. So I will. If you'd like to be in on the discussion (even if you just want to lurk and see what happens) mail me (not BritDisc) back and I'll put you on the list. We need to get a bit of a shift on tho' - the clocks change quite soon! Here comes summer (doo doo do do...) Paul --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Hurt Editor, Ultimatum Magazine, London, England e-mail aflitho@macline.co.uk