From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Thu Jun 22 15:56:34 2000 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) id e5MErVN14122 for britdisc-outgoing; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 15:53:31 +0100 (BST) Received: from daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@daffodil [137.205.192.30]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e5MErRw14076 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 15:53:27 +0100 (BST) Received: from hotmail.com (f316.law8.hotmail.com [216.33.240.191]) by daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with SMTP id e5MErLR00244 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 15:53:22 +0100 (BST) Received: (qmail 83811 invoked by uid 0); 22 Jun 2000 14:53:11 -0000 Message-ID: <20000622145311.83810.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 212.24.71.28 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 07:53:11 PDT X-Originating-IP: [212.24.71.28] From: "Paul Ruff" <paulruff@hotmail.com> To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Subject: Exeter Hat Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 07:53:11 PDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Dear all, Can I just confirm that juniors are not allowed to enter certain tournaments. One boy from our school who is training for the junior world championships this year was turned away from the Exeter Hat tournament last weekend. I try desperately to get games for our team with no success so it was a shame that a tournament in our home town was not accessible for this player. I continue to look for games or invitations to play in other tournaments, as I really do feel that youngsters are the future for Ultimate. If it is to continue to grow and be successful they should be given every opportunity to participate. Junior events are few and far between and asking 15year olds to travel 200miles is a little unrealistic. Every month I lose one or two to football or rugby clubs as they get frustrated with not playing competitive matches. I'm not really sure what I'm saying, just that if young people are turned away from events then they may not come back. In order for Ultimate to be taken seriously then as much opportunity as possible must be given for young people to play. Obviously young players should be of specific standard before they can play in adult competitions but as Ultimate is supposedly for everyone to play and enjoy, can there be a criteria other than age for entry into such competitions. Paul Ruff (Teacher of PE) St Peters High School, Exeter ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com