From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Fri Feb 2 11:47:53 2001 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) id f12BjPw08467 for britdisc-outgoing; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:45:25 GMT Received: from [137.205.222.1] (mac-wie-31 [137.205.222.1]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f12BjIO08418; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:45:18 GMT X-Sender: serai@mail.csv.warwick.ac.uk Message-Id: <l03102803b6a0458a06cb@[137.205.222.1]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:47:41 +0000 To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk, bdga@yahoogroups From: Dave Neilson <D.P.Neilson@warwick.ac.uk> Subject: Warwick Bears 25: Update Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk id f12BjLO08436 Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk To: britdisc & bdga readers Following on from our December announcement about the up-coming 25th Anniversary of the Warwick Bears Frisbee Club, here is the latest news. The '25th Anniversary Organising Group' (six strong at present, but expected to grow with your help) have put together a web database of as many Old Bears as we can brainstorm. Those on this list will soon be receiving the first mailshot to inform them of plans, and seek their help, support and commitment for the celebration event. You can check out if you are already on this list by visiting the Old Bears website at: http://oldbears.ranulf.net/ There will soon be many more facilities on this website, but even now you can update your contact details and browse through the list of fellow Old Bears - maybe you can remember some that we have missed?! Below is a preview of the letter which will go into the post over the next few days [NB The address used will be the one on record with the WGA / Alumni Office, which may or may not be completely up-to-date, also the WGA cannot disclose all the addresses it holds, so it would help us a lot if you let us have your current contact details (by post, e-mail or via the website)]. Cheers Sam Neilson [Bears 1981-1984] =========== START WARWICK UNIVERSITY FRISBEE CLUB - 25th ANNIVERSARY 13 Ashfield Road, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2BE 31st January 2001 Dear Old Bear, The Warwick University Frisbee Club will be 25 years old on 27th October 2001. Time for a party, I think. Yes, the club has been in existence continuously since Wednesday 27th October 1976, when fifteen people assembled in the ground floor of Rootes (a completely different place then to the upmarket conference reception of today) before trekking over to the "Health Centre Field" (now buried under the Jack Martin residences) to be introduced to the game of Ultimate Frisbee. This unbroken history is quite amazing in the context of student societies outside of the mainstream sports and is also unusual in UK ultimate. In fact Warwick is probably one of the two or three longest-established ultimate clubs in the world. Something about the combination of the game and the place seems to have ensured that each new generation of students has carried the club forwards and had a significant impact on the development of the sport in the UK. An anniversary well worth celebrating, then. If players from each of those generations come back for the celebrations it will be an amazing event, and a huge one. Plans are taking shape for a dinner and a mini-tournament, events for children and partners, commemorative videos and who knows what else (zimmer frame races for the oldies, probably). Will you be there? As it happens, 27th October 2001 will be a Saturday, so that is the likely date for the event. Please return the form on the next page as soon as possible, to confirm that you are interested in attending and also to let us know if you can help in any way. Don't forget to let us have as many names and addresses as you can dig out; with the help of the WGA we hope to contact everyone who has been active in the club over the last 25 years. As I wrote 15 years ago, when we organised the 10th Anniversary dinner: This should be the biggest celebration the club has seen - be there! Richard Hicks First President of the Frisbee Club On behalf of the 25th Anniversary Organising Group [FOOTER: Please send paper replies to Richard Hicks at the address shown at the top of this letter. You can also e-mail sammy@frisbee.fsbusiness.co.uk and check out the website: http://oldbears.ranulf.net/] WARWICK UNIVERSITY FRISBEE CLUB - 25th ANNIVERSARY Please tick / delete as appropriate and provide as much information as you can. We will only use your contact details for Old Bears correspondence. This letter may have been posted to you by the WGA / Alumni Office, so please provide us with your current address. Name: - I am interested in attending the Anniversary celebrations in October 2001. - I will not be able to attend the Anniversary, but please add my details to the Old Bears list. Course and Year: Current address: Telephone: E-mail: Are you likely to be accompanied by a partner? And children? Will you require accommodation? Would you be prepared to help with any aspect of the organisation? - between now and the event? - during the event itself? Might you be able to help us obtain sponsorship for the event? Please list all the previous players' addresses that you know below. Also add any comments or suggestions which you have regarding the celebrations. Thanks. Name Course Year Current Address - Or: Last Known Address (if known) (and date) [FOOTER: Please send paper replies to Richard Hicks at the address shown at the top of this letter. You can also e-mail sammy@frisbee.fsbusiness.co.uk and check out the website: http://oldbears.ranulf.net/] =========== END