From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Mon Jun 22 13:33:34 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) id NAA21832 for britdisc-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:20:01 +0100 (BST) Received: from amsta.leeds.ac.uk (amsta.leeds.ac.uk [129.11.36.1]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA21825 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:20:00 +0100 (BST) Received: from newton.leeds.amsta (newton.leeds.ac.uk [129.11.36.64]) by amsta.leeds.ac.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA04998 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:20:50 +0100 (BST) Received: by newton.leeds.amsta (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA07374; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:20:46 +0100 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:20:46 +0100 From: amtsjh@amsta.leeds.ac.uk (S J Hill) Message-Id: <199806221220.NAA07374@newton.leeds.amsta> To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk > I would like to ask whether someone can explain the reasoning behind > scheduling our (the bottom 12) teams most important game as the first > game on Saturday morning, and how come we ended up playing two > teams twice, once on Saturday, once on Sunday. > > Love & Luck, > > Lawrence > Fingers 6 > ------------------------------------ > l.paulson@mmu.ac.uk > ------------------------------------- Lawrence (and anyone wondering) This was the best format available given that we had a top16 and bottom12. I believe that it was important to run on the basis of a top 16 at least once this season. (I can give a longer explanation of the various options that we had - but I thought this was *overall, on balance* the best option.) Note that teams should be able to play important games at any time of the w/e - but I take your point. On the other 4 events great care has been taken to ensure that the format of the tournament as viewed by 'bottom teams' has been fair and considerate (and definitely NOT an afterthought). Usually the middle group of teams are the ones that get the worst deal in the schedule. One aim of the format/schedule at Soton was re-dress the balance somewhat. As for playing the same team twice, I thought I had avoided that, but was aware that it might happen. It looked unlikely to me (as I recall). I hope it didn't happen to more than 2 teams - apologies to anyone that did end up playing the same team twice. The best I can do is to say that it is always a consideration when writing a schedule, but sometimes results conspire against you! Glad the tourney was a success - on a personal note, I hope to get to Exeter!!!! Si