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From: "British Ultimate Federation" <buf@ultimateweb.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: WFDF Rule changes
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 20:23:46 -0000
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Dear all,

Sharp-eyed Ali has spotted the new rule changes from WFDF:
http://www.ultilinks.com/wucc99/. We have only just received these today
ourselves and we will correspond with teams once we've had a proper chance
to digest them ourselves. As you can see there are some fairly radical
changes primarily designed to speed the game up and reduce stoppages.

As the document also states, WFDF will be looking to the National
Associations for feedback on their effectiveness. These new rules have been
given 'guideline' status until June 7th 1999 at which point they will be
confirmed with any additions or deletions gained from the practical
experience of players and moderated by WFDF.

We in Britain will need to decide how and when these rules will be
implemented. Issues such as the scope of introductions like the 'Corner
Disc' rule, requiring five game discs for a match, will need to be decided.

We will make a full statement on all of this in due course. If in the
meantime you have anything you'd like to say on the matter feel free to
email the BUF at this address (buf@ultimateweb.co.uk).

So for the time being, "Don't drop the pull!"

Thanks

Ben Ravilious
BUF Secretary

-----Original Message-----
From: Ali Findlay <A.Findlay@bton.ac.uk>
To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>
Date: 09 March 1999 17:58
Subject: Rule changes


>While checking out the WUCC99 web page, I came across the new WFDF rule
>changes they propose to use for WUCC.  Most of the new rules and changes
>are about timings after points and timeouts, but at the end of the page I
>came across this shocker.
>
>Failing to catch after touching (Replacement rule 404.05 D (8)
>
>Whenever a member of the receiving team touches the disc during its flight
>(whether in or
>out-of bounds) and the receiving team subsequently fails to catch the disc
>prior to its
>touching the ground, any member of the receiving team can pick up the disc
>from where it
>stops.
>
>This replaces current rule 404.05.D (8).
>
>NOTE: this means you can drop the pull and still keep possession.
>
>The full list of rule changes are on the WUCC99 web page
> www.ultilinks.com/wucc99/
>
>ALi
>Mohawks
>
>