The main thought behind keeping the teams (roughly) the same was to
encourage people to play with people they don't generally play
with. But I think that you are right about pickup games -
regardless, at this point we just need to fix a date so that we can
advertise.

Play week night or weekend? Once the Tour season is over (early
Sept) I doubt we'll have the weather to play in the evenings without
floodlights (which can be arranged... Hwo?).

So probably weekend - one day events in a central location. The
location changes depending on who can host; it's more a case of
someone offering to run the event, then everyone goes to them.
Winter Leagues run on the second Sunday of the month, right? So
maybe the third Sunday is best.

Alternatively we can run city leagues - all the players in the city
meet up for pickup games. There might be a problem of lack of
numbers, but hey; start recruiting. There are tonnes of student
teams out there that might need some persuasion to join in the fun;
some outreach work might help.

Give a shout about how *you* are going to help. Let's make this
work.

Brummie

--- In midlandfrisbee@yahoogroups.com, "gav_newman"
<gavinnewman@...> wrote:
>
> I think getting things going in Open Ultimate for the Midlands is
a
> great but i am not sure how much 'legs' this hat league has.
>
> I would be worried doing it in leagues that by trying to keep
> players in the same teams you might discourage people from coming
at
> all if they know they cant make it every event. Also people might
> not come if they miss the first event. It could also lead to some
> very bias teams. I think the easier you make it for people to just
> turn up for an event the better.
>
> Last years series of evening 'hat' tournaments worked well. (I
> thought) If this could be carried on I think it would be a big
> advantage to the Midlands area. If prizes are available perhaps
they
> could be awarded to the people who come to the most events? (I did
> also think of suggesting an individual's league system so the
person
> who was on the most winnings teams would be crowned the Midlands
> best player but thought better of it! Mainly cause I couldn't be
> bothered even thinking about a points scoring system, Jon Risk
> perhaps something for you?)
>
> On a different note, in previous years UTB has visited other clubs
> to play one off friendly matches which I always found good perhaps
> this could be encouraged? I know it goes on more in the higher
> teams. I know this year the scheduale is tight between tours but
> maybe when the season has finished we might look into doing some
> Midlands 1 day events?
>
> Gav
> So it soooo long.
>
>
> --- In midlandfrisbee@yahoogroups.com, "Sion Scone" <sionscone@>
> wrote:
> >
> > In an effort to continue the growth of ultimate in the region,
I'd
> > like to propose a ladder league similar to that which Felix has
run
> > for the university scene [http://www.seultimate.org/ull/ for more
> > details]
> >
> > I would like to get away from the traditional club approach, and
> > instead make the format more loose (i.e. almost pickup to start
> with,
> > then stay in those pickup teams with some minor changes to
account
> for
> > missing players or newcomers)
> >
> > There is no reason why this can't run year round, except during
the
> > Tour season (which is now only 8 weeks in length)
> >
> > Have a look at the link above and think about whether you could
> > contribute in some small way. One of the biggest aims of this
> would
> > be to encourage new players from universities to play alongside
the
> > best the region has to offer, which will help to create a good
> > Midlands vibe.
> >
> > The league isn't really run by any one person, instead people
take
> > responsibility to arrange a time and place and then other people
> turn
> > up, play the competition, and Bob's your uncle.
> >
> > Summer league last year was a good start, let's get the Midlands
> rolling!
> >
> > Brummie
> >
>